my japan vacation

[mike c]

i was able to login, but surfing using an iphone isn't very encouraging

i'm back!

Spoiler

no more of the pics.

 

[jamie2112]

Welcome back Mike,how was Japan? I love that country...

 

[STRONGBADF1]

Welcome back Mike! I would love to get to Japan someday. Hope you had a great time!

 

[jamie2112]

I know Mike these guys suck sometimes.......

 

[mike c]

except for the language barrier ... it's my new favorite place!

i found this sushi buffet place ... mmmmmmm mmmmmmm!

did i mention it was a buffet? and i don't mean sushi already made on a big table, i mean, the sushi chef makes the sushi as you order them!

 

[mike c]

is 29.5 rolls of sushi too much?

 

[jamie2112]

is 29.5 rolls of sushi too much?

If you arent a sumo wrestler than YES thats alot O sushi......

 

[Rickster71]

Mike, these guys are an unruly bunch.

Sounds like a good trip.
Great sushi must be on every corner there.

 

[STRONGBADF1]

So where are the pics? (Iknow you took a camera!)

 

[aberkowitz]

is 29.5 rolls of sushi too much?

Not at all... although you probably needed more than one courtesy flush the next day

 

[pzaur]

Not at all... although you probably needed more than one courtesy flush the next day

-pat

 

[mike c]

i'll start with sushi and sashimi pics:

such juicy big scallops

Uni (Sea Urchin) that just disintegrates in your mouth, Ikura (Fish Roe) that pops as you bite into it

 

[mike c]

the one on the right is whale ... /ducks the PETA rocks.

it doesn't taste good, i don't understand why the need to eat this.

Horse Sashimi

yes i said Horse. i could only stomach one bite ... i don't recommend these two unless you're a werewolf or a vampire.

 

[Alex2507]

You did not eat horse and whale !!!

I'm gonna have some nice fried pig fat and something that came out of a chicken's @ss.

In honor of your previous thread: check out the rack on this one.

 

[speakerman39]

Welcome Back Kotter--no wait that was a 70's tv show-- I mean Mike! Hope your trip to Japan was everything you envisioned it to be. Did you happen to snap some photos of the local culture? If so, please share with the rest of us. I want to go to Japan one day myself.



Cheers,

Phil

 

[majorloser]

the one on the right is whale ... /ducks the PETA rocks.

it doesn't taste good, i don't understand why the need to eat this.

Everybody know whale is best served fried with mashed potatoes and gravy.

 

[mike c]

Mike, these guys are an unruly bunch.

Sounds like a good trip.
Great sushi must be on every corner there.

yes it is i asked a local contact how to find places with "fresh sushi". he looked at me and said "the restaurants just won't serve the sushi if they aren't fresh" "otherwise, people wouldn't come back" kinda like a 'duh' moment for me. i guess he doesn't know how many philippine-japanese restaurants serve crappy sushi.

Not at all... although you probably needed more than one courtesy flush the next day

that's what i thought too, second round of bombing of japan ...
but i guess because it was all fresh and not greasy nor processed ... i was great!

You did not eat horse and whale !!!

tastes like chicken... raw chicken.

So where are the pics? (Iknow you took a camera!)

Welcome Back Kotter--no wait that was a 70's tv show-- I mean Mike! Hope your trip to Japan was everything you envisioned it to be. Did you happen to snap some photos of the local culture? If so, please share with the rest of us. I want to go to Japan one day myself.

Cheers,

Phil

i'm gonna use some office time to load some pics, though most of my pics are a disaster again. 'spray and pray' type of photography is not too efficient.

Everybody know whale is best served fried with mashed potatoes and gravy.

ooh, i forgot to request for it in that way

 

[mike c]

0 degree weather ... rain and some snow.

ice cream! yum!

the pictures outside this place was just too tempting to resist!

 

[mike c]

i don't have many pics of tempura ... they're not all served at once, so you can eat them freshly fried - so they didn't stay very long on the plate.

notice the paper under the tempura doesn't have much oil.

the restaurants in Japan have specialties, like for example if they serve sushi, they serve sushi only ... tempura is the only food type that we tried twice this trip.

let me check if i have pics of the eel place ...

 

[mike c]

Unagi!