Well today Mia and I walked and walked and walked. Train to Shinjuku, walking. Train to Harajuku, walking. Walking down Takeshita doori, up Omotesando Doori, back to Shibuya walking and looking for restaurant. It took over an hour to find one that wasnt an hour wait...
And actually we walked past the Spanish asparagus restaurant that Mayu and I still talk about!!! 20 years ago we got sick there on a bottle of wine waiting for an hour for our food that turned out to be three pieces of asparagus for $20!!! I told Mia the story.
We found a yakitori place finally and are eating now...
We walked for about eight hours today so the food is hitting the spot. And so is the wine...
I found a store that has tons of Chuck Taylors with the thick running insoles! Wow! Talk about a Chuckgasm!!!
Now we are having green tea ice cream and black sesame ice cream (Stefnee may recall this from our trip to Shirakawa-go). Mia loved the food.
Day two a success! Mission accomplished!
I love you!
Cam
What's raw chicken taste like?
ReplyDeleteDeb - You're up late tonight... can't sleep?
ReplyDeleteNuh. How'd you guess?
ReplyDeleteIt taste's great! Just like you would imagine salmonella to taste... just kidding. Very nice actually, Tender... in a sauce... quite a bit like raw fish to tell the truth...
ReplyDeleteI've been tempted to try it here, but you hear about germs, salmonella and raw chicken and it turns me off.
ReplyDeleteOne day, I'll be brave!
Yeah... invite salmonella into my system...
ReplyDeletePass!
I don't understand why all north americans are terrified of chicken! It may be because the way they raise their chickens is filthy, disgusting, inhumane and worse. And yet, at the same time, margarine, possibly one of the worst non-foods one could put in one's system is all the rage! Go figure.
ReplyDeleteI don't think margarine is all that hugely popular here. Simply because butter tastes so good. No self-respecting cook or chef would cook or bake with margarine.
ReplyDeleteBut raw meat is simply not appreciated... taste-wise mainly. I wasn't aware that all Japanese meat processing was so pristine.
Germs could also come from the air, or the preparers hands, so i'd think the safest food is cooked food.
Although, there's always a risk with food prepared in a restaurant, especially when you can't see it being prepared.
One goes on faith when eating out.
I prefer all my food well seasoned and COOKED... most preferably fried!
Nothing tastes better. mmmmm... hungry now.
BTW, my dear MOU...
Careful about using "all" in any context. No such thing really. Maybe many or even most, but never all.
Jen - You know what I mean when I say all. If we had to go into using specific words every time then we'd have to call ourselves Israeli politicians. "It's not a wall it's a fence."
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the book Paula recommended and I am seeing that the author really is portraying the NA food chain as particularly filthy, dangerous, disease-ridden, disgusting... all due to the NA desire for the lowest price possible.
So it is no wonder many prefer their food all cooked and spiced... And then there is that myth about how eggs must be kept refrigerated... unless of course they come from abovementioned food chain...
Gotcha, Cam.
ReplyDeleteBut it's all a matter of taste for me. If raw food tasted really good, i might consider it.
But my tastes are what they are ... and i'm a recovering "picky eater" ... it has to look , smell and taste really good before it enters MY mouth.... oh and texture is also of utmost importance.
Just sayin...
You 're up late too... Partying the night away with Mia?
Hope you're having fun.
Ladies might I suggest to find your local craft farm? There are small farms all over the country that raise healthy chemical free animals and would LOVE to sell cuts of or whole animals.
ReplyDeleteMy neighbor two doors down raises chickens and turkeys and I am wondering if they might notice if one were to disappear in the night.
LOL!
ReplyDeleteOK, which of us is gonna bail DeeAnn out when she gets caught pinchin a turkey from down the road? ;-P
I hear you about the smaller organic farms. Tey are becoming more popular. They would need to have a farm store though as most of us are nit prepared to butcher our own meats. Or i would love to know that my favourite restaurants bought from such places.
I am happy to know that the food services at Yale are from sustainable sources and local farms, so i know Colin's been eating well for the past four years.
Jen, I doubt you would have to bail me out... pick up the pieces maybe. I am guessing these are not the kind of neighbors who would call the police if you know what I mean.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of places (at least out here) that DO sell only this kind of meat (Whole foods, trader joes) so you don't have to go all farm kid like me and butcher your own.
The feathers suck anyway.
`` Raw Chicken ``
ReplyDelete* tut *
LOL!
ReplyDeleteOur resident Veggie speaks!
Hiya Nicey!
This time i'm with YOU!
* lol *
ReplyDeleteYou notice I didn`t address the `` If we had to go into using specific words every time then we'd have to call ourselves Israeli politicians. "It's not a wall it's a fence." `` comment ;~} How chilled out/tired am I?
actually....I am "mostly" vegetarian.
ReplyDeleteI was completely vegetarian until I got very sick and my (also vegetarian) dad made me promise to eat red meat at least once a month. I still try to keep that promise today and eat meat (red or otherwise)at least once a month...
I am just not militant about it. Who really knowns which is more healthy or not. I think it is more a matter of "used to" or "enjoys"...
I am used to it and enjoy veggies more so eat more of them. That said, if I am going to eat meat I have to say raw appeals to me. HELLO sushi... I like to KNOW what is in/on my food.
D - Mayu's health improved too when she started eating protein (i.e. ingesting properly chelated minerals and vitamins bound to animal amino acids - plants don't have amino acids...) from animal sources again. Though she was eating seafood in her 17 years of vegetarianism (not a vegan THANK GOD!), getting back on the meat paddy wagon was hard for her throat (and her mind), but she did. And her skin and energy improved dramatically.
ReplyDeleteI ate seafood too...
ReplyDeleteWe were mainly vegetarian because at the time good meat was hard to find in Goa.
Then when it WAS available none of us were used to it.... then when some of us tried it, due to never having HAD it as a child we (not naming names, ME) were allergic to a lot of them.
Did you know that if you are NOT exposed to foods as a child they are more prone to cause allergies?
My health problem was pernicious anemia (or however you spell that). Now days I try very hard to stay balance on a more mediterranean diet. It is supposedly better for MS.
D - isn't anemia basically a lack of cellular iron? (I'm not sure)... Well, as I have learned over the past 10 years, there are a LOT of things that although SEEM to be PRESENT in plant material, because they are enveloped in cellulose (plant walls) are not available to us because our bodies cannot break that kind of material down. We aren't designed to digest plants.
ReplyDeleteThen, add to that the fact that our bodies (cells) will only incorporate vitamins and minerals (i.e. enzymes for metabolic pathways that make us "go") if they are "properly chelated" which means "bound to amino acids" is another problem. Vitamins and minerals present in plants are NOT bound to amino acids because amino acids are only found in animal proteins.
Thirdly (no! not more!!!) plant material is fiber, and contrary to the popular misinformation in the public mass media, fiber has shown to INCREASE colon cancer, not decrease it. It sucks out the bodies fluids, dehydrating you, AND it leaches out other vitamins and minerals that you are in the process of digesting.
Talk about a triple whammy!
I didn't know that non-exposure led to an increased chance of food allergies.
I'm glad you are feeling better these days.
LOL.... such a wealth of knowledge.
ReplyDeleteOk, so yes and no. My anemia was not a problem until I had miscarried the second time. It was a blood loss issue that was not being corrected quickly enough by my diet and I did not want to take drugs for it.
and for the record amino acids are in plants. the ones of concern, the so-called "Essential amino acids" can not be synthesized by the human body and must be obtained from food. You can get these COMPLETE by choosing to eat meat, poultry, eggs, fish, milk, and cheese... you can ALSO choose a varied diet that contains a mix of plant sources. The trick with the plant sources is to be VARIED. If you choose only one your diet is limited by that source's limitations.
hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.....
and yes...they do. Little known facts..... 90 percent of american (or so) are not allergic to cows milk. 90 percent of so on children from thrid world countries ARE allergic...why? They are not exposed to it. We had goat of buffalo milk but not cow until we came to this county. almost all my allergies are things not found in india (except cats...we had those and I am allergic) I didn't know this either until we started researching allergies as I got older....