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I wanted to share a series of pics from Japan that showcase the cute, the wonderful, the weird and the WTF that embodies Japan with an eye mostly toward things of a furry nature. This is one of many such photos submitted to that end. Please enjoy this little window shōji into a very intriguing country. =3
A restaurant in a shopping district in Ōsaka that offers giant portions of popular Japanese foods: Massive pudding, omelet stuffed with rice, fries, fried dumplings (gyōza), fried chicken (karaage), fried noodles, octopus balls (ow!) and other foods offered in massive amounts for not a lot of ¥JPY.
It took serious convincing to keep my fox from getting the Pudding as Big as Your Head, knowing full well it was a gateway Diarrheasville or other unpleasantness. At the time the exchange rate was around ¥120JPY to $1 USD, so the cost of Mega Pudding was about $12.50 USD, but still not worth the deleterious effects of eating such a weapon of gastronomic destruction-- even shared between us both.
The little red and yellow signs proclaim the number of servings in each dish. The pudding is of a 20x stature but I doubt I could handle 5 servings, let alone 10 if we shared it. =P I wonder if it's free if you finish it alone. Ugh...
This would not be the last of the daikaijū-class foods we would see. Nothing could prepare us for what awaited us in the near future.
A restaurant in a shopping district in Ōsaka that offers giant portions of popular Japanese foods: Massive pudding, omelet stuffed with rice, fries, fried dumplings (gyōza), fried chicken (karaage), fried noodles, octopus balls (ow!) and other foods offered in massive amounts for not a lot of ¥JPY.
It took serious convincing to keep my fox from getting the Pudding as Big as Your Head, knowing full well it was a gateway Diarrheasville or other unpleasantness. At the time the exchange rate was around ¥120JPY to $1 USD, so the cost of Mega Pudding was about $12.50 USD, but still not worth the deleterious effects of eating such a weapon of gastronomic destruction-- even shared between us both.
The little red and yellow signs proclaim the number of servings in each dish. The pudding is of a 20x stature but I doubt I could handle 5 servings, let alone 10 if we shared it. =P I wonder if it's free if you finish it alone. Ugh...
This would not be the last of the daikaijū-class foods we would see. Nothing could prepare us for what awaited us in the near future.
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Probably not, and Japanese portions are typically smaller (big surprise) so a lot of times there is the illusion of value until you find out how much it costs to actually buy a meal consisting of several items. For example, a burger and fries with a drink might still run you $13 total for ordinary "fast" food. Typically the quality is far better than here for fast food. A burger comes on a pristine, un-wrinkled, un-squished bun at MOS Burger or McDonalds over there.
I hear you, but after several weeks of foreign food, I think anyone would be tempted by something more familiar just for something "different".
And holy shit, I won't even admit to how many matcha kit-kats I ate while out there. Here you get fucked for between $6 and $8 a bag for them where in Japan you can easily find a bag for less than $3. There was just about everything you can imagine with green tea added to it: cakes, pies, donuts, well, pretty much everything. Green tea baumkuchen was in just about every gift shop as baumkuchen is apparently very popular in Japan. It's also very expensive. Anything with green tea added automatically costs a few dollars more than the same item without it.
Also, the kit-kat thing is totally off the fucking hook there. Weird and unusual flavors can be found at complete random. Basically they make a giant turd-hunt out of the various flavors which are often available regionally and at certain locations within those regions. For instance, there was a Yokohama edition with strawberry cheesecake flavor and similarly a Mt. Fuji edition (same flavor though), the latter being in a box shaped like Mt. Fuji. There are also limited editions, one-offs, seasonal and holiday flavors which all play into the "gotta' catch 'em all" marketing scheme that is so prevalent there. Of course you will never find them all as they are constantly bringing out new flavors.
Other flavors included wasabi (very good!), raspberry (I don't care for it), sake, rum raisin (not to my liking), dark choc. with almonds and goji berries, sweet potato, sakura matcha, a stronger matcha version, roasted green tea, pudding, maple and apple, mint chocolate (a big favorite of mine)... the list goes on and on. I actually got pictures of them all whether I bought them or not as there's no way I'd remember them all.
One of the flavors I hunted for all over the nation was melon. Anyplace that had kit-kats I always checked to see if they had it or any other interesting flavors which adds up to *many* stores. I had given up my search on the last day and then found it by complete chance at Haneda Int'l airport about 30 minutes before boarding the plane. They cost about $14 for 30 of the little 2 piece single wrapped bars. There were actually 2 other flavors there I'd never seen before but it would have cost me ~$45 to buy them all so that didn't happen.
And holy shit, I won't even admit to how many matcha kit-kats I ate while out there. Here you get fucked for between $6 and $8 a bag for them where in Japan you can easily find a bag for less than $3. There was just about everything you can imagine with green tea added to it: cakes, pies, donuts, well, pretty much everything. Green tea baumkuchen was in just about every gift shop as baumkuchen is apparently very popular in Japan. It's also very expensive. Anything with green tea added automatically costs a few dollars more than the same item without it.
Also, the kit-kat thing is totally off the fucking hook there. Weird and unusual flavors can be found at complete random. Basically they make a giant turd-hunt out of the various flavors which are often available regionally and at certain locations within those regions. For instance, there was a Yokohama edition with strawberry cheesecake flavor and similarly a Mt. Fuji edition (same flavor though), the latter being in a box shaped like Mt. Fuji. There are also limited editions, one-offs, seasonal and holiday flavors which all play into the "gotta' catch 'em all" marketing scheme that is so prevalent there. Of course you will never find them all as they are constantly bringing out new flavors.
Other flavors included wasabi (very good!), raspberry (I don't care for it), sake, rum raisin (not to my liking), dark choc. with almonds and goji berries, sweet potato, sakura matcha, a stronger matcha version, roasted green tea, pudding, maple and apple, mint chocolate (a big favorite of mine)... the list goes on and on. I actually got pictures of them all whether I bought them or not as there's no way I'd remember them all.
One of the flavors I hunted for all over the nation was melon. Anyplace that had kit-kats I always checked to see if they had it or any other interesting flavors which adds up to *many* stores. I had given up my search on the last day and then found it by complete chance at Haneda Int'l airport about 30 minutes before boarding the plane. They cost about $14 for 30 of the little 2 piece single wrapped bars. There were actually 2 other flavors there I'd never seen before but it would have cost me ~$45 to buy them all so that didn't happen.
I'm sure I'd get bored of foreign food after a while
ditto for green tea everything. I like green tea, but I don't want to get bored of it either. I've read about the popularity of kit kat over there and all the different flavors you can find. Didn't know they made it into a scavenger hunt though.
International markets only carry a couple varities (green tea, dark, raspberry, i fyou're lucky). Melon sounds disgusting, but I'd try it just for the thrill! I'm glad they're expensive here; keeps me from buying too many!
ditto for green tea everything. I like green tea, but I don't want to get bored of it either. I've read about the popularity of kit kat over there and all the different flavors you can find. Didn't know they made it into a scavenger hunt though.
International markets only carry a couple varities (green tea, dark, raspberry, i fyou're lucky). Melon sounds disgusting, but I'd try it just for the thrill! I'm glad they're expensive here; keeps me from buying too many!
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