Weekly Food Update

November is already upon us.  And here is another weekly food update for those of you who love to see Japanese foods :P.

First up, some sushi and raw type stuffs.  The sushi is from a conveyer belt place in OASIS21 in Sakae.

 I have no idea what that was...but it was sooo gooood!

 I find these non-nigiri sushi quite tasty at these places.

 Some good old maguro (tuna)... I actually asked for it at the bar since there was none on the belt (and got understood so..hehe).  At these restaurants, you often hear people (most of whom are sitting at the bar) yell out "sumimasen, <name> <quantity> onegaishimasu" where sumimasen is similar to excuse me to get the shop keepers attention and onegaishimasu is basically please.  The quantity is typically expressed in old Japanese counters (which I was just learning in my course) which are much different than the standard (Chinese derived) way of counting in Japanese.  I took the picture after eating one :P - was quite thick.

 And this interesting raw stuff on rice dish at a place in the mall near me.  The raw shrimp was quite tasty.  It included: large fish roe, cooked salmon, tuna sashimi, raw scallops, small raw shrimp, and the big shrimp (you can see the tail at the bottom right).  The wasabi was tasty!

Next up some pickings from the school cafeterias.  Every few weeks some new dishes (usually seasonal) are introduced so there is quite a selection.
First up, a pork cutlet don (don = rice bowl) with freshly grated radish on top.

 A nice puffy pastry.

 A hamburger in miso sauce with some potatoes on top and some greens and mushrooms.

 Niku (meaning meat) udon - very tasty; basically, broth, udon noodles, fried bacon and onions.

 Tasty fried fish don with egg.

On Tuesday our whole lab together with another lab went out to drink.  We took up this entire restaurant (about 40-50 people).  This is the way the tables were set before the people showed up.

 It was an all you can drink thing with various foods.  Here is the entrance to the restaurant but the sign doesn't show - the iphone camera isn't good for night shots.

One day I ate at home so I got some nice freshly cooked squid (calamari) at the grocery store.  It was so good!

Lastly, here is a good example of Japanese English signs on items.  The dude drinking this oolong tea is called uuchan (ウーちゃん - written from top to bottom).  The English slogan says "made with tender loving care". :)