Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:
LOL.

The likelihood of running into my doctor is practically nil.

Haha. Good! See ya at Gyu-kaku in Torrance! I'll be sitting by myself near the back :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:Haha. Good! See ya at Gyu-kaku in Torrance! I'll be sitting by myself near the back :beaten:

The "Singles Only" section. :beaten:

See you there. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
The "Singles Only" section. :beaten:

That's referring to shots of sake....no doubles...that's only the weekend.

Back to the food thread ;)

My friend took this pic of his lunch at Yoshihashi when he went back to Japan last year....we went together to eat at this restaurant for dinner and had sukiyaki....

When he went for lunch he had this teriyaki Matsuzaka beef for about 30 bucks....this would have cost double or triple that for dinner :sweat:

Matsuzaka beef is widely considered some of the best beef in Japan, and the world.

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Ow.

I just hit my head on the monitor trying to get a closer look... (Another reason to get an LCD screen... Not as hard.)

I.. I.. Can smell it.... :sweat: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:

bmwracer wrote:Ow.

I just hit my head on the monitor trying to get a closer look... (Another reason to get an LCD screen... Not as hard.)

I.. I.. Can smell it.... :sweat: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:

I'm right there with you...when I first saw the pic, I leaned in to take a closer look :hehe:

My friend said it was deelish! I bet!

It's this restaurant:

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Tu_triky wrote:It's this restaurant:

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Do they have international take out? :fingerscrossed:

bmwracer wrote:
Do they have international take out? :fingerscrossed:

Haha...Yahoo Auctions?

Tu_triky wrote:Haha...Yahoo Auctions?

I'll check... But they typically don't ship internationally. :puppydog:


Speaking of which, I thought someone (myself?) mentioned that Yahoo or eBay was expanding in such as way that auctions with Asia and vice-versa would be possible.... :headscratch:

Hmm, now I've gotta search for that... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I'll check... But they typically don't ship internationally. :puppydog:


Speaking of which, I thought someone (myself?) mentioned that Yahoo or eBay was expanding in such as way that auctions with Asia and vice-versa would be possible.... :headscratch:

Hmm, now I've gotta search for that... :sweat:

I thought you posted an article regarding that a while back...or somebody else did. I can't quite remember.

Tu_triky wrote:I thought you posted in article regarding that a while back...or somebody else did. I can't quite remember.

Maybe I did... But I don't remember, either.

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe I did... But I don't remember, either.

Omega-3's don't fail me now....

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Yahoo Japan, eBay team up


TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Yahoo Japan Corp. and eBay Inc. said Tuesday they have agreed to team up in online auctions, planning services for next year that will make it easier for consumers to buy things via the Internet from the U.S. and Japan.

Yahoo said by March, Japanese will be able to bid for items up for sale on eBay through the Yahoo auction site in Japan. By the middle of next year, similarly, a site will be set up that will allow Americans to buy Yahoo Japan auction items through the eBay site.

The move will mark a return to Japan of eBay, which pulled out of the market in 2002, never able to compete against the domination of Yahoo here.

The deal will facilitate "cross-border trading" and invigorate the online auction market, Yahoo said in a statement. In online auctions, consumers put up items they want to sell and get offers through the Internet from prospective buyers.

Americans using eBay will be able to more easily buy Japanese goods popular abroad, such as "manga" comic books, CDs, and products that feature Japanese animation characters and other mascots, it said.

Also, some products are cheaper online abroad than in Japan, and consumers will be able to compare prices for the best deals.

News of the agreement, initially reported in the business daily The Nikkei, sent shares of Yahoo Japan climbing Tuesday morning. By midday, the stock was up 3.9 percent at 56,040 yen ($509).

Yahoo Japan, a unit of Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo Inc., has more than 15 million auction items listed on any given day, while eBay, based in San Jose, Calif., the world's biggest online auction site, boasts 248 million registered users.

The online auction markets in both countries are growing, Yahoo said. In Japan, it's up about 27 percent from a year ago to an estimated 4 trillion yen ($36.4 billion), and in the U.S., it's up 21 percent to more than 19 trillion yen ($172.7 billion).

Although Japanese already can shop online on overseas sites, and vice versa, the agreement will make it easier by bridging language and other barriers.

Macquarie analyst Nathan Ramler said the deal is positive for both sides.

"Now there is going to be a formal channel by which you can sell products from one market into another," he told Dow Jones Newswires.

The tie-up may be expanded, both sides said.

Lorrie Norrington, head of eBay's international operations, said the deal may be expanded in the future to other businesses. Besides the online auction, eBay owns the PayPal online payment service and Skype, an online telephone service.

Yahoo Japan President Masahiro Inoue said the companies may pursue a capital tie-up, although Tuesday's deal doesn't involve such mutual investments.

The 2002 withdrawal from Japan was a rare defeat for eBay, which entered the Japanese market in 2000. But it had just 25,000 items listed for sale. At that time, eBay said it hoped to return to the world's second-largest retail market when the timing was right

Excellent. :victory:

There's no date or time frame mentioned, but I hope it's this year. :mrgreen: :fingerscrossed:

bmwracer wrote:Excellent. :victory:

There's no date or time frame mentioned, but I hope it's this year. :mrgreen: :fingerscrossed:

Another article re: same subject said '08...

Tu_triky wrote:Another article re: same subject said '08...

Cool... Looking forward to it... Hopefully, the shipping won't be outrageous.

Caution: These Dumplings Are Hazardous To Your Health

When Japan Tobacco first ventured into the food and beverage business, it could not have envisioned that dumplings could be more harmful than cigarettes.

Japan Tobaccofs stock price fell as much as 7.1% Thursday morning after the company recalled pesticide-contaminated Chinese dumplings that had poisoned 10 people in Japan.

Shares of Japan Tobacco (other-otc: JAPAF - news - people ) were changing hands at 546,000 yen ($5,123.48) in early afternoon trading in Tokyo, down 2.8%, or 16,000 yen ($150.18).

JT Food, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of Japan Tobacco, on Wednesday recalled 23 frozen-food products, including gyoza (pork and vegetarian dumplings) and pork cutlets produced by Tianyang Shipin in China.

A least 10 people in Hyogo and Chiba prefectures suffered episodes of dizziness, diarrhea and vomiting after eating Tezutsumi Hitokuchi Gyoza (bite-sized, hand-wrapped gyoza) and Tezukuri Gyoza (handmade gyoza) made by the Chinese factory. The youngest victim, a 5-year-old girl in Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture, was for a time listed in serious condition after losing consciousness, according to The Japan Times.

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What do you get for 250 yen, about $2.50, today. I can buy almost 2 liters of gas, almost a starbucks coffee, or a train ticket across Tokyo. That is, unless you go tho the Obento shop at the bust corner of Asakusa right next to 2 of the entrances to the Tsukuba Express.

At this particular shop you can buy your choice of about a dozen different Obento. Ranging from tonkatsu, salmon cutlet, hamburger, or fish all for the beautiful price of 250 yen.

Does anyone know of a better value dinner in Tokyo? For a cooked on the spot, delicious and big dinner I think it would be hard to beat, but Ifm looking forward to trying out anything you can recommend. Any takers?

Anime Dad wrote:Caution: These Dumplings Are Hazardous To Your Health

When Japan Tobacco first ventured into the food and beverage business, it could not have envisioned that dumplings could be more harmful than cigarettes.

Japan Tobaccofs stock price fell as much as 7.1% Thursday morning after the company recalled pesticide-contaminated Chinese dumplings that had poisoned 10 people in Japan.

Shares of Japan Tobacco (other-otc: JAPAF - news - people ) were changing hands at 546,000 yen ($5,123.48) in early afternoon trading in Tokyo, down 2.8%, or 16,000 yen ($150.18).

JT Food, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of Japan Tobacco, on Wednesday recalled 23 frozen-food products, including gyoza (pork and vegetarian dumplings) and pork cutlets produced by Tianyang Shipin in China.

A least 10 people in Hyogo and Chiba prefectures suffered episodes of dizziness, diarrhea and vomiting after eating Tezutsumi Hitokuchi Gyoza (bite-sized, hand-wrapped gyoza) and Tezukuri Gyoza (handmade gyoza) made by the Chinese factory. The youngest victim, a 5-year-old girl in Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture, was for a time listed in serious condition after losing consciousness, according to The Japan Times.

Seems like the moral of the story is "Don't eat food made in China." :sweat:

I think the Chinese are trying to take over...look at all the recalled stuff thats been made in china and Dangerous for our health...lead in pain for cups, children's toys and a bunch of other stuff....seriously its getting ridiculous now...I wouldn't eat with or anything made in china for a while if I were you. (though your local Chinese take out might be safe depending on where they get the ingredients...)

On topic, I wanna eat Omurice!!!! (blaming Lunch no Joou for this)

:victory: Vee!

Eating a grilled portobello mushroom with veggies marinated in teriyaki sauce over brown rice.