Food

Stuff in Japan is weird, food for example is very strange and as much as the hipsters in the old hood claimed to like "Japanese food" Sushi, tempura, and rice doesn't really paint the whole picture. There is tons of other shit and as close to "American" as it gets it never really gets it right. Like there is a burger place by my house Mos Burger www.mos.co.jp/english/ cheese burgers pretty simple idea: Meat, Cheese, Bun. However in Japan nothing is that easy Mos Burger for example: Meat, Cheese, Bun, Tomato, OK so good so far and ya lets top it off with some minced carrot... now as foreign as this sounds its not terrible, its just not needed. Pizza for example, Japan: Tomato sauce, cheese, and yup corn.... Now I know this may sound very avoidable but it really isn't they like this shit. Wanna buy a loaf of bread well loaves are sold in your choice of 5 or 13 slices... why? Odd numbers? really with bread? They must love the Dagwood out here or something. Common items that are hard to find if not impossible: Pickles, Relish, Mustard, BBQ sauce, Cheese, Potato's, Potato Chips, Apples, Turkey, and pretty much anything else you'd find at Thanksgiving or a backyard BBQ. Food I will give credit to, Ham, they have a lot of ham sandwiches here and its good, I even like the mayo out here that I give respect to. Anyway for my bday the other day my man ko-chan took me out for a steaks and brews a gesture that had me giddy with excitement all day, now I don't want to seem ungrateful the gesture was amazing and kind but say hello to a $60.00 7oz Japanese "steak" we traveled 1hr to the "finest" steak house and all I could think was I could get a 16oz NY strip at Uno's for 16.99. The quality was good, the service amazing, but I left hungry and I felt the place cheated my buddy but that's just how it is here... still adjusting.