TYO what can i do?
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Explain this request and ask which phrases you would need to ask to ensure that you do not eat raw meat or whatever else you want to avoid. The concierge will write this request down for you and you can show this message at the shops.
I know how to avoid raw meat because I know how to avoid most meats (only meat I eat is fish). Then again, I have spent the last 12 years or so learning about Japanese food. If you have a sign with you and you are polite, I am sure the supermarket staff will assist you.
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Sushi is always meant to be eaten without cooking. Apart from sashimi, usually packed in small slices often with thin strips of white radishes, pieces of shiso leaves and sachets of wasabi (Japanese horseradish) and soy sauce, most fish sold in supermarkets is meant to be cooked.
If you want to ask if something sold can be eaten without cooking or needs to be cooked you can ask:
このままで食べられますか?
Kono-mamade taberare-masuka?
Can it be eaten as it is? / Is it ready to eat?
or
調理が必要ですか?
Chōri-ga hitsuyō-desuka?
Does it need to be cooked?
If you want to avoid anything raw you can ask:
これは生ですか?
Kore-wa nama-desuka?
Is this raw?
Here are some sashimi (on the left) and sushi trays (on the right) as you may find in supermarkets. (I think this was from a supermaket in Hong Kong.) Almost everything (apart from cooked rice obviously) in this picture is raw with the exception of two pieces of prawn sushi (2nd row on the right) and three pieces of crab sushi (3rd row in the middle).
More sashimi trays in a supermarket.
If you want to ask if something sold can be eaten without cooking or needs to be cooked you can ask:
このままで食べられますか?
Kono-mamade taberare-masuka?
Can it be eaten as it is? / Is it ready to eat?
or
調理が必要ですか?
Chōri-ga hitsuyō-desuka?
Does it need to be cooked?
If you want to avoid anything raw you can ask:
これは生ですか?
Kore-wa nama-desuka?
Is this raw?
Here are some sashimi (on the left) and sushi trays (on the right) as you may find in supermarkets. (I think this was from a supermaket in Hong Kong.) Almost everything (apart from cooked rice obviously) in this picture is raw with the exception of two pieces of prawn sushi (2nd row on the right) and three pieces of crab sushi (3rd row in the middle).
More sashimi trays in a supermarket.
Last edited by NewbieRunner; Oct 17, 2014 at 6:46 am
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in protest to this NewbieRunner, i think i will go and have a 22 oz bone in ribeye for dinner along with a bottle of saxum james berry 2007 that I will BYO....
i was so disappointed when my meeting was pushed from tokyo to singapore...even though my mom is picking up a cruise there at the same time...shhh dont tell her.
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You're at Intercontinental in Yokohama, aren't you? The concierge at your hotel will certainly be able to direct you to one of the places on this list or suggest a nearby dentist.
http://expatsguide.jp/ch12/yokohamalist
http://expatsguide.jp/ch12/yokohamalist
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I had not remembered the name of the Bluff Clinic correctly. That was where I went to. Concierge put me in a taxi, explained the address to the driver and off I went.
I doubt it has anything to do with "old toothpaste", but what do I know?
I doubt it has anything to do with "old toothpaste", but what do I know?
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I got a better one for you. Many years ago, I was traveling on the Shinkansen with an obnoxious Spaniard friend of mine, classic culturally-tone deaf peasant Gachupin PITA, a walking face-losing timebomb in Japan. Everything he did and everything he said was pretty much a continuous gaffe to the Japanese, so we were all in pins an needles seeing what the next thing would be that we'd have to apologize for.
So the girl who sells stuff on the train is walking by her cart. And PITA asks me what those "rice triangles" are called. I told him they were called "manko". So he went after the girl, loudly yelling "manko! manko!" while making a triangle shape with his fingers. I've never seen a Japanese train cart lady move to the next car so fast.
So the girl who sells stuff on the train is walking by her cart. And PITA asks me what those "rice triangles" are called. I told him they were called "manko". So he went after the girl, loudly yelling "manko! manko!" while making a triangle shape with his fingers. I've never seen a Japanese train cart lady move to the next car so fast.
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Just imagine how much that would cost in Japan.
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I purchased tenderloin from NZ, US, Aus and even Mexico at Nissin in Azabu-Juban for less than what I pay in the US. And the quality was much better. The meat from NZ is grass fed and also hallal.
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This thread started off with some active posting from the OP, health issues then caused alarm bells to ring... now there is silence.
Hope you're OK ToGo and not in too much pain.
Do please let us know how you're doing. I can't speak for others here but I am definitely concerned about you.
Hope you're OK ToGo and not in too much pain.
Do please let us know how you're doing. I can't speak for others here but I am definitely concerned about you.
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This thread started off with some active posting from the OP, health issues then caused alarm bells to ring... now there is silence.
Hope you're OK ToGo and not in too much pain.
Do please let us know how you're doing. I can't speak for others here but I am definitely concerned about you.
Hope you're OK ToGo and not in too much pain.
Do please let us know how you're doing. I can't speak for others here but I am definitely concerned about you.