Friday, August 27, 2010

おいしい! Food in JAPAN




Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, to be exact.
The food was authentic, attractive, and surprising affordable.
And did I mention DELICIOUS?


ITADAKIMASU!
Let's feast (our eyes)!


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Onigiri! (Salmon) Our cheap eats go-to.

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Dorayaki - "pancake" sandwich with red bean paste

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Baumkuchen - really expensive German cake

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Japan is the fake food capital of the world - show's you exactly what you're getting

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MITSUKOSHI - Perfect example of a Japanese department store with food garden (market) in the basement

Bread section

Prepared salads + noodle bowls

More salads + prepared meats

Desserts

Seafood + tempura + more salad

Miniature liquors

They even had a kimchee section

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3 in 1 pull apart bun

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KOMORO SOBA - awesome super cheap soba chain


Oyakodon (chicken, onion, green onion omelet on rice) + cold soba

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Typical Japanese dessert menu


<$5USD for all that food??

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Japanese love cute food

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Fried matcha (green tea) mochi with koshian (red bean paste)

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My first time ever seeing someone toast senbei (rice crackers)

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Street vendors selling different types of mochi

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So many different flavors of froyo

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Food keychains galore

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We found a Doughnut Plant in Asakusa

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Really fancy mochi that I could not afford

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Egg and cucumber-pork sandwiches

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Ueno street market


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SUSHI

The eel completely smothered the rice

Yes, that is seared and raw horse sushi at the bottom

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French-style bakeries are everywhere

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Spicy tuna salad. SO GOOD.

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Crepe with strawberry and cheesecake? Genuis.

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Cold udon with egg, cucumber, onion chips, and seaweed. Dinner from 7-11 ftw.

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Iced hazelnut coffee

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I found an acai bowl in Tokyo! Not as good as at home but exciting nonetheless.

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Homemade tofu salad

Homemade salmon, tamago (egg), and veggies

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Crustless PB&J from a package. The PB was more of a peanut cream, very soft and fluffy.

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Dried fish in Tsukiji

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Desserts for breakfast at Good Morning Cafe in Sendagaya

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Typical drink vending machine

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Nachos in Roppongi with jalapeños and sour cream

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Taiyaki (fish-shaped cake with filling) vendors


Matcha taiyaki

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Making takoyaki



Fancy dorayaki?


Making okonomiyaki (weird savory pancake)

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Yes, that's about $10USD for a mango or cantaloupe. EACH.

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Top ramen restaurants all on one floor

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Pork ramen with corn, seaweed, bean sprouts, green onion, and kamaboko (fish cake)

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Ice cream section in a supermarket


Cookies and GREEN TEA. Nomnomnom.


Super delicious mint ice cream bar with chocolate rice crispies coating


Matcha-vanilla swirl soft serve


Ice cream bar with green tea center and chocolate rice crispies coating


Blueberry soft serve in a squeeze packet

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Green tea shave ice with adzuki, mochi, condensed milk, and vanilla ice cream

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Vegetable tempura soba

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Fugu (pufferfish) lunch set

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Chicken karaage lunch set

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Fried cream puff with custard

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Think I can move there, eat everything, and just claim to be a sumo wrestler?
That'll be Plan B if the whole get-a-job-after-college thing falls through.

Gochisosama!
& sayonara!