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lyceum_arabica and I went out to Asuka, where I finally realized that a $10 food debt is just going to keep swinging back and forth as long as we treat each other to sushi dinners. But for my part I took the radical step of having non-sushi food, specifically their hibachi chicken and an appetizer of yakitori. Both were good, if similar in taste to each other and to teriyaki, in that sweet grilled meat space. It was also a fair bit of food, as the hibachi was basically a big pile of chicken chunks with some rice and vegetables; I ate, I thought, about half of my food. Two meals for $11 (menu price) isn't bad, especially compared with the $15 sushi dinner, though that also looked nice. Miso and weird orangey salad also came with our dinners.
Later I discovered I miss Yoshinoya, a Japanese fast food place I haven't been to since leaving Pasadena for San Francisco. I guess I've been craving Japanese food beyond the raw fish and sweet rice realms.
lyceum_arabica and I went out to Asuka, where I finally realized that a $10 food debt is just going to keep swinging back and forth as long as we treat each other to sushi dinners. But for my part I took the radical step of having non-sushi food, specifically their hibachi chicken and an appetizer of yakitori. Both were good, if similar in taste to each other and to teriyaki, in that sweet grilled meat space. It was also a fair bit of food, as the hibachi was basically a big pile of chicken chunks with some rice and vegetables; I ate, I thought, about half of my food. Two meals for $11 (menu price) isn't bad, especially compared with the $15 sushi dinner, though that also looked nice. Miso and weird orangey salad also came with our dinners.Later I discovered I miss Yoshinoya, a Japanese fast food place I haven't been to since leaving Pasadena for San Francisco. I guess I've been craving Japanese food beyond the raw fish and sweet rice realms.
Michelle says...
Date: 2006-09-21 23:03 (UTC)From: (Anonymous)Re: Michelle says...
Date: 2006-09-22 03:15 (UTC)From:I suppose I could try learning how to cook it or other ethnic foods...
Hey, what are sushi/sashimi prices like over there? I imagine conflicting factors of "you're near the source", "everything's expensive in Japan", and "you're in Okinawa, not Tokyo, so not that expensive." But I remember the all you can eat sushi/sashimi in Vancouver for $18 Canadian a few years ago and sigh.
Re: Michelle says...
Date: 2006-09-22 07:42 (UTC)From: (Anonymous)Actually restaurant and entertainment prices on the whole seem pretty reasonable here - or at least about the same as the US. A latte at Starbucks is $3-4 and a large Yakiniku bowl at Yoshinoya is about 450 yen or $3.90-ish. Okinawa has the cheapest beef prices in Japan so you can go out for a really nice steak or Teppanyaki dinner for about the price of Stuart Anderson in the US.
Grocery prices and home improvement/housewares stuff aren't great but not too bad either. Rent and gasoline are real killers, and cell phone service is also really expensive for some reason. OTOH internet is decent - I pay about $45/month for DSL which includes unlimited free long distance calling (including international).
Cost-of-living is kind of a mixed bag here and I'm still trying to figure it out.