Ron is such an optimist that he still demands we go down to breakfast right at 7, when I am long past caring. Yesterday, there was a grill-your-own-fish station as the highlight of the buffet, featuring blowfish, which is apparently deadly if you don’t cook it right. Those are some mighty high stakes for breakfast. […]
Please bring us some food
I’ve noticed a few things about Japanese culture as we travel around. Mostly, I contrast it to our time in Beijing and Shanghai. I recall one night in Shanghai, when we were simply trying to turn right out of our hotel parking lot on our tour bus, when we were stuck for 40 minutes as […]
Team Fantastic takes on sushi-making
Here we are at the beginning of our lesson. And here’s my work output, just like a real restaurant: Later on, too tired to try out another Tokyo restaurant, I did a little more cooking and it was far more edible than the sushi. We’re headed out of Tokyo in the morning. Talk to you […]
Culinary musings and a little art appreciation
All right. Let’s talk about the food. Everyone who heard we were going to Japan made some sort of sophisticated comment about the food here and, while I know enough about myself to realize I probably wasn’t going to reach that same conclusion, I was unprepared for this stuff. The picture above is from a […]
