Thursday 26 March 2009

New Hobby

I am a quarter century. Up until now I never really thought too much about how food tasted. Buy me a box of House Special Chinese Fried Rice and I would be the happiest man in the world.

My experience of dining in the UK was limited to a few local Chinese and Indian restaurants and maybe a few Thai places. I cannot really say I ever dined anywhere memorable or went to a restaurant that made me really feel anything.

Coming to Japan changed that slightly. There is a lot of eating out in this country. I have eaten in many different places and many different types of foods. The best places I have eaten at were mainly at company events. These would be at decent looking places where we would pay about 3000yen (21GBP/30usd) in advance and get a party course. The food was decent but nothing to really write home about, but probably better than anything I had experienced in the UK.

Sky Restaurant was a life changing experience for me. Paying that much for food, eating food that tasted that good, and dining with such a great view and environment has introduced me to a whole new world. The excitement and anticipation of waiting for each dish, wondering how it will be presented and how it would taste was really cool.

That restaurant was hands down the best one I have been to thus far. And to think the food only cost 10,000 yen (70gbp/100usd) and it does not even have any Michelin stars. There are a lot of 1-2 star restaurants in Tokyo and even 9 3-star ones where meals cost upwards of 20,000 yen (140gbp/ 200usd).

I think I might have just opened up Pandora’s box. Because my curiosity has got me wondering how good it can really get.

I now plan to go to somewhere nice once every 1-2 months. The only problem I foresee is finding a few lunatics willing to spend 100-300usd on a meal….

I might have to start up a society of high end diners who are willing to follow me on my quest to taste some of the best cuisine this planet has to offer.

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Anjel said...

LOL in London you were a student, no funds for high end anything.

Start a group, as u say there are loads of people wanting to socialise out here but dont know how to go about doing so......

Thomas Hammerlund said...

No matter where you go you'll be able to find some lunatics.

billywest said...

How about the poker hobby? Let me know when you're up for a home game.

Prometheus said...

@Anjel

Haha yeah that is true. I guess I will have to hit some nice places next time I am in london. I will also see if I can find some people P

@sixmats
I hope you are right :D
Would you happen to be one?

@billywest

Hi Billy. I normally play online. But a home game sounds fun. Give me like 2 weeks to get my life in order again then I am good to go!!!