What does "feeling of being in Japan" mean?
Aug 29, 2007, 9:47 pm
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My feeling of being in Japan?
The tears that flow once you gaze across the pond at the golden temple in Kyoto on a surreal morning as the low clouds lift gracefully like a curtain.
Another one? Looking way up and up and only noticing the eggs in ma's underbelly at Mori's Roppongi Tower! Ahh the MABO feeling!
Sanosuke!
The tears that flow once you gaze across the pond at the golden temple in Kyoto on a surreal morning as the low clouds lift gracefully like a curtain.
Another one? Looking way up and up and only noticing the eggs in ma's underbelly at Mori's Roppongi Tower! Ahh the MABO feeling!
Sanosuke!
Aug 29, 2007, 10:03 pm
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Ah yes, the infamous katsu sando. Has to be one of the world's most heinous and disgusting creations. Who the hell thought up the idea that the crunchy part is on the inside and the mushy part on the outside? Crustless white bread? Couldn't they have picked something a bit higher in the Western food totem pole?
The katsu sando stands out because it is the definition of vileness in an otherwise excellent universe of edibles. And the feeling of Japan part comes of course, from the fact that the Japanese love it and is extremely popular. That's when I know that the Japanese are different.
The katsu sando stands out because it is the definition of vileness in an otherwise excellent universe of edibles. And the feeling of Japan part comes of course, from the fact that the Japanese love it and is extremely popular. That's when I know that the Japanese are different.
Aug 29, 2007, 10:21 pm
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PS - extra points for identifying the Sponges.
Aug 29, 2007, 10:39 pm
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Utter abomination, time to report you to the food culture department at the Foreign Ministry! Hopefully you will be thoroughly questioned the next time you are through..........
Aug 29, 2007, 11:29 pm
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)Richmond, West London,
http://www.williamcurley.co.uk/
Would definitely hold its own in Tokyo (he polished his training in Japan for a while and has a Japanese wife, Suzue, who is also an accomplished patissiere) and his shop is frequented by many expensively groomed Japanese customers.
Aug 30, 2007, 12:49 am
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I'm glad you 'fessed up as I wouldn't have had the guts to admit that I do too. Of course, I like the actual katsu-pan that is in a roll that has the crust still on. The only white bread sandos I buy are the ones with bright orange egg yolks in the middle. I know we are making Pickles cringe, but - yumm!
But crustless white bread? Not even Smidgen would go for something like that. And this is a neko that has no compunction of licking his nether regions before or after eating his foul-looking (and probably equally foul-tasting) neko crunchies.
Aug 30, 2007, 12:54 am
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I'm a big fan of katsu sandwiches but I understand Pickles' resistance to the inside-out nature of the crunchy filling and soft exterior. Perhaps if you were to deep-fry the katsu-sando?
Sandwiches that really give me the "feeling of being in Japan" are:
- Strawberry and cream sandwiches
- Fried noodle sandwiches
- Mosburger's riceburger sandwiches
- Potato salad sandwiches
- Sandwiches that defy Pythagorus with the disproportionate amount of filling on the hypotenuse
- Sandwiches in soup (I know... it's "hanpen")
Sandwiches that really give me the "feeling of being in Japan" are:
- Strawberry and cream sandwiches
- Fried noodle sandwiches
- Mosburger's riceburger sandwiches
- Potato salad sandwiches
- Sandwiches that defy Pythagorus with the disproportionate amount of filling on the hypotenuse
- Sandwiches in soup (I know... it's "hanpen")
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Aug 30, 2007, 1:35 am
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That might work. Hirekatsu sando korokke, anyone? Speaking of sandos, I think the chiken salada sando on graham tosto at the Homeworks in Hiroo or Azabu Juban is pretty darn good. Not the one at the "Pantry by Homeworks". In that one, don't know, cost cutting or what, but they mix in some pasta salad which isn't that prime.
Aug 30, 2007, 3:49 am
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Aug 30, 2007, 6:18 am
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That might work. Hirekatsu sando korokke, anyone? Speaking of sandos, I think the chiken salada sando on graham tosto at the Homeworks in Hiroo or Azabu Juban is pretty darn good. Not the one at the "Pantry by Homeworks". In that one, don't know, cost cutting or what, but they mix in some pasta salad which isn't that prime.
Aug 30, 2007, 8:56 am
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Aug 30, 2007, 9:10 am
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I'm a big fan of katsu sandwiches but I understand Pickles' resistance to the inside-out nature of the crunchy filling and soft exterior. Perhaps if you were to deep-fry the katsu-sando?
Sandwiches that really give me the "feeling of being in Japan" are:
- Strawberry and cream sandwiches
- Fried noodle sandwiches
- Mosburger's riceburger sandwiches
- Potato salad sandwiches
- Sandwiches that defy Pythagorus with the disproportionate amount of filling on the hypotenuse
- Sandwiches in soup (I know... it's "hanpen")
Sandwiches that really give me the "feeling of being in Japan" are:
- Strawberry and cream sandwiches
- Fried noodle sandwiches
- Mosburger's riceburger sandwiches
- Potato salad sandwiches
- Sandwiches that defy Pythagorus with the disproportionate amount of filling on the hypotenuse
- Sandwiches in soup (I know... it's "hanpen")
Aug 30, 2007, 9:38 am
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And to think I blot this one out.
Seeing a loved one eat what is essentially a hot dog bun bursting with yakisoba and then slathered in mayonnaise... definitely a queasy "feeling of being in Japan" I'm not much looking forward to.
I try to look away, I just can't
I think it's the combination of red pickled ginger and mayo that gets to me.
Probably the whole 'mayora' cult in general, especially when glimpsing some of the cult's more dedicated accolytes. And I even like mayonnaise.
Seeing a loved one eat what is essentially a hot dog bun bursting with yakisoba and then slathered in mayonnaise... definitely a queasy "feeling of being in Japan" I'm not much looking forward to.
I try to look away, I just can't
I think it's the combination of red pickled ginger and mayo that gets to me.
Probably the whole 'mayora' cult in general, especially when glimpsing some of the cult's more dedicated accolytes. And I even like mayonnaise.
Aug 30, 2007, 11:03 am
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