i know you all love food as much as i love food...

a grocery store down the street with great engrish.


this man was set up out front selling tako yaki, balls of batter, egg and spices with a chunk of octopus in the middle smothered with a sweet brown sauce and bonito fish flakes. they're great.


a few more tokyo pics...
dining in an izakaya where everything, plates of food and drinks, were only 300 yen, an unreal bargain.


there were vendors lining the streets around asakusa temple.
this man is making little layer cakes that are pressed into the shape of koi.


this vendor is making fresh fruit lollipops.

he's wrapping chunks of strawberries, pineapple, cherries and melon in a corn syrupy mixture. i opted for strawberry. it was sickeningly sweet. i scraped the sugar coating off and just ate the fruit.


random unknown odd things for sale in markets.


these fish are common in udon and soba noodles. you just drop them in boiling water a couple minutes before your noodles and voila...


they have replicas like these out in front of most restaurants showing the dishes. they always bare a remarkable resemblance to the food you are served. we're finally getting to the point where we don't have to tow the waiteress out front and point at these models to order.