Navy Wife in Japan: You wish you could eat this

Soooo now that we finally have a computer of our own again and Internet I can update this blog and put up some pictures.

What has been most requested is pictures of the food so here are the ones we have taken so far...and let me tell you, it all tastes even better than it looks.

Pepper Lunch: Awww mmmmmm. My first meal in Japan was this little beauty. Even though its called lunch you can eat it anytime of day. First of all you order your meal from a vending ticket machine and you give the ticket to the waitress. We ordered the namesake for our meals. You get the best piece of steak served raw on a fajita type caste iron plate that is sizzling its so hot. They also give you finely chopped garlic and corn. The sauces in the background are amazing. All together they add up to one of my favorite meals here. PS the green beans in the back are outstanding. They are just as good as the steak.

Cocos Curry House: Let me tell you, this was the best Indian food I have had so far. I loved it. The nan bread was incredible with the Japanese cheese on top and garlic all over. The brown curry is slightly spicy but fully of amazing flavor that anyone would love.

Speaking of cheese, notice how the cheese is being advertised on the piece of bread as a pizza. :)

This is from one of Brett's sushi trips. Its a sushi go around and as you eat you can take more plates off the conveyor belt. Each plate is color coded with a price.

This little bite has very tiny fish all one the top with a garnish of freshly cut ginger. Brett said its really good.

Forget Top Ramen, this is how the Japanese do Ramen. Yes, this is all Ramen

These are the desserts Brett and his friends got a maid cafe.

Real tempura

Obviously it was good

Ramen from a place around the corner from the base. According to Brett this place sucks but I really thought it was tasty.

These are a popular Japanese snack. This rice ball was filled with smoked salmon.

Hello Kitty is still very popular here and this delectable was filled with some creamy chocolate pudding.

This donut looking item was filled with a Japanese style curry.

Gydon (aka beef bowl) is one of my favorite places to eat. You can easily feed two people for under ten bucks and be full. Notice the egg shells in the corner: It is extremely common to put a raw egg in your meal. Brett was brave enough to try it and said it was really good and added a creaminess to the rice under the meat. Oh and miso soup (this is an amped up version) is served with almost everything.)

The strangest find here so far. The pancake drink from waffle crisp heaven. Remember how the milk tasted after you ate all the cereal? Well that's what this tastes like without all the grainy cereal bits.

The Japanese know how to make their pastries. Many are based on french culinary staples and they defiantly do these cakes justice.

We went to a Baskin Robbins out here to see if they had any cool new flavors, and heck ya they did. This one we decided to try out we were not sure what it was. Its name is Popping Showers. We thought the name alone qualified us to try it. Turned out to be pop rock ice cream. Way fun.

Vending machine and Japan go together like fast food and America. You see the machines everywhere. Here are some of the ones in the laundromat.

Most of the flavors are tea. On the second self and in the blue can is a yogurt drink that taste like plain yogurt and to defiantly get the point across they add bits of yogurt. Not my favorite but to each their own. Oh another cool thing is that here vending machines offer both hot and cold drink out of the same machine. Blue means cold and red means hot.

Some American favorites in there.

Look who is a coffee spokesman here...

This machine has a lot of good ones. The can on the second row that looks like a ninja turtle is on it is bubble gum flavored soda. The peach colored can on the third row is a heavenly peach drink. It tastes exactly like biting into the best summer peach.

The bottom row has so onion soup Brett loves.

Our favorite meal here is Yakiniku. It is the closes thing we have gotten to a buffet. If you want to stuff your face this is the spot. You order from a menu and point to the meat items you would like and then you get to cook them to your preference on your own grill. Here we have squid and bacon.