Hotel Ito
Travel Blogs from Iwade
French Food Plus
... been featured on TV so reservations were full for lunch and dinner for weeks.) Hunger and Workerbee's memories of past fabulous meals planted us on the stools. We ordered entrees of rabbit and vegetable cookpot and plats of steak and sole. Six men hustled and bustled before our eyes preparing the sauces, the vegetables, the mains for a restaurant full of people. We were fascinated and watched intently. I saw one of them lick the spoon so ...
A day spent with some sharks
Japan, I love you, but I hate your population: The Osaka aquarium is absolutely fabulous, it has quite a few fish and mammals that I (and Tom) haven't seen before. Some mammals I could have done without seeing so many of were the other humans I had to share, among others, the gorgeous sea otters with! Before the Aquarium we indulged, yet again, in some breakfast dessert (as in the sweet treat one eats after eating breakfast, today it was a 'Melty Caramel' Hagen ...
Adventures in Japan!- Part One
... The Japanese young adults define beauty as being western, so they try to look like the people they see in movies as much as possible. They think dark skin is hideous and therefore wear these sock things on their arms as means to deter sunlight. Additionally, they carry around an umbrella to protect them from getting tanner. It is a bit ridiculous in my opinion to see a woman burning up in 100+ degree weather just so she can protect her pale ...
Dinner and Photos
... out how BIG this plane is.
Welcome to Japan! How do I use this...? This is a bidet, which is basically a snazzy toilet. I still have no idea how to use it, but at ...
Umeda Breeze Tower
... onion and mayo last time, so this time I tried another topping, that was soy sauce with citrus juice. Both of them were good, but if I had to choose, I would take green onion and mayo topping.
How to make takoyaki Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHDmVhSh E80&feature=related
At Hanadako, you can see a cook make takoyaki. This video is for home cooks.
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