Okonomimura for Okonomiyaki in Hiroshima
Posted by harvey in Food, Travel on 27. Aug, 2009 | 6 Comments
I went to Okonomimura in Hiroshima on recommendation by some twitter peeps last week. The environment was really cool, not what I expected at all. I was told that Okonomimura was one building that had lots of different okonomiyaki shops inside all serving their signature okonomiyaki dishes. I imagined something like Gyoza Stadium or the [...]
Cat Nabe
Posted by harvey in Food, Humor on 16. Mar, 2009 | 1 Comment
Silly cat videos. You can make cat nabe (鍋=hot pot) just by placing nabe on the ground and waiting for the cats to climb in. It’s more effective if you line up a lot of nabe. Man, cats are silly. In case you want to know what Nabe are really supposed to be used for… [...]
A Trip Up North To Aomori
Posted by harvey in Culture, Food, Travel on 22. Aug, 2008 | Comments Off
I’ve been sitting on some pictures from Aomori that I never posted. Aomori is the northern-most prefecture on Honshu. It is the site of neputa matsuri (festival), which I have never seen, and beautiful natural sights. The Aomori Prefectural Government has a English language websight that highlights the sightseeing locations in Aomori. We didn’t have [...]
Oden
Posted by harvey in Food on 06. Aug, 2008 | 5 Comments
Oden Nothing like a hot oden in the winter. JapanNewbie – digging up old photos that were deemed too poor to post when they were originally taken. – Harvey
Semba Curry
Posted by harvey in Food, Osaka on 21. Jul, 2008 | 5 Comments
One of my favorite places to grab lunch during the work week was Semba Curry in Osaka. The curry at Semba Curry doesn’t look like much, but it tastes really good. Most curry has a brown colored roux, but the roux at Semba Curry is a deeper darker brown that kind of looks like old [...]
Brain Food
Posted by harvey in Food, Tokyo on 20. Jun, 2008 | 4 Comments
Just a picture of a menu at a Chinese restaraunt in Shibuya. Brain of Pork. I didn’t try it. – Harvey
Unagi in Kawagoe
Posted by harvey in Food, Travel on 11. Jun, 2008 | 4 Comments
One of my last fancy meals in Japan was scrumptious eel (a dish called unagi-jyuu, eel and rice, and eel, and more rice) in Kawagoe. I absolutely love this stuff. Love it. There is something about these unagi-don type dishes that is irresistable once you get past the fact that it’s, well, eel. The pickeled [...]
Ramen in Jyuugaoka
Posted by harvey in Food, Tokyo on 07. Jun, 2008 | 4 Comments
I stumbled upon this yummy Ramen shop in Jyuugaoka while wandering with a friend in Tokyo before I left. Just look at this. The peppered stuff in the upper left above the pork is tuna (maguro) – and boy was it good. This is some high-quality, high-cost ramen. I think it was something like 900 [...]
