I hate you blogger. i had this all done, and now it gets deleted. The saves didn't even work. I hate you blogger. Oh, and stop adding 2 newlines to every newline I put in. It's annoying.

Now let me try to redo my last post.

The culinary tour continues!

The past few days have been highlighted by the various meals. Two nights ago, we had Japanese BBQ just here in Shibuya after taking a quick trip to Asakusa at an attempt to visit these little store fronts that sell various trinkets by some big temple. The food was good - I had some bbq pork (teppanyaki style, I think?) and a beef stew.

For lunch yesterday we went to a restaurant that specializes in Soba noodles. I had some chicken tonkatsu and a bowl of soba noodles. The tonkatsu was really good. I think I have a general weakness for egg, and it seems like it was fried in some sort of scrambled or fried egg.

Last night's dinner was a virtual smogisport. It was at a restaurant called Wasabi Place, which, interestingly enough, specializes in carrots. Err, I mean, wasabi.

We started off with these little dishes, like a large soy sauce plate, that had a textured surface, and a wasabi root. Using the texture, we rubbed the root on the plate to get the wasabi into a paste form. That came along with a small plate various small pieces of food- included a tiny cube of tofu with a tiny piece of chicken on top, along with two bean sprouts.

Next, came the potatoes - basically, peppered home fry potatoes -yum

Skewered chicken came next, of various parts of the chicken - skin, meat, bone, heart. The ones I had were good (I avoided the heart)

Unago (eel) sushi, which was really good - one of the best foods of the night.

Autumn fish sushi, both with the rice, and separate - the other star of the night. great texture and perfect flavor, not too fisy.

Oysters a-plenty, in various forms - with a wasabi sauce, and with cheese. I avoided this altogether - wasn't feeling up for slimey oysters.

Squid - a plate of squid - one was a giant slab of squid meat - had a bit of that, but really too slimey for me.

Dessert - I passed on the option of wasabi ice cream and opted for pudding instead

All in all, great food. The great thing about it too, I wasn't stuffed afterwards - just had all the great flavors from the foods lingering.

Today's the last day of work, so for the next few days I'll just be exploring the city more freely. I've got a separate hotel tomorrow, before staying in a capsule the next night - I promise pictures of the capsule for sure.

Other pictures -

No talking on your cell phone in the subway! Also, Tommy Lee Jones endorses Boss coffee. Seriously, lots of pictures of various faces of Tommy Lee Jones next to the coffee. Kind of weird...

At both the soba noodle place and Wasabi Place, we were sitting in a special area that required shoe removal. They provide cubbies for storing the shoes while eating. (Turn your head for picture-viewing)

Upcoming to-dos: Harajuku (see some weird cosplay), Kyoto, Akiba