The restaurant where I ate my first meal in Japan.
The vending machine where I purchased the ticket for my first meal in Japan,
The large building is my hotel! It's fairly famous because every room has a view! Look for me; I'm on the 31st floor practicing my sumo moves. The final photo is me... proving that I am, indeed, in Japan.
Tues., June 10th Eating my way through Japan
Well, this is day three of my Japanese Adventure (remember that I am one day ahead of you because I crossed the International Dateline). It is actually my first full day in Japan. We arrived in Tokyo on Tues. afternoon. Arrangements had been made to have college students take us around Tokyo in small groups for Dinner. Ericosan was our college guide. Even though she is a third year college student majoring in English, she was a little shy showing three teachers around Tokyo. We went to a small Ramen (noodle) café. At this café you choose your entrée from a menu on the wall. Then you go to a vending machine and purchase a ticket for your selection. Afterwards, you give the cook your ticket and in a few minutes, your dinner is served! Thanks to advice from several of my AVID students, I was sure to slurp my noodles loudly! By the time we had finished dinner it was 10:00 PM, Tokyo time and 2:00 AM California time, so I was ready for bed.
Tues., June 10th Eating my way through Japan
Well, this is day three of my Japanese Adventure (remember that I am one day ahead of you because I crossed the International Dateline). It is actually my first full day in Japan. We arrived in Tokyo on Tues. afternoon. Arrangements had been made to have college students take us around Tokyo in small groups for Dinner. Ericosan was our college guide. Even though she is a third year college student majoring in English, she was a little shy showing three teachers around Tokyo. We went to a small Ramen (noodle) café. At this café you choose your entrée from a menu on the wall. Then you go to a vending machine and purchase a ticket for your selection. Afterwards, you give the cook your ticket and in a few minutes, your dinner is served! Thanks to advice from several of my AVID students, I was sure to slurp my noodles loudly! By the time we had finished dinner it was 10:00 PM, Tokyo time and 2:00 AM California time, so I was ready for bed.
7 comments:
I was wondering if the ramen noodles in Japan are like the Top Ramen noodles that you can buy in a package in the U.S. When you went to the restaurant, did they serve any meat or vegetables with the noodles? Are you supposed to eat noodles with chop sticks, or do you just slurp them?
Reply to Wendy's questions:
These were not like "Top Ramen" that you buy in the store for about nine cents. I think "ramen" refers to any kind of noodle. The noodles were similar to the ones we can get at a Japanese resturant in the U.S. but a little better quality. I guess there are dozens of different types of noodles depending on the region of Japan that you are visitng. My dinner (whih cost 1000 yen)was very soupy and had a big slice of pork floating in it. The soup appeared brown but when it was stirred, black stuff rose from the bottom. They also provide a bowl of spicy string noodles that are added as a condiment. We were given chop sticks and the wide white spoons used in Japanese resturants. So I used both the spoon and the chop sticks. In the end I picked up the bowl (in proper Japanese fashion with two hands) and drained my bowl. They were big bowls; the three other people I was eating with only ate half of their noodles. I was tempted to ask if I could have them but refrained for the sake of good manners. Darn!
PS They still smoke in Japanese resturants... not like California.
i was wondering if sushi tastes the same in Japan like it does in the united states?
From, Emily Johnston and Abi Van Artsdalen =)
Hello Mr. Lahr,
WOW! I can't believe you are already in Japan and are having a ton of fun! Hope you have fun staying there and enjoying all your activities!
Your EPIC Student,
Akash Salam
Ultimate Math Matician
P.S. We missed you today very much because the year books were passsed out, and it just didn't seem right without you....
Hey Mr. Lahr!!!
Hope you are having a great time in Japan, it all sounds fun. I'm glad everyones advice is helping you. I saw your picture in the newspaper, they talked about how you were going to Japan...well hope you are enjoying your time over there!!!
Sincerely,
Breanna D.
In the "proving I'm actually here picture," where exactly are you?
Reply to Emily and Abi:
I don't know if there is any differences between the US and Japanese sushi (and shashimi). The ingredients for sushi: fresh fish, rice and seaweed don't seem like they can be altered much. But there are some varities I haven't tried before. In fact there is one that is very much like squares of scrabbbled egg, with no fish at all.
PS How is your geography vacation unit coming along?
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