Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Tu_triky wrote:

yummm....gyoza....i loves me some gyoza...with finely chopped green onions as garnish on top....

shinsengumi has good gyoza and fried rice.....besides great ramen :applaud:

Tu_triky wrote:

it was.....it was breakfast for us...cuz we wanted to stick in a visit and we couldn't find another time to do it...the place is decorated like the 1950s

here's some pix i found to illustrate what it looks like

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Way cool! Looks like fun!

bmwracer wrote:
Oooh, good to know... I gotta pick up some ponzu sauce at the Mitsuwa this weekend. :victory:

Do you like Karashi? Normally use that on everything too. From yakiniku, to odin, to gyoza. But never on sashimi.

Tu_triky wrote:

yeah that sounds ghastly....i don't usually buy gyoza in the frozen food section...but when i eat ramen it definitely needs a side of gyoza...

when i went to tokyo a while back i actually went to this area in Ikebukuro that is called "gyoza stadium" it's an like an indoor amusement park with several different gyoza shops from around the country all in one spot....

gyoza stadium.....Ikebukuro? i'll have to check it out, but is it hard to find from the trainstation?

Tu_triky wrote:

it was.....it was breakfast for us...cuz we wanted to stick in a visit and we couldn't find another time to do it...the place is decorated like the 1950s

here's some pix i found to illustrate what it looks like

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that looks good, all that gyoza and places to visit, hopefully next time.

qilver wrote:

that looks good, all that gyoza and places to visit, hopefully next time.

nah it's not hard to find...it's either near or in the Sunshine City building in Ikebukuro (a 60 story building and huge landmark in that area)....it's a rather famous spot in this place called Namjatown....I found it in the tourguide book we bought before departing for Japan. There's info about it all over the Net so....i'm sure you could find it with relative ease.

Hanzo21 wrote:

Do you like Karashi? Normally use that on everything too. From yakiniku, to odin, to gyoza. But never on sashimi.

Karashi goes well with these little Japanese kurobuta sausages they sell at the local Japanese market

Tu_triky wrote:

nah it's not hard to find...it's either near or in the Sunshine City building in Ikebukuro (a 60 story building and huge landmark in that area)....it's a rather famous spot in this place called Namjatown....I found it in the tourguide book we bought before departing for Japan. There's info about it all over the Net so....i'm sure you could find it with relative ease.

yeah...next time... :doh:

and i heard that there are anime shops there too....since i am such an otaku... :doh: :nut:

Tu_triky wrote:

Karashi goes well with these little Japanese kurobuta sausages they sell at the local Japanese market

Sausage and karashi! Yata!

Have you seen and/or eaten the Pole Weiners that come wrapped in plastic! Sugoi Oishii desu! With karashi and beer!

qilver wrote:

yeah...next time... :doh:

and i heard that there are anime shops there too....since i am such an otaku... :doh: :nut:

do you watch a lot of anime? i only ask cuz i don't see you rambling along with some of us fools who post in the anime thread fairly often....but then again not many ppl post in that thread.

Tu_triky wrote:

do you watch a lot of anime? i only ask cuz i don't see you rambling along with some of us fools who post in the anime thread fairly often....but then again not many ppl post in that thread.

i am probably more in to collecting anime figurines than watching it...I am aware of some anime series, and i even at one point subscribed to Newtype anime magazine, but for the most part, I am an otaku in collecting Japanese manga(authentic kind you usually find at Anime events, or from K-books-Japan), and other j-idol/racequeen stuff, oh and Morning Musume of course.

lately, i haven't been watching anime, mostly J-dramas. What are some good anime out there? i seem so out of it with Anime thesedays, guess i am more into collecting anime figurines since i have quite a collection...

qilver wrote:

i am probably more in to collecting anime figurines than watching it...I am aware of some anime series, and i even at one point subscribed to Newtype anime magazine, but for the most part, I am an otaku in collecting Japanese manga(authentic kind you usually find at Anime events, or from K-books-Japan), and other j-idol/racequeen stuff, oh and Morning Musume of course.

lately, i haven't been watching anime, mostly J-dramas. What are some good anime out there? i seem so out of it with Anime thesedays, guess i am more into collecting anime figurines since i have quite a collection...

i see so you're more a fan of the character designs as opposed to the actual artistic medium....dood there's tons of ish out there...but it would be best to speak of it in the anime thread :sweat:

Hanzo21 wrote:

Have you seen and/or eaten the Pole Weiners that come wrapped in plastic! Sugoi Oishii desu! With karashi and beer!

i'm not sure i know what that is....but you sound very enthusiastic about it! :mrgreen:

Tu_triky wrote:

i see so you're more a fan of the character designs as opposed to the actual artistic medium....dood there's tons of ish out there...but it would be best to speak of it in the anime thread :sweat:

yeah....i will have to pay a visit to that thread more, and discuss anime stuff....there's probably a lot on there....

yeah character of anime designs....i had some up and coming Japanese student artist draw some anime girls for me....some of them were good...i never got around to learning how to draw anime, maybe someday.....

qilver wrote:

yeah....i will have to pay a visit to that thread more, and discuss anime stuff....there's probably a lot on there....

yeah character of anime designs....i had some up and coming Japanese student artist draw some anime girls for me....some of them were good...i never got around to learning how to draw anime, maybe someday.....

right on, man.....back to the gyoza...i remember from Long Vacation...one of my absolute favorite doramas....the restaurant that Tomoko Yamaguchi & Kimura Takuya's characters used to go to often had "jumbo garlic gyoza" on their menu.....i always wanted to try that! :mrgreen:

Tu_triky wrote:

i'm not sure i know what that is....but you sound very enthusiastic about it! :mrgreen:

Yeah, well when the inlaws serve fish-head soup (eat the jaw meat!) or okaiyu with raw eggs, they always put a pack of Pole Weiners at my place setting. No way I'm going to eat Tai head or plain rice/egg soup (unless the taste is killed with a lot of Togorashi).

Tu_triky wrote:


right on, man.....back to the gyoza...i remember from Long Vacation...one of my absolute favorite doramas....the restaurant that Tomoko Yamaguchi & Kimura Takuya's characters used to go to often had "jumbo garlic gyoza" on their menu.....i always wanted to try that! :mrgreen:

Shinsengumi uses the smaller sized Gyoza, but they are good....i can taste some of the garlic in their....and in the fried rice...oishii desu!

Hanzo21 wrote:

Yeah, well when the inlaws serve fish-head soup (eat the jaw meat!) or okaiyu with raw eggs, they always put a pack of Pole Weiners at my place setting. No way I'm going to eat Tai head or plain rice/egg soup (unless the taste is killed with a lot of Togorashi).

i see....welps i've never heard of "pole weiners" so your mention of it is new to me!

qilver wrote:

Shinsengumi uses the smaller sized Gyoza, but they are good....i can taste some of the garlic in their....and in the fried rice...oishii desu!

yeah...i love the gyoza at Daikokuya...they really taste homemade...crispy burned on one side garnished with green onions......but juicy on the inside....not like the mass produced frozen kind you get from the market.

Tu_triky wrote:

yeah...i love the gyoza at Daikokuya...they really taste homemade...crispy burned on one side garnished with green onions......but juicy on the inside....not like the mass produced frozen kind you get from the market.

i am not sure if i tried Daikokuya's gyoza yet....maybe next time...how does it compare to Ikebukuro's Gyoza? is it comparable?