If you spend any time around Japanese restaurants, you may have noticed that there is quite a bit of high quality plastic food floating around. It’s pretty cool, because you really know what you are getting into. While a debate about weather it stifles the art of plating is probably due, it’s still a cool feature of Japanese restaurants. If your restaurant can not afford to have custom plastic food designed, you can always travel to Kappabashi, the restaurant supply district, and pick up plastic food, among other things.
July 2nd, 2009 by John (Cho-Tabetai)
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I have eaten okonomiyaki many times in the US, and to be honest I have never been blown away. However, I was still interested to try it in Japan, and was excited when my new friends Lina & Nami booked us a table. The tables all had teppanyaki (heated grills) so I assumed we would make our own okonomiyaki. This was not the case, although it was served on the grill. When it came out I was shocked. It’s hard to tell in the picture, but it’s over 4 inches high! I don’t think I have ever seen one over 1/2 inch tall in the US. This was hands down the best okonomiyaki I have ever eaten. It turns out the teppanyaki grill is actually for monja, a dish made from rice flour and any number of ingredients including cheese.
July 1st, 2009 by John (Cho-Tabetai)
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Even though I usually avoid soda, I was so excited when I saw this shiso flavored Pepsi today. I love shiso, so much so that I am growing it in my house right now! The flavor let me down a little bit, but I think that was mostly because I could taste Pepsi in the background. To its credit, the shiso flavor was really strong and refreshing.
June 26th, 2009 by John (Cho-Tabetai)
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Check one more food item off the “must see in Japan” list
June 25th, 2009 by John (Cho-Tabetai)
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東京に朝ご飯を食べました。This is my first breakfast in Tokyo. I decided to get traditional breakfast foods, nattou, raw egg, rice, tofu, and miso soup. It still feel great, it’s such a healthy start. Now it’s time to go shopping in Shibya!
June 24th, 2009 by John (Cho-Tabetai)
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