Entries from seikatsu tagged with 'japanese'
Encounters with the Really Smart Cab Drivers
In October, I had what I figured to be one the weirdest cab rides ever. Our driver in Tokyo revealed surprising knowledge of Estonia and the Baltics, which he gained through his interest in... maps. If you assumed that the brave men of this trade limit themselves to just studying local street names, think again. (5 minute video clip of that ride available on Blip.tv) Now, half a year later in London the following dialogue took place in an ordinary...
Sushi heaven
This is actually a very very simple restaurant review: Ikeda has the best sushi I've had outside Tokyo. Period. When (shouldn't be "if"!) you go there for a first time, say Omakase!*, sit back and watch the chef's choice of freshest sushi and sashimi magically appear on the red counter pictured above. Apparently Ikeda has been around for 25 years already. And there is a reason why. Footnote: *In Japanese, "Omakase" means "entrust" or "Chef, I'm in your hands"....
Mitchell's number9dream
The way I met this book is quite as bizarre and coincidental as David Mitchell's writing itself. I happened to finger through a flight magazine (probably SAS, and probably Copenhagen-London) and stumbled on a brief book review of something that sounded like "fast-paced cyberfiction set in modern Tokyo". Given my childhood love for anything cyberpunk and that I was just freshly under Tokyo influence, I really wanted to get that book. Alas, I immediately forgot the title. Weeks later,...
私は東京を愛する!
Spent a few days in Tokyo. Finally. This place is now officially number #1 in my World Cities toplist. And frankly - I was sort of expecting (or hoping?) this to happen. The Skype Developer event I was attending there was a huge success with great turnout of interesting partners. Everything else in the counted few days before and after was just mind-blowing. I need to have the thoughts and emotions settle a bit to blog anything sensible. Until...
Morning Miso
Very unorthodox but tasty addition/replacement to the usual eggs'n'bacon breakfast. Combine your own miso soup from assorted components at Andel's Hotel in Prague. They must really get a lot of japanese tourists....
Jaapani Post versus Eesti Post
Tellisin ühest väga lahedast Jaapani võrgupoest nimega TokyoFlash mõned esemed. Nädalavahetusel, nii et pood vabandas ette ja taha (tuues ära isegi hetke pooleöise kellaja Jaapani ajavööndis!), et kahjuks nad jõuavad mu kauba postitamiseni alles nende aja järgi esmaspäeva hommikul. Nagu lubasid, nii tegid, saatsid veel e-maili, kustkohast Yubini (ehk siis Jaapani Posti) leheküljel täpselt paki liikumist jälgida saab: Nagu näha, kestis paki Okinawa-Tallinn reis kolm ja pool päeva. Pole paha. Tallinn-Viimsi seevastu on täis tiksunud kuus päeva ja lõppu pole...
Okonomiyaki @ Abeno
Without the intent of becoming a restaurant review blogger now, here still is another one: Abeno, the Okonomiyaki place. Interestingly enough they claim to be the only one of this kind of Europe, however right above the reference to "we do have another place in London" in their menu. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese crossover between pancake and omlette, in the most naive european terms. The Kansai/Osaka versions are based on rice and the Hiroshima ones on noodles. And Extra...
Seikatsu?
One of those Google homepage personalization widgets, Japanese Word of the Day is advertised with a surprisingly relevant screenshot. Worth reposting here for the educational pleasure of Seikatsu-blog readers:...
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