Always hungry
I have been eating *so much* lately. I don't understand why... well, I have some suspicions, but so far no evidentiary support. Anyway, the point is that I've been eating a lot. Yesterday, while studying for my First Big Test, I ate half a pack of Pocky (only 82JPY, but not as fun to eat alone) and twelve gyoza. No part of this was dinner, which was udon and a bamboo shoots/mushrooms/potato/peas concoction I'd prepared the day before.
Today, I had this huge break between two parts of the test, so I came all the way home for a lunch (I normally come home after class and have a proper late lunch/early dinner). First, I stopped at Kado (as it would be spelled in katakana, but the letters on the shopfront read "Cadot," I think it has something to do with it being an "epicerie et vin" or something) to purchase some ready-made lunch, as I didn't quite have enough time to cook up my own. I bought a tuna onigiri (I'm still convinced somehow that these things are awesome, even though they taste a bit boring until you get to the good stuff in the middle - I think it has to do with the novelty and presentation), a pack of sushi rolls and inari (four of each), a packet of "O-inari" (which I think/hope are the tofu pouches into which you stuff sticky rice for inari and I'm super-excited about trying it out), and a box of
(Are they Crunchy? Are they Funky? Are they... Crunk even? No, they're **~Crunky~**. I saw these yesterday and was dissuaded by the price, but today I couldn't help myself.)
After having eaten all but one of these nine "Kuranki Bisketto" (the last of which I probably will have eaten by the time I finish this post), I can say with some authority that they are not actually "with chocolate." It's more hazelnutty, which is nice, but not particularly satisfying as, for the past week, for the first time in my life, I have had a bona fide
CHOCOLATE CRAVING. (I can deny it no longer.)
If you know me, you'll know this is *highly* irregular, but then, since coming to Japan, I don't think I've exactly been myself in most respects. Besides the chocolate, pizza, and idli cravings, I seem to have become more lactose intolerant (not the kind that just goes away if I keep at it), even *thirstier* than before (if you can believe it), and (if the Shoji Class project/presentation this Friday is successful in any sense) more creative, less self-conscious, and more leader-y.
So anyway, back to my eating habits. I had all four pieces of sushi, all four inari, the one onigiri, three of the bisketto, and half a liter of water for lunch. Something tells me the Japanese would be *shocked* by my American appetite. But honestly, this is a bit irregular for me. Just now, for dinner, I had half a cup of rice (half a cup when dry) and a good-sized portion of salmon (into which I rubbed wasabi, red chili powder, black pepper, and salt two nights ago - mmm good) cooked in egg and bamboo shoots, and at present I am in the process of finishing off the Crunky cookies.
As much as I am craving pizza etc, my lunch today, for being pre-made, was really good, and way more satisfying than a similar pack in America would have been (stupid "California rolls," what kind of crap is that, really). I don't think I'm tired of Japanese food (honestly, I never eat out, so that couldn't be it); I think I'm tired of my own food. Hmm, well hopefully with time I'll get better at it. I'll let you know how the O-inari works out.
Today, I had this huge break between two parts of the test, so I came all the way home for a lunch (I normally come home after class and have a proper late lunch/early dinner). First, I stopped at Kado (as it would be spelled in katakana, but the letters on the shopfront read "Cadot," I think it has something to do with it being an "epicerie et vin" or something) to purchase some ready-made lunch, as I didn't quite have enough time to cook up my own. I bought a tuna onigiri (I'm still convinced somehow that these things are awesome, even though they taste a bit boring until you get to the good stuff in the middle - I think it has to do with the novelty and presentation), a pack of sushi rolls and inari (four of each), a packet of "O-inari" (which I think/hope are the tofu pouches into which you stuff sticky rice for inari and I'm super-excited about trying it out), and a box of
(Are they Crunchy? Are they Funky? Are they... Crunk even? No, they're **~Crunky~**. I saw these yesterday and was dissuaded by the price, but today I couldn't help myself.)
After having eaten all but one of these nine "Kuranki Bisketto" (the last of which I probably will have eaten by the time I finish this post), I can say with some authority that they are not actually "with chocolate." It's more hazelnutty, which is nice, but not particularly satisfying as, for the past week, for the first time in my life, I have had a bona fide
CHOCOLATE CRAVING. (I can deny it no longer.)
If you know me, you'll know this is *highly* irregular, but then, since coming to Japan, I don't think I've exactly been myself in most respects. Besides the chocolate, pizza, and idli cravings, I seem to have become more lactose intolerant (not the kind that just goes away if I keep at it), even *thirstier* than before (if you can believe it), and (if the Shoji Class project/presentation this Friday is successful in any sense) more creative, less self-conscious, and more leader-y.
So anyway, back to my eating habits. I had all four pieces of sushi, all four inari, the one onigiri, three of the bisketto, and half a liter of water for lunch. Something tells me the Japanese would be *shocked* by my American appetite. But honestly, this is a bit irregular for me. Just now, for dinner, I had half a cup of rice (half a cup when dry) and a good-sized portion of salmon (into which I rubbed wasabi, red chili powder, black pepper, and salt two nights ago - mmm good) cooked in egg and bamboo shoots, and at present I am in the process of finishing off the Crunky cookies.
As much as I am craving pizza etc, my lunch today, for being pre-made, was really good, and way more satisfying than a similar pack in America would have been (stupid "California rolls," what kind of crap is that, really). I don't think I'm tired of Japanese food (honestly, I never eat out, so that couldn't be it); I think I'm tired of my own food. Hmm, well hopefully with time I'll get better at it. I'll let you know how the O-inari works out.
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