Food, Food, and More Food Thread

31 Jul 2007, 01:07 #13761

kenjilina wrote:

:drooling: :drooling:

literally bite sized morsels to munch on.

31 Jul 2007, 01:15 #13762

Tu_triky wrote:

literally bite sized morsels to munch on.

gyoza over here in restaurants is around 4 pounds for say 5. in japan i got some for 100 yen for 6! :beaten:

31 Jul 2007, 01:30 · edited #13763

kenjilina wrote:

gyoza over here in restaurants is around 4 pounds for say 5. in japan i got some for 100 yen for 6! :beaten:

WOW! that is dayem expensive....that's like ordering gyoza for 8 dollars here in the states! i've been to England twice...it's always been so dayem expensive...you guys get raped on daily basis by the cost of living. but right now the rate of exchange is so favorable for the English Pound that you could have a really nice vacation in Japan for reasonable amounts of money. That is to say if you can get a cheap flight.

31 Jul 2007, 02:56 · edited #13764

Kushinobo Restaurant in Roppongi Hills....they serve "kushikatsu" ~ skewered food, breaded and fried, and served with condiments

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I ate here...the food is amazing, of course!

31 Jul 2007, 03:08 #13765

Arguably the best chocolatier in Japan, or one of the best, French Chocolate shop "Le Chocolat de H."

Chocolate is amazing, shop is amazing, presentation is amazing, they have a cafe to order and eat there and a shop where you can buy things to go.....the shop only allows a certain number of ppl in at at time in order that the temperature and humidity stay within tightly controlled levels so as to maintain the optimum environment for freshness and taste of the goods sold. They think of everything, man. Their chocolate tasted great!

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31 Jul 2007, 03:24 #13766

Tu_triky wrote:Arguably the best chocolatier in Japan, or one of the best, French Chocolate shop "Le Chocolat de H."

Chocolate is amazing, shop is amazing, presentation is amazing, they have a cafe to order and eat there and a shop where you can buy things to go.....the shop only allows a certain number of ppl in at at time in order that the temperature and humidity stay within tightly controlled levels so as to maintain the optimum environment for freshness and taste of the goods sold. They think of everything, man. Their chocolate tasted great!

Awesome.

And very anal. :sweat:

31 Jul 2007, 03:31 #13767

bmwracer wrote:
Awesome.

And very anal. :sweat:

Yeah, but that standard of care upholds the quality of their product. This can also be perceived as anal - when I bought some chocolate there with my friend it was raining at the time so after placing the boxed chocolate in the paper bag with handles they placed transparent plastic over the opening of the bag and secured it with tape so the contents of the bag would not get wet. That's stinkin' thinkin'

31 Jul 2007, 03:40 #13768

Tu_triky wrote:Yeah, but that standard of care upholds the quality of their product. This can also be perceived as anal - when I bought some chocolate there with my friend it was raining at the time so after placing the boxed chocolate in the paper bag with handles they placed transparent plastic over the opening of the bag and secured it with tape so the contents of the bag would not get wet. That's stinkin' thinkin'

Well, they were really really concerned about maintaining the flavor and quality, you'd have to eat the chocolate at the store and nowhere else since the environmental changes would affect the chocolate... :P

You can take that mentality to the nth degree... ;) :hehe:

31 Jul 2007, 03:47 #13769

bmwracer wrote:
Well, they were really really concerned about maintaining the flavor and quality, you'd have to eat the chocolate at the store and nowhere else since the environmental changes would affect the chocolate... :P

true, but you can put it this way, they care more than most and at least their policy prevents premature degredation of the freshly made chocolates while they are in the display case.

You can take that mentality to the nth degree... ;) :hehe:

indeed....but when the chocolate tastes so good it won't last long anyway. :bonk:

31 Jul 2007, 03:58 #13770

Sorry for not commenting on the chocolate eariler, but my mouth had dropped open from seeing those pics and I couldn't move for a whole four minutes.

31 Jul 2007, 04:48 #13771

Tu_triky wrote:Kushinobo Restaurant in Roppongi Hills....they serve "kushikatsu" ~ skewered food, breaded and fried, and served with condiments

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I ate here...the food is amazing, of course!

there you go again. now as well as london i've got to go back to roppongi hills to eat!! :beaten:

31 Jul 2007, 06:07 #13772

Tu_triky wrote:Arguably the best chocolatier in Japan, or one of the best, French Chocolate shop "Le Chocolat de H."

Chocolate is amazing, shop is amazing, presentation is amazing, they have a cafe to order and eat there and a shop where you can buy things to go.....the shop only allows a certain number of ppl in at at time in order that the temperature and humidity stay within tightly controlled levels so as to maintain the optimum environment for freshness and taste of the goods sold. They think of everything, man. Their chocolate tasted great!

Oooh, I would LOVE to go there :drooling:

31 Jul 2007, 06:19 #13773

Anime Dad wrote:

Oooh, I would LOVE to go there :drooling:

Hide me in your suitcase.

31 Jul 2007, 06:38 #13774

Tu_Triky wrote:
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what's this one? and what is the green thing inside it? edible?

31 Jul 2007, 07:28 #13775

Wynter wrote:Sorry for not commenting on the chocolate eariler, but my mouth had dropped open from seeing those pics and I couldn't move for a whole four minutes.

S'all good girl...I had two back to back floods....rare for me :P
The chocolate was really great though....expensive I must say but good.

31 Jul 2007, 07:31 #13776

monta wrote:

what's this one? and what is the green thing inside it? edible?

My guess is asparagus (sp?).

31 Jul 2007, 07:36 #13777

monta wrote:

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what's this one? and what is the green thing inside it? edible?

of course it's edible! it's a kushikatsu asparagus with a ribbon of mayonnaise on it.....it's crunchy delicious and healthy to boot :mrgreen:

31 Jul 2007, 07:36 #13778

Wynter wrote:

My guess is asparagus (sp?).

pin pon! = yes

31 Jul 2007, 07:44 #13779

kenjilina wrote:

there you go again. now as well as london i've got to go back to roppongi hills to eat!! :beaten:

haha...not tryin' to be a snob but you could probably eat this virtually anywhere in japan i only showed kushinobo in roppongi hills because it's where i ate since it was literally a short, few minute walk from my hotel - The Grand Hyatt. if you do eat there, you'll love it though!

i know you have deeper roots in Osaka as opposed to Tokyo but given Osaka's rich culinary traditions I am sure you could find several amazing "kushikatsu" or "kushi-age" restaurants there as well. as I said before despite japan's expensive cost of living with the mighty English Pound's favorable rate of exchange you could have a great time in Japan without breaking your bank acc't

Today one English Pound Sterling equals a WHOPPING 241 yen.

31 Jul 2007, 07:52 #13780

Anime Dad wrote:

Oooh, I would LOVE to go there :drooling:

Yeah it's awesome, man. Very Japanese in terms of the attention to detail, attention to quality, and attention to taste....and the price too! :sweat:

Did anybody catch this in one, in of the pics I posted...the chocolate is packaged like the cosmetic Chanel no. XX lipsticks :) Very slick :mrgreen:

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