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Breakfast at home:Cold tofu drizzled with sesame oil and scallions
Prices from yesterday's grocery trip:
88 Yen (store bought tofu)
99 Yen (scallions)
125 Yen (dressing)
Lunch:
"Set Lunch menu" Roppongi soba noodle restaurant,
1050 Yen & featuring:
-Soba noodles: a traditional buckwheat noodle served hot or cold, usually depending on the season (cold today, because it was HOT outside). Served with a dipping sauce of soy sauce, white radish and wasabi. Proper eating method: grab a chopstick full of noodles, dunk them, and slurp them up (literally, slurping is a sign that you like something here, a compliment to the chef, not at all ill- mannered).
-Sweet potato, jalapeno and shrimp tempura (top left)
-Pickled cucumber and white radish (next to soba dipping sauce)
-Octopus and cabbage mixed in a mayonnaise-type sauce (second photo, bottom right photo)
-Small bowl of sticky white rice garnished with sesame seeds, scallions and strips of a hot red pepper I can't put my finger on yet (caught in top photo, far right)
Dinner:
Although I failed to take my camera (hey this blog commitment takes some getting used to), I can still share the details:
Darjeeling Indian Restaurant, Yoyogi-Uehera (about a mile from the apartment), 1,000 Yen
-Kirin Tanrei Beer "Brewed for Good Times" (550 Yen- a total rip off)
-Salad + Naan (450 Yen)
I've also had the vegetable curry here and the saffron rice, but wasn't hungry tonight after my monstrous lunch.
Additional Note: Japan is known for exceptional Indian food and also "the best Italian food outside of Rome". Both have a Japanese twist to the traditional, but now I also recognize the American twists to these cuisines. More to come as I sample other various foods and show you first hand...
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