Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Yow, just reading the container's contents is giving me a sugar overload. :sweat:

one scoop of that, and a daily intake of sugar, 2 or more big scoops and that is beyond the limit. :bonk:

Yeah, the sugar content is high, but I only eat one scoop a day anyway. Anything more than that and all that sugar makes me feel ill.

cori wrote:Yeah, the sugar content is high

Not to mention the fat content. :sweat:

I went to Shinsegumi last night with 7 ppl....we ate so much we had enough empty yakitori skewers to build a house. After countless bottles of Asahi and a 2 liter bottle of Otokoyama sake, suffice it to say that we were as charbroiled as the chicken by the time we walked out of there. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:I went to Shinsegumi last night with 7 ppl....we ate so much we had enough empty yakitori skewers to build a house. After countless bottles of Asahi and a 2 liter bottle of Otokoyama sake, suffice it to say that we were as charbroiled as the chicken by the time we walked out of there. :hehe:

Excellent. :thumbsup:

One of these days.... :fingerscrossed:

bmwracer wrote:
Excellent. :thumbsup:

Yeah there was one guy with us who hadn't ever been there before....he liked the food very much. We got lucky....dude we got there before it opened so my friend and I put our name down on the waiting list and there was already five names ahead of us! One dood put his name down at 5:30, a full half hour before opening time. Nuts, man.

In any event we got lucky because adjacent to Shinsengumi Yakitori is Shinsengumi Chanko Nabe (in fact the two are connected)...so they seated us in one of the private dining rooms which is japanese style with a paper screen door and the room is air conditioned too..

So for future reference, I found out if you show up before 6:30 (the place opens at 6pm) then you can call in and actually make a reservation.....but you can't make a reservation for any time after 6:30pm. It's a little early for dinner I guess but it's worth it not to have to wait.

One of these days.... :fingerscrossed:

It will happen....remember after mentioned Musha here to you guys it took you a while to get there but you did! ^_^

I'm still envious you guys have such fine Japanese dining on hand. :grumble:

On a brighter note, I did get to have a Tempura Prawn on the weekend :)

Anime Dad wrote:I'm still envious you guys have such fine Japanese dining on hand. :grumble:

it's fine in the sense the food is good but it's far from gourmet in nature...it's a very casual tavern-like atmosphere, where it's normally loud and boisterous...the chefs will even have a drink with you....the waitress had a couple of shots of sake with our party :)

Yakitori, grilled chicken on skewers, can be considered the equivalent of casual dining...the thing is the Japanese are so serious about their food even the simplest fare is made with excellent skill. I mean when you see some of the food specials on D-addicts that showcase ramen restaurants throughout Japan....you'll often see a chef who uses only the finest ingredients, simmering a stock for 12, 15, even 20 hours to make the soup base...and this is for noodles, which is considered Japanese "fast food" often costing b/n 800 to 1000 Yen. (about 8 to 10 USD).

Given the fact that Australia is close to the Asia-Pacific region I would have thought you would have more Japanese restaurants....

On a brighter note, I did get to have a Tempura Prawn on the weekend :)

Tempura Prawns...can't go wrong with that!

Tu-san wrote:
Given the fact that Australia is close to the Asia-Pacific region I would have thought you would have more Japanese restaurants....

Me too. Asian restaurants in general there are many, mostly Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese...

Tu_triky wrote:

Tempura Prawns...can't go wrong with that!

:drooling:

Anime Dad wrote: Me too. Asian restaurants in general there are many, mostly Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese...

Well that makes sense especially because the Asian immigrants who move to Australia are probably from those countries...the Japanese don't immigrate that much relative to those ethnic groups. Nevertheless given the popularity of Japanese food across the world, I mean look as sushi, you would think given the fact that Australia is a wealthy industrialized nation there would more Japanese restaurants over there.

Tu_triky wrote:So for future reference, I found out if you show up before 6:30 (the place opens at 6pm) then you can call in and actually make a reservation.....but you can't make a reservation for any time after 6:30pm. It's a little early for dinner I guess but it's worth it not to have to wait.

So if I make a reservation for, like 6, 6:15, or even 6:30, they'll accept it, but after that, it's wait in line for an hour or more...

bmwracer wrote:
So if I make a reservation for, like 6, 6:15, or even 6:30, they'll accept it, but after that, it's wait in line for an hour or more...

yeah i think that's it...if you call in before they open and make a reservation you can do so for that first 20 or 30 minute period after they open their doors...after that you're rolling the dice....and the odds ain't in your favor :beaten:

we didn't have a reservation but we got lucky in that they let us sit in the chanko nabe dining area.....the only thing was they charged us 1 dollar per person as a room charge, 7 bucks...well worth it.

the only caveat to all this is there is one private dining room for larger parties in the back of the yakitori dining area...this can be reserved for after 6:30 but again this has some sort of room charge...i dunno how much it is tho.

Tu_triky wrote:yeah i think that's it...if you call in before they open and make a reservation you can do so for that first 20 or 30 minute period after they open their doors...after that you're rolling the dice....and the odds ain't in your favor :beaten:

I've gotta remember that.

bmwracer wrote:
I've gotta remember that.

yeah otherwise it can get ugly if you have to wait for a long time....that's not fun....

Tu_triky wrote:

yeah i think that's it...if you call in before they open and make a reservation you can do so for that first 20 or 30 minute period after they open their doors...after that you're rolling the dice....and the odds ain't in your favor :beaten:

we didn't have a reservation but we got lucky in that they let us sit in the chanko nabe dining area.....the only thing was they charged us 1 dollar per person as a room charge, 7 bucks...well worth it.

the only caveat to all this is there is one private dining room for larger parties in the back of the yakitori dining area...this can be reserved for after 6:30 but again this has some sort of room charge...i dunno how much it is tho.

you would probably need a party bigger than 6, right? for the private dining area....but hey that is cool the cook and waitress drinking along, sake and beer....that is amazing that they are allow to be intoxicated too, party! :drink:

qilver wrote:

you would probably need a party bigger than 6, right? for the private dining area....but hey that is cool the cook and waitress drinking along, sake and beer....that is amazing that they are allow to be intoxicated too, party! :drink:

yeah it's a fun place to go with your friends.

Beem, just like Musha, you plan it, im there. :hehe:

Triky, thanks for the invite. :grumble: :grumble: :puppydog:


:drooling: <--- after 6 Orions.

krim wrote:Beem, just like Musha, you plan it, im there. :hehe:

Triky, thanks for the invite. :grumble: :grumble: :puppydog:

:drooling: <--- after 6 Orions.

:hehe:

Orion, Okinawan beer. :)

sorry visions of dancing skewers in my head addled my judgment on the invite.

this is what i'm talking about....a Ninja Restaurant in New York....sweet.
if i went there I would use my nun chuks to eat instead of chopsticks.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZeQNelpUmg&NR=1