Iron Chef Tokyo!
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tikistitchSo, our favorite thing to do in Japan, after shopping for Stitch, and buying Stitch, and seeing Stitch in the Enchanted Tiki Room, and directing our spouse to win Stitch in claw machines...is of course eating!!!
So, we went out to a complex of malls outside Tokyo that you get to on the monorail. We always refer to it as "the place by the Statue of Liberty," 'cause they've also got one of those, and they've also got a huge ferris wheel, which you can literally see from the train to Tokyo Disney.
Our buddy, Yoda-san, escorted us out, and after an interlude with mixed luck at the claw machines, we also walked through the car dealership. Yeah, a car dealership - but it's actually not annoying!
Of course, since Japan is all about The Future, they had a bunch of cool sci fi cars. Mr. Tiki thought this model was pretty badass.
Though we think this one would lead to confusion as to whether one is coming or going. They also had a test track going through the entire dealership (which was spread over a couple of floors) that looked like a giant model train track!
Anyways, after a while, our ever-patient host noted we were dragging along whining, "HUNGRY!" So, he took us to this Iron Chef-style complex of ramen shops. Basically, here are the chef dudes in the "competition." They feature their yummiest noodles on the menu, and you decide whose restaurant you're going to go to.
We immediately ruled out the guy in the hat, 'cause we thought it made him look like kind of a douche. We ended up picking this guy, kinda because we thought the noodle dish in the picture looked especially scrumptious, but also because we thought he kinda looks like Edward James Olmos's Japanese cousin. (Admiral Adama noodles = coolness.) We all ended up getting the dish in the picture, and it was absolutely incredible, plus so chock full of fresh garlic, we're probably STILL keeping the vampires away!
So, we went out to a complex of malls outside Tokyo that you get to on the monorail. We always refer to it as "the place by the Statue of Liberty," 'cause they've also got one of those, and they've also got a huge ferris wheel, which you can literally see from the train to Tokyo Disney.
Our buddy, Yoda-san, escorted us out, and after an interlude with mixed luck at the claw machines, we also walked through the car dealership. Yeah, a car dealership - but it's actually not annoying!
Of course, since Japan is all about The Future, they had a bunch of cool sci fi cars. Mr. Tiki thought this model was pretty badass.
Though we think this one would lead to confusion as to whether one is coming or going. They also had a test track going through the entire dealership (which was spread over a couple of floors) that looked like a giant model train track!
Anyways, after a while, our ever-patient host noted we were dragging along whining, "HUNGRY!" So, he took us to this Iron Chef-style complex of ramen shops. Basically, here are the chef dudes in the "competition." They feature their yummiest noodles on the menu, and you decide whose restaurant you're going to go to.
We immediately ruled out the guy in the hat, 'cause we thought it made him look like kind of a douche. We ended up picking this guy, kinda because we thought the noodle dish in the picture looked especially scrumptious, but also because we thought he kinda looks like Edward James Olmos's Japanese cousin. (Admiral Adama noodles = coolness.) We all ended up getting the dish in the picture, and it was absolutely incredible, plus so chock full of fresh garlic, we're probably STILL keeping the vampires away!
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Date: 2008-11-10 10:35 pm (UTC)(He would be the rebellious one with a cheesy catchphrase that hipsters will co-opt for ironic purposes some 20 years later.)
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Date: 2008-11-10 10:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-10 10:46 pm (UTC)