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Another hotel without wireless. Have to use their PC too but I am cheating. Dynamic IP and no MAC restrictions, hehe.
Well I braved the cold and am so glad I did. Wasn't so cold tonight as the wind had died down.
While I was wandering the streets I could have sworn there was a bit of snow. Little flaky wet things from the sky but only lasted a few seconds so I'm not sure if it was or not.
While looking at various menus I was given a coupon for a place called Za Watami.
Paid for 1000 yen if I spent more than 500. Had to ask this old guy at the front desk for translation.
Fortunately he seems to be the english speaking member of the staff so he clarified for me.
Very stylish place and looked quite popular. I only know this from the number of people coming and going as they kept me away from the rest of the people.
That I was ok with, what I was not ok with was the english menu they gave me. Didn't have half the good looking stuff on the Japanese menu. Fortunately even the Japanese one had pics for everythig so I pointed.
For starters I had Gyoza and a serve of Salmon sashimi. The sashimi was awesome! The Gyoza was good too but I have had this a couple times before.
This time though it came with what turned out to be a vinegar type sauce and some hot sauce.
With these it was a totally new dish, delicious. After this I ordered what ended up being Salmon Yuke.
Salmon Yuke, I will never forget my first! A little bed of cucumber and onion, raw Salmon strips topped with roe and those little not sesame seed things and some shredded lettuce-ish type stuff that isn't, all finished with a drizzle of egg yolk.
This was amazing, I wish I could have told them how good this was for me in Japanese. If it weren't for the cost I would have had a second. Ended up resorting to the mind blowing gesture as it was.
On this note I have started a charity, the "help me eat more Salmon Yuke" fund. If you would like to donate email me at the usual addresses. ;>
I also ordered a beer and they nearly ended up charging me twice as I had to enquire as to where it was once I had finished the Gyoza and Sashimi.
With the voucher ended up costing me 600 yen, the price of the Salmon Yuke. Tomorrow is instant noodles QQ
Off the food topic, tomorrow I am going to JTB and getting all my essential expenses out of the way so I can budget in more Salmon Yuke :>
Gonna be an expensive day. Will get the Sanyo pass(30000), tickets for Osaka to Tokyo(14050), pay for accomodation for two nights in Osaka(6000), accomodation at tokyo(6000) and the ticket to Narita airport(?).
This outlay should guarantee that I can at least get on the plane, although I would rather not. QQ
That's all for now, tomorrow will no doubt be heaps of pics of Miyajima as it's listed as one of the top three views in Japan.
Once I have done this one I think I will have two under my belt as I am pretty sure Matsushima is on the list as well.
If there is time after JTB and Miyajima I will drop by Hiroshima Castle and the Peace Memorial Park
Bye from Hiroshima.