The 'random questions about Japan' thread
Aug 22, 2013, 3:25 pm
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Aug 22, 2013, 3:40 pm
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Aug 22, 2013, 6:52 pm
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The Japanese make mayonnaise as well as the Brits. Perfectly awful stuff. The best mayonnaise is homemade anyway. Cannot imagine using store bought unless in an absolute mayonnaise emergency. You will not find too many real restaurants using anything else than in house made.
Aug 22, 2013, 7:44 pm
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I like Miracle Whip :-)
What the hell is a "Mayonnaise emergency"? :-)
The Japanese make mayonnaise as well as the Brits. Perfectly awful stuff. The best mayonnaise is homemade anyway. Cannot imagine using store bought unless in an absolute mayonnaise emergency. You will not find too many real restaurants using anything else than in house made.
Aug 22, 2013, 8:04 pm
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The Japanese make mayonnaise as well as the Brits. Perfectly awful stuff. The best mayonnaise is homemade anyway. Cannot imagine using store bought unless in an absolute mayonnaise emergency. You will not find too many real restaurants using anything else than in house made.
Aug 22, 2013, 8:56 pm
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Aug 23, 2013, 12:46 am
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I have noticed that the trash cans I used to find at 田舎コンビニare few and far between at their big city counterparts ! I am sure there was something about that on bento.com or was it gaijinpot 
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Aug 23, 2013, 7:48 am
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I should note that on my last trip to Tokyo I remember at least five instances of elevator open/close buttons not being labeled with anything but 開/閉 (and a 開延長 once- why don't elevators in the US have this button?) in plain white. Much less of a problem for me because I can read, but for others, I see this being an issue.
Aug 23, 2013, 8:12 am
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water at non-fancy restautants
When one asks for water at a casual restaurant (for drinking, not for tea-making), is there typically a choice between tap water and bottled water, or is it usually one or the other? If it's bottled water, are both sparkling (fizzy) and flat water usually available? I'd usually be interested in a birru, but that's not an option for me at the moment.