Japanese Food

My main goal since touching down here has been to eat as many different kinds of food as possible, some of which I've been able to snap photos of. Without further ado, here are some of my favourite dishes that I've had so far.

This is a pancake, topped with egg, asparagus, ham, and cheese. Delicious!

The dish came with sides of hot onion soup, daikon radish, potato salad, and green salad. The cafe where this was served was themed with hundreds of small rubber duckies. So cute!

A few of the ALT's are vegan, so we visited a place which specialized in vegan ramen. This one tasted like peanuts. 

Of course, sushi. I've eaten quite a bit of sushi since coming here. 

I make my own lunches for school, and pack them in a bento box. I've made much better lunches, but this is the one I happened to make the day I remembered to take a picture. Stiry-fried broccoli, beans, and beef with garlic and ginger, garlic mashed potatoes, two pre-made sushi rolls, and sliced kiwi. 

This is a popular way to serve sushi in Japan; on conveyor belts. You use a screen located at your table to make selections, and the chefs place your order on the converyor belt. When your order is about to reach you, a song plays on your screen. Each table has a specific plate colour so that you know which is yours. You are also free to take any of the "for grabbing" sushi as it passes you. Your bill is calculated by how many plates you have your table. 

Grilled salmon and cheese sushi.

Roast beef and garlic sauce (totally still sushi, right?).

Shrimp tempura sushi. 

Cold soba noodles (buckwheat noodles) served with sesame seeds, green onions, and a cold dipping sauce.

A cheap (about $0.10) snack I had been on the hunt for in Japan. They are called "umaibo" and are basically over-sized cheetos, and they come in dozens of flavours.

Fancy sashimi. The fish was set above a bed of dry ice, so it smoked at the table! 

Not sure what the name for this was, but it was minced fish meat inside a mochi (pounded rice) cake. It was served with a hot grill so that you able to toast it yourself. 

Hot udon noodles in a soy-sauce broth topped with tempura flakes, green onions, and ginger. I also purchased sides of karage (fried chicken), and eggplant tempura.