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Taco night!

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These tacos were inspired by the blog, All Things Japan. She made a post earlier this year about a Taco Bell care package her friend sent her. I was like “Whaaaaaaat!? No way!” So I had some friends send us some Taco Bell seasonings and supplies too! Sure you can get some Ortega seasoning here for about $4-5 (lame) and  it’s no Taco Bell. I forgot to take a picture of what our friends sent us, but here’s the final result. This made me realize how much I miss Americanized Mexican food.

Taco Night

What’s for Lunch

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Here’s a picture of some bento my wife made for me. I love the variety of food and the presentation! I feel bad because her food is delicious, and that causes me to eat every meal pretty quickly instead of taking my time to enjoy every bite.

Bento Lunch

Dr. Pepper is AWESOME!

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For people living in Japan that miss the taste of Dr. Pepper, Pringles, M&Ms, Gummi Bears, and other snacks, you can find some in Japan! I might sound a little too excited, but it’s not every day I get to enjoy some American style junk food that doesn’t taste like fish, rice, or soy sauce.

This was a surprise gift from my wife this evening. The story she doesn’t know is I spent a over half of my day on the phone today with people in the U.S. and one of them was snacking on some jelly bean during our conversation. I go “My god man, are you eating M&Ms?” and he’s like “Nah, they’re Jelly Beans a al Costco” It made me a little jealous… but not anymore! I didn’t tell anybody about the conversation so it kicked ass when I opened my eyes to these.

My DR Pepper is in the fridge, M&Ms are in the freezer, “Goldbaren” are on standby, and half of the salt & vinegar chips are “in mah belly”, ah yes, good times.

Afternoon Snack

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This is one of the gazillion reasons I love my wife. One afternoon while I was working I mentioned that I was hungry and was thinking of eating a snack. About 15 minutes later BIZZAM! snack in my face! The food was excellent, and she is awesome! Her food is always the best and the presentation is wonderful, it makes it tough to go to restaurants. I’d post every meal but hey… I don’t want to make you too jealous :) If she didn’t make this my original plan was eating some rice… with milk… and sugar…

afternoon-snack

Watermelon Kit-Kat

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For just 298 yen you could be enjoying some watermelon Kit-Kat candy right now! When I think of candy in Japan I think of Kit Kat because it’s popular here and comes in a variety of flavors. Skittles needs to launch a world wide campaign! Everybody should know that Skittles it the #1 candy, great for all occasions, and they should be sitting here hanging out with the Kit Kats!

Summer Time is Unagi Time!

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That’s right, eel is all the rage this summer!! At least it was in July. Here’s some eel I feasted upon at a restaurant that serves mostly eel! It’s squishy, kind of like soggy fish, but not like ludafish. I was hungry, at ate this meal like it was my last, and it was good. If you haven’t tried it I recommend doing it at least once. If the taste reminds you of a dirty hippy, you know “earthy”, then you lost the unagi lottery my friend… so try again! If you’ve never had the earthy flavored eel, it’s like eating good eel with a handful of dirt (give it a try!).

Hiding Unagi

Hiding Unagi

Unagi Uncovered!

Unagi Uncovered!

Unagi Close Up!

Unagi Close Up! Delicous!

Chugen Summer Gifts

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This is my first experience with Chugen. Chugen (also called Ochugen) was originally a day that people gave gifts to the ancestral spirits. Shopping at Iwataya was amazing, there was one huge area dedicated to picking out gifts and a waiting area for sending them out. We sent the gift of… fish eggs! I took this picture with my camera phone. I didn’t think of taking a picture of the entire store, doh. The first picture were the choices we used, the 2nd picture are the eggs and fish stuffed with eggs.

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