Vegas and Food

Apr 27, 2010

Fast food in Japan: KFC - Starbucks - Small Market @ Deli

japan

I was gonna get KFC Japan's chicken sandwich that only available limited time, but it was sold out, so I just decided to get their "twister".

decor inside KFC Japan

menu. I wish all the fast food places in the U.S. has a menu sheet like Japan.

Twister 300yen (about USD$3)

It was basically a piece of chicken and lettuce wrapped in tortilla. The menu also says comes with mayonnaise and picante salsa, but I don't remember seeing it. Chicken was very good. Crispy outside, juicy inside. I was the only customer there, but I had to wait for them to deep fry my chicken. Hot and fresh!

KFC イオンモール高知店
高知県高知市秦南町1-4-8
088-826-7600

http://www.kfc.co.jp/

Small Market @ Deli, located inside aeon mall, Kochi, Japan

Taco rice bowl 520yen (about USD$5)
lettuce, cherry tomato, ground beef, cheese, rice

Royal Strawberry Pearl (boba) Tea 390 yen (about USD$4)

Small Market@DELI イオン高知ＳＣ店
高知県高知市秦南町1-4-8
イオン高知ショッピングセンター２Ｆ
088-826-8332
http://r.tabelog.com/

Here's the Honey Orange frappuccino, it was available limited time only at Starbucks Japan.
Believe or not, there are only total 3 Starbucks in Kochi, Japan.

I was just checking their website and they have new blueberry cream frappuccino that looks sooo good.

Starbucks Honey Orange frappuccino (Grande) 530 yen (around USD$5)

http://www.starbucks.co.jp/

Apr 26, 2010

Ikea meatball plate

los angeles

I went to Ikea yesterday and they had a meatball plate for $1. You get 10 tiny meatballs, mashed potato and lingonberries and cream sauce. Normally it's $4.29. No way I'm paying for $4.29, but it's fine for $1.

salad / soup bar. All you can eat and I think price was $1.99.

It's like cafeteria

Here's my $1 meatball plate.

It's not good quality food, but fine for $1.

Rating (food): 2.9 / 5
Rating (service): N/A
Repeat: Yes for $1

http://www.ikea.com

Apr 25, 2010

Joyfull and mimi usagi - Kochi, Japan

kochi

First, here's the pics from Joyfull family restaurant in Japan. I was here with my friend for desserts, but I wish I was hungry so I could have some steak. My parfait was good.

I like menu here, because you can see what your food like, but they also describe calorie and sodium on the menu.

menu

Japanese style parfait 399 yen (about USD$4)
green tea, shiratama, red bean, ice cream, whipped cream, etc

strawberry parfait 399yen
corn flakes, strawberry ice cream, whipped cream, etc

Rating (food): 3.9 / 5
Rating (service): 4.5 / 5
Repeat: Yes

http://www.joyfull.co.jp/

http://twitter.com/joyfull_co

Next is Mimi Usagi in Kochi city, Japan. It's a place for desserts.

menu

Again, this place also have Sakamoto Ryoma's special parfait.
Sakamoto Ryoma again..

Hoji cha tea parfait 920 yen (about USD$9.2)
It looks very different from the picture on the menu, also little pricey. It's good, but I'm not sure if it's worth paying for almost $9.

cherry blossom waffle 550 yen (about USD$5.5)

This comes with tea. Now, this was very good, and worth the price.

cherry blossom ice cream, vanilla ice cream, red bean, and shiratama in waffle cone

Rating (food): 3.7 / 5
Rating (service): 4 / 5
Repeat: Yes

mimi usagi

高知県高知市栄田町３丁目7-6
3-7-6 Sakaeda cho, Kochi city, Kochi

(088)-871-5788
hours: 10:00am-19:00pm

Apr 22, 2010

Ajisen Ramen - Japan

kochi

Ajisen Ramen in Kochi, Japan. I didn't know, but they also have so many locations in the U.S., too. But menu looks different.

This store has limited menu "Ryoma Ramen".
Sakamoto Ryoma is so popular in Kochi right now. He's just everywhere!

I ordered "ladies set" 850 yen (about USD$8.5), which comes with 1/2 ramen + 1/2 fried rice + 1 karaage + small salad.

Now, I have no idea why but I can't find pics from this ramen place. I took pics of rice, salad, chicken, everything but I lost it! But at least I had a pics of the ramen.

Everything was delicious. I liked everything. I hope Ajisen Ramen in the U.S. also good.

Rating (food): 4 / 5
Rating (service): 4 / 5
Repeat: Yes

味千ラーメンはりまや店
高知市はりまや町1丁目5-9

phone: 088-885-9355

http://www.aji1000.co.jp/

http://www.ajisen-la.com/welcome.html

CLICK HERE for stores in the U.S.

Apr 20, 2010

JAL airline airplane food 2010

japan

Here's all the JAL airplane food I had. 2 meals on one way, total 4 meals. I think from L.A. to Japan was about 12 hours, but from Japan to L.A. was about 9 hours.

This is my first meal from L.A. to Tokyo. The stewardess said they only have fish, so I had no choice. This was right after I saw the movie "airplane", I didn't wanna eat fish meal, but I was fine. Taste was good.

udon noodles, comes with soup

bread, potato salad, salmon, spinach

fish and linguine

Blueberry financier from Woodman's Cake, Tokyo Kagurazaka
http://www.woodmanscake.com/index.php

This is my second meal.
Again, I had no choice. Pasta with lots of cheese, salad, fruits, and tea

pasta

Amandine pound cake
http://amandinecafe.com/

Here is my first meal from Tokyo to L.A.

Menu

I chose seafood curry. Taste was good.

big pieces of seafood, but needs little more sauce.

karaage (fried chicken), shrimp, egg salad

salad and pound cake

And the second meal from Tokyo to L.A.

french toast, Japanese sausage, scrambled eggs, fruits, crackers, cheese, and yogurt.

Everything tasted good.

And I liked this yogurt, too.
http://www.takanashi-milk.co.jp/products/index.html

JAL was great. I never got bored. You can play all these games, and they also have about 50 different movies. I watched Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, Up in the air, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, and... I can't remember.