Articles tagged with: Japanese
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I was having a craving for sea urchin, the delicious uni. So I search for high and low, for the best place to enjoy this delicatessen! From my research I found out that Soto in the Village has an unusual menu that is rich with uni – not only one dish, but five! The chef there just love to use this ingredient, so I have no choice but to try it out, no matter how expensive it will be. The result does not disappointed, I was pretty much in heaven! Not …
Shopping »
I love shopping in Uniqlo because they are just so funky and fun. Like this season they focus on the different Japanese pop culture as their designs. As a result they have tons of tees that are inspired by various Japanese animations and cartoons from Gundam to many cartoons that I used to watch when I was little and now completely forgotten their names. They also have tees that are focus on games all the way from Pacman to all the current game characters. There are countless tees that are …
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One of the few complaints I have about my neighborhood and Williamsburg is that there’s very few authentic Japanese food here. The only ones that I can think of are Bozu and Zenkichi, both in Williamsburg and are targeting the higher end customers. I never thought the lack of choices situation will change much….until now. I was walking around in my ‘hood and I found this place – Ichiran Ramen on Manhattan Ave and Green! It’s in the morning so obvious it’s not open, but I read this funny sign …
Games »
I have always thought Pokemon is totally adorable. I watched most of the first anime series but because of time and schedule I stopped watching the following series afterward. And since I didn’t have any game consoles or collect any Pokemon cards, I don’t have much dealing with Pokemon unless you count the occasionally encounter in the Nintendo World store or other video games or toy stores.
It all changed once Scott bought me the NDS 3 weeks ago! First of all it’s a limited edition with Pokemon engraved on …
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Ever since I started my new job, my cheap Japanese lunch choice has been cut in half. My usual choices when I was working at 43rd and Madison were Oms/B, Zaiya and Zaiya in Kinokuniya. Occasionally Chiyoda and Yagura. Now that I work right on the same block as Oms/B by Lexington, it’s way too far to walk to Kinokuniya at 6th Ave. The regular Zaiya, Chiyoda and Yagura are doable even though they are all the way at 41st St and Madison, but during …
Shopping »
The brand new Muji store in the New York Times Building is smaller than I thought. Don’t get me wrong, it is spacious, but I guess after Uniqlo’s store in Soho, nothing is big enough~ Still, the new store is bigger than the one near Chinatown. One unique thing about the store is that it is surrounded by glass, not only from the sidewalk but from the lobby and the garden of NYT building as well. It really give you that sense of light and transparency …
Fashion, Shopping »
One thing that I did not expect about myself is how obsessive I want to be stylish. I am not even good looking. I don’t have a face or a body that is good for fashion – unless everyone want to be ridiculously skinny without any muscle. Continue on with my fashion craving after the spring scarves, my focus now is on finding a better summer look – the season that I hated the most and the season that I never know how to dressed.
Obviously I need …
Television »
This is by far the funniest take on the Office! My opinion is that the revival of funniness on SNL in the last few years was mainly because of these wacky digital shorts.
Random Rants »
It’s very fortunate that I work in a location that is full with Japanese in the ‘hood. So not only there are abundant good affordable Japanese food for lunch, there are also 3 Japanese bookstores around. Not that I know how to read Japanese, nor have any intention of learning. (I can barely handle two languages! and I am lazy!) I could, in the best case scenario, guess about the meaning of 6 characters in a 50 words paragraph. But in any case, I love going to these Japanese bookstores. …
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