Tu_triky wrote:From the New York Times Travel Section on Tokyo
At last count, there were more than 190,000 bars and restaurants in Tokyo.
Did you see this, Q?
Did you see this, Q?
Food, Food, and More Food Thread
Started by bmwracer · 6 Oct 2004 · 25,210 replies
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Did you see this, Q?
Tu_triky wrote:
Did you see this, Q?
dude.....that is nutz :shocked: :bonk:
that is amazing...
Tu_triky wrote:
Did you see this, Q?
:shocked:
qilver wrote:
dude.....that is nutz
that is amazing...
Shindou wrote:
:shocked:
nuggin' futz, man...that's probably more eating and drinking establishments than in several countries...COMBINED!
Tu_triky wrote:
nuggin' futz, man...that's probably more eating and drinking establishments than in several countries...COMBINED!
for sure..
Shindou wrote:
for sure..
the amount of diversity is staggering...awesomely so. you can find food from everywhere around the world man!
Tu_triky wrote:
the amount of diversity is staggering...awesomely so. you can find food from everywhere around the world man!
the diversity of the food just off campus here is rather large too - cept the quality sux, lol :rofl:
Shindou wrote:
the diversity of the food just off campus here is rather large too - cept the quality sux, lol :rofl:
:applaud: yeah but it's always better than the food at the university/campus cafeterias!
reminds of watching school dramas like Orange Days, where they eat ramen, tonkatsu, curry, etc...for lunch
Tu_triky wrote:
:applaud: yeah but it's always better than the food at the university/campus cafeterias!
reminds of watching school dramas like Orange Days, where they eat ramen, tonkatsu, curry, etc...for lunch
yep, i'm spending the weekend eating instant noodles :hehe: :hehe: - rather like matsushima nanako in yamato nadeshiko :mrgreen:
Tu_triky wrote:
the amount of diversity is staggering...awesomely so. you can find food from everywhere around the world man!
exactly....so much to see, do, and eat, that's why i love Tokyo... :applaud:
qilver wrote:
exactly....so much to see, do, and eat, that's why i love Tokyo... :applaud:
couldn't agree with you more...
:mrgreen:
Tu_triky wrote:
couldn't agree with you more...
:mrgreen:
so far, planning on re-visiting for trip#3 to Japan in 2007.... :fingerscrossed: :bonk:
Made some shishamo for dinner tonight! mmm mmm good!
Are consumers ready for World Cup noodles?
The Yomiuri Shimbun
With less than a week to go before Friday's opening of the FIFA soccer World Cup finals, food companies are engaging in a marketing offensive as they use images associated with the international competition to entice customers to their products.
Their success will depend on the degree to which their World Cup-themed products remind consumers of the games without actually mentioning the event on the packaging, as only official corporate sponsors are allowed to sell items bearing the words "World Cup."
As a result, firms that do not have sponsorship contracts with FIFA--world soccer's governing body--have tried hard to create snacks that taste like food from Germany or some other country playing in the World Cup finals.
Nissin Food Products on Monday will release a new flavor in its Cup Noodle series. Cup Noodle German Potato Big, priced at 175 yen, has potato--with skins--and 100 percent pork sausage in Western-style savory soup, evoking the image of typical German food.
The package design is centered on black, red and yellow, the colors of 2006 World Cup host Germany's flag.
There are other snack foods and potato chips being marketed in a similar vein.
On May 29, Calbee Foods Co. added a limited-production German sausage flavor to its "Jagariko" potato snack line.
House Foods Corp. also started selling its O'zack potato chips in German potato flavor and hot dog flavor. The chips are priced at 120 yen.
According to the company, the taste will evoke the full flavor of the soccer matches in Germany--even for fans watching from their homes in Japan.
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and Tsu-based Oyatsu Company, Ltd. are jointly releasing six new Baby-Star snack flavors.
They include flavors recalling tastes from Japan's three opponents at the group stage.
These flavors are based on Brazilian churrasco, which is meat cooked on a skewer, Croatian cabbage roll called sarma and Australian steak.
Crunching these chips may help supporters feel as if they wiped out the three rivals standing in Japan's way to World Cup glory.
Suntory Ltd. also released the summer-only product Summer Shoot! The 350-milliliter low-malt beer, priced at about 150 yen, features the image of a soccer ball on the can, which was designed to attract people looking to knock back a cold one while taking in a match.
(Jun. 5, 2006)
The Yomiuri Shimbun
With less than a week to go before Friday's opening of the FIFA soccer World Cup finals, food companies are engaging in a marketing offensive as they use images associated with the international competition to entice customers to their products.
Their success will depend on the degree to which their World Cup-themed products remind consumers of the games without actually mentioning the event on the packaging, as only official corporate sponsors are allowed to sell items bearing the words "World Cup."
As a result, firms that do not have sponsorship contracts with FIFA--world soccer's governing body--have tried hard to create snacks that taste like food from Germany or some other country playing in the World Cup finals.
Nissin Food Products on Monday will release a new flavor in its Cup Noodle series. Cup Noodle German Potato Big, priced at 175 yen, has potato--with skins--and 100 percent pork sausage in Western-style savory soup, evoking the image of typical German food.
The package design is centered on black, red and yellow, the colors of 2006 World Cup host Germany's flag.
There are other snack foods and potato chips being marketed in a similar vein.
On May 29, Calbee Foods Co. added a limited-production German sausage flavor to its "Jagariko" potato snack line.
House Foods Corp. also started selling its O'zack potato chips in German potato flavor and hot dog flavor. The chips are priced at 120 yen.
According to the company, the taste will evoke the full flavor of the soccer matches in Germany--even for fans watching from their homes in Japan.
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and Tsu-based Oyatsu Company, Ltd. are jointly releasing six new Baby-Star snack flavors.
They include flavors recalling tastes from Japan's three opponents at the group stage.
These flavors are based on Brazilian churrasco, which is meat cooked on a skewer, Croatian cabbage roll called sarma and Australian steak.
Crunching these chips may help supporters feel as if they wiped out the three rivals standing in Japan's way to World Cup glory.
Suntory Ltd. also released the summer-only product Summer Shoot! The 350-milliliter low-malt beer, priced at about 150 yen, features the image of a soccer ball on the can, which was designed to attract people looking to knock back a cold one while taking in a match.
(Jun. 5, 2006)
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qilver wrote:
looks like some japanese ice cream...:headscratch:
perhaps...it's just some wagashi dusted with green tea powder....very ornately shaped tho.
Tu_triky wrote:
perhaps...it's just some wagashi dusted with green tea powder....very ornately shaped tho.
presentation, presentation......
their food is so much an artform, even the way they package it....
it almost looks too good to eat sometimes. :applaud:
qilver wrote::say_yes:
presentation, presentation......
their food is so much an artform, even the way they package it....
it almost looks too good to eat sometimes. :applaud:
i should post some more food pix up here.... :applaud:
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