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Found this image of a (quite shady) ラーメン大学、which means Ramen University. I’d be kind of scared to go in there though, do you think it is legit? ^^
Goes nice with my blog’s theme and all, Instant Ramen!
Speaking of which, my Japanese teacher told me that all chefs in Japan need a license in order to become cooks, just wondering if this applies to small ramen shops too. If so, where do they study? Here I guess!
Thanks to Neta
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I must say, I love to play my Nintendo DS. But having one for breakfast would be epic, don’t you think? Still wondering how they manage to create such a fine toast (if it’s real that is). Any ideas? ^^
Source: newzonfire.com
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Airline food
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Different airlines in the world have different kinds of foods. Take a look at what United is serving. JAL and China on the other side look delicious! Most airlines, however, have really made an effort in recent years to make their grub a bit more palatable. Some refined airlines have even improved the presentation! While some airlines make no effort to provide for vegetarians or vegans, other airlines like United give you many delightful options. Asian vegetarian? Kosher? Whatever you feel like! ^^
A flight, whether long or short, should be as enjoyable as possible, regardless of the food. Take a good book and a DVD player if you don’t have one of those televisions in-built in the seat in front of you. Bring games, a notebook, and a magazine to happily while the time away. Write a To Do list, or plan your next party bets moves or draw up a guest list for your next party. Write the postcards you forgot to send while on holiday! Do whatever you like to make the most of your time onboard. Enjoy the meals– even if you don’t like the main course you might love the dessert! Never say never.
Korean Air’s mineral patch looks delicious! (Here’s a Starcraft Cake in case you didn’t get the joke ^^)
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Or should I say, a poor man’s curry rice ^^;
Curry is one of Japan’s most popular dishes (particularly curry rice), and is also well known amongst East Asian cuisines. Curry originated in India and South Asia and expanded to all Asia, and arrived to Japan in the Meiji era.
Anyway, imagine how many spoons of rice you have to eat with each chop of vegetable on the curry above! Via Neta.
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Sushi
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Sushi brought to you by Hao ^^; dunno if it’s legal to call it sushi as any Japanese would kill me if they knew I’ve been messing with their food >_<
Today I received some very good news, the video-game that we published some months ago — Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles / 時空五行風水大戦 — was featured at gamesTM, a huge UK-based magazine and I had a chance to look at it today. Really neat and professional.
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Can you see anything weird on the picture above? Well, most of us would be caught in the trap I guess — there are ice cubes inside that ramen! Actually, it’s 冷やしラーメン (hiyashi ramen), served chilling cold and literally on the rocks.
Cold ramen originates from the Yamagata prefecture. On summer, ramen stores have a hard time selling hot ramen to customers, and you’re better off eating ice cream like our modern samurai. Well then, someone thought it would be a great idea to serve cold ramen, and the rest is history ^^
It may feel a little beyond your imagination to eat cold noodles, but they taste quite good. In my case, it was a (very) hot summer day and my host family had sōmen (素麺) — another type of noodles served cold — for lunch. I was initially a little hesitant to eat noodles with ice on them, but my family insisted that I would feel refreshed. Not only was it true, but the noodles tasted great, and I became an instant cold noodle lover.
Would you give cold ramen a try?
Photo by: Higetiger.
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Beautiful My Neighbor Totoro Bento by AnnaTheRed. In case you didn’t know, hand-made bento (lunch) making in Japan is a form of art for some ^^ looks delicious but I would feel bad eating it!
Beside decorated bentos, normal bentos in Japan are very common in convinience stores — you can find virtually any type of Japanese meal in the form of bentos and for quite a fair price. At least in the Tokyo/Osaka area, I’ve seen that bentos are usually in the 500 – 1000 yen range, which is quite affordable considering that most of them are a good, balanced meals (maybe a bit on the small side). Much better choice compared to fast food restaurants, which I am not very fond of.
Another tip when you’re in Japan is looking for bentos at night, since most of them will be discarded after one day, convinience stores put them a little cheaper. Just pray that you won’t get sick or something! ^^;
Do you prefer conbini bentos or fast food?
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Have you seen the Japanese version of KFC’s Colonel Sanders? When I first saw him in Tokyo, I expected to see the Western version — chicken tasted great for sure, but didn’t expect a localization for the Japanese market ^^; (Photo: jpellgen)
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I just had the most delicious mangoes I’ve eaten in a long time I must say. While eating my mango, I suddenly remembered about TokyoMango, and then wondered how much a mango could cost in tokyo — the author of said probably knows! ^^; (why mango anyway?)
My mangoes depicted above cost roughly 80 yen/pound, or about 20 yen a piece, and have the best taste I’ve had in a while. Thinking about it, some fruits in Japan do taste better than the ones from my little Costa Rica, but others taste pretty much the same. Anyway, fruits are extremely cheap around here, and if you’re used to eating at least ten kinds of different fruits a day (me), you’ll get a huge fruit-culture shock.
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Have you ever tasted Japanese Soft Drinks? I’m not a fan of soft drinks, especially Coke, but I did try them. As for the Fanta alternatives, I must say that I was quite addicted to them. Japanese soft drinks do have much less sugar compared to the Western ones, and also less artificial coloring, which makes it less scary to your stomach ^^
Tasty~
