Food, Food, and More Food Thread

....I don't like starbucks all that much either....haven't sat outside a coffee shop to see things fly by my eyes.....


For lunch i had Mi Wonton Xa Xiu....don't what this is called in Chinese, sorry :sweat:

kenjilina wrote:the starbucks in osaka by tower records is great. sitting outside is so suzushii!

well starbucks occupies some great locations in tokyo as well....the largest starbucks in the world in ginza and then there is the starbucks at shibuya crossing on the second floor....what an awesome location to look down at the street and trip out the sea of humanity.

bmwracer wrote:
Morons.

They probably drive the same way. :shakehead:

reminds me of how i was once in ikebukuro and this dood was on a bicycle, holdin' in an umbrella in one hand, smoking a cigarette, and talkin' on the cell fone all at the same time...at least he was travelling at low speed but maybe that's because he was waiting for ppl to shower him in 500 Yen coins for pulling off such a considerable feat.

Tu_triky wrote:maybe that's because he was waiting for ppl to shower him in 500 Yen coins for pulling off such a considerable feat.

:lol: I'd give him five bucks if he did that on one of our streets in SoCal...

Can you say road kill? :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
:lol: I'd give him five bucks if he did that on one of our streets in SoCal...

Can you say road kill? :hehe:

:hehe: no doubt....the poor bugger wouldn't have a chance even on a sidewalk.....

z123_us wrote:

yeah i like the cafe culture out here, just sit out by the road and chat around and look at the crowd go by ... and dont know is the states ... but out here the culture is to just let the people sit around .... no time pressure to leave when u done ... :beaten:

This weekend I got to partake in a slightly different type of outdoor cafe experience. I ate lunch at a restaurant on the Nautical Mile in Freeport, NY where many boats are docked. After a nice lunch my friends and I sauntered over to a little outdoors cafe that we reached by walking down a tiny alleyway entrance. The cafe overlooked the canal. The boats could glide by or dock right near the cafe. They had some excellent capucchino and smoothies. Not quite the Paris cafe experience but a very pleasurable one, nonetheless. :)

Enna wrote:This weekend I got to partake in a slightly different type of outdoor cafe experience. I ate lunch at a restaurant on the Nautical Mile in Freeport, NY where many boats are docked. After a nice lunch my friends and I sauntered over to a little outdoors cafe that we reached by walking down a tiny alleyway entrance. The cafe overlooked the canal. The boats could glide by or dock right near the cafe. They had some excellent capucchino and smoothies. Not quite the Paris cafe experience but a very pleasurable one, nonetheless. :)

Sounds pretty cool... I don't suppose you took any pictures...? ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Sounds pretty cool... I don't suppose you took any pictures...? ;)

No sorry bmw I didn't. :shakehead: Maybe next time I will remember to bring a camera. But here is the link if you want to check out the area. My friends and I had some tasty seafood platters with a nice bottle of wine at The Crab Shack. Also got to taste some Peruvian seafood this weekend. This was one eating out weekend! :D

http://www.thenauticalmile.com/index.htm

Enna wrote:No sorry bmw I didn't. :shakehead: Maybe next time I will remember to bring a camera. But here is the link if you want to check out the area. My friends and I had some tasty seafood platters with a nice bottle of wine at The Crab Shack. Also got to taste some Peruvian seafood this weekend. This was one eating out weekend! :D

http://www.thenauticalmile.com/index.htm

Hmm, the restaurant link says that a Japanese restaurant will be opening soon... Sugoi...! :)

Tu_triky wrote:

well starbucks occupies some great locations in tokyo as well....the largest starbucks in the world in ginza and then there is the starbucks at shibuya crossing on the second floor....what an awesome location to look down at the street and trip out the sea of humanity.

i'll be there next year so i'll definitely check it out. sounds awesome!

HASH BROWNS!

can't live without 'em!

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, the restaurant link says that a Japanese restaurant will be opening soon... Sugoi...! :)

Ooops I missed that. That would be great! They should do very well. Thanks for the heads up bmw. :say_thanx:

Enna wrote:Ooops I missed that. That would be great! They should do very well. Thanks for the heads up bmw. :say_thanx:

Are there many (any?) Japanese restaurants around that area?

I'm not sure how big a Japanese population exists in NY... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Are there many (any?) Japanese restaurants around that area?

I'm not sure how big a Japanese population exists in NY... :sweat:

There are many Japanese restaurants on Long Island not because of a large Japanese population but because we love to eat Japanese food here. We New Yorkers love to eat out!!!! :D That area doesn't have too many Japanese restaurants at all. Most of the Japanese population on LI lives on the north shore. Also New Jersey has a larger portion and in the area above NYC. I'll have to see if can find a way to research that question bmw. Interesting! :headscratch:

kenjilina wrote:

i'll be there next year so i'll definitely check it out. sounds awesome!

here are some pix to whet your appetite....

daytime picture from starbucks looking down at shibuya crossing...light foot traffic mind you
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daytime picture of the building which houses the starbucks in shibuya

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shibuya crossing at rush hour

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the throngs of humanity at night

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Tu_triky wrote:

here are some pix to whet your appetite....

daytime picture from starbucks looking down at shibuya crossing...light foot traffic mind you
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Is that the JR Shibuya station across the street?

dochira wrote:

Is that the JR Shibuya station across the street?

yeah the one with the Hachiko statue.

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Tu_triky wrote:

here are some pix to whet your appetite....

daytime picture from starbucks looking down at shibuya crossing...light foot traffic mind you
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daytime picture of the building which houses the starbucks in shibuya

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shibuya crossing at rush hour

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the throngs of humanity at night

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wow! i am well and truely whetted!

heard about hachiko, too. so sad that story. :shamefulcry:

thanks for the pics :bow:

kenjilina wrote:

wow! i am well and truely whetted!

heard about hachiko, too. so sad that story. :shamefulcry:

thanks for the pics :bow:

you're welcome....i look forward to the day when i go back and experience the sensory overload that is, shibuya crossing...makes my time in new york feel like a visit to the countryside ...

Uh, I don't see any pics of food... :sweat: