Food Roulette

Here are the exciting dining adventures I had in Japan!

JAL served a teriyaki salmon and rice dish on our flight to Tokyo. It was delicious. That is all. 6/10

Upon our arrival, we were pretty hungry, so we stopped at a noodle house inside the train station near(ish) our hotel. These kinds of shops have a vending machine outside, where you select what you would like, put in money, and get a slip that you take to the counter and they give you your food. Marshall took some time looking at the pictures and bought himself some curry and then some yakisoba for Mike. I decided to play Food Roulette. This is a game I have invented myself where I order something at random and hope for the best. I selected an item that was only 4oo yen. There was no picture. It turned out to be yakisoba with fried meat. I think the fried meat was octopus tentacles based on what I saw when I bit into it. But I have no idea. I didn't win, but I also definitely did not lose food roulette. 4/10

We wanted to see if McDonald's had any Japan-specific foods, but the menu was the same. I had an egg mcmuffin. 6/10

At Tokyo DisneySea, I had the Toy Story Special for lunch at the Mexican restaurant called Miguel's. It was not in any way Mexican, but it tasted alright. 6/10

The rice was a little Woody, though.

We found a tiny shop that served gyoza and ramen, my two favorite Japanese foods. It was excellent! 8/10

One of the very rare breakfast restaurants in the entire country, Jade5, almost killed me with a garnish of rosemary in my cranberry lemonade. We made it through, because I clearly saw it before I drank. 2/10

Before we were presented with menus.

Shabu-gen. Marshall's parents recommended this place, and Marshall and Mike had been there before. It's just Japanese hotpot. However, since the last time the Hurson family went to Shabu-gen, they decided to shift their clientele for a more, upscale, customer base. Over $100 bucks a person for me to cook my own food. Admittedly, there was more food than one person could eat, but since taking home leftovers isn't a thing in Japan, we actually just ate until we felt sick and still skipped dessert. However, I did eat truffles (which kinda tasted like dirt) and actual gold leaf. Can't say that I'll ever be doing that again. 6/10

GOLD LEAF

Had bento on the Shinkansen. BTW I love the Shinkansen. Train travel  (esp. bullet trains) is the way to go. Get on it, America! 8/10 because of the amazingness of the train

In Hiroshima, we went to Little Mermaid Cafe and ate pastries. 8/10

In Osaka, we visited a dedicated ramen shop and it was way better than the ramen I eat at home. 9/10 I also tried some Japanese candy from the convenience store. It was called Crunky. It had similarities to Whoppers, but without the satisfying sizzle. 3/10

Starbucks serves a Peach Milk Tart, which tastes just as confusing as you'd think. 4/10



I tried potato chips and it turns out they were butter flavored. Not the best. 4/10

Okonomiyaki is a Japanese stuffed pancake made with egg and was birthed in Osaka, so eating it there was a treat. Marshall liked it way more than I did. Mike didn't want to try it. I tried the sampler of 3, which included pork, octopus, and corn. 4/10 Marshall had Hiroshima style, which included noodles. 6/10 for Hiroshima style

Johson burger, milkshake, Marshall, and country music

Johson Burgers in Himeji. Interestnig take on Western burgers, but not bad. Had a "craft" beer, also not bad. 5/10






Yakitori place in Himeji. JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN IS SO DELICIOUS WHY DID NOBODY EVER TELL ME THIS BEFORE. 10/10 (All the other food at the restaurant was meh.)

Baskin-Robbins in Japan has a new flavor promotion. They sell Pikachu ice cream and it's yellow and supposed to be 3 berry flavored and it's funny that they consider pineapple a berry. I hated it. 0/10 A full minute after trying the Pikachu sample, I was trying to order my Daiquiri Ice (the girl at the counter made me sample it because she wasn't sure I knew what I was getting into. She kept asking Marshall if I was sure I wanted that flavor because it's very 'bitter'. lol) POP ROCKS began fizzling in my throat. There were pop rocks in the pikachu ice cream but they didn't fizzle right away, so I nearly choked. -5/10 for Piakachu

Thanks for reading about my food adventures!