curry

New salarymen eat curry dogs at last week’s 3.11 commemoration in Hibiya Park

March 19, 2012men, Public space3.11, black suits, commemoration, curry, dogs, hair, Hibaya Park, hot, leather, Moe, new, poufy, salary mentokyo moe One comment

Identical black suit and leather briefcase uniforms, matching poufy hair, and all eating curry hot dogs. I am childish and find this scene sublime. Plus, they ate the last curry dogs. I wanted one, too, but could only enjoy it through watching them.

Bizen Pottery Trip

May 6, 2009ceramics1200 degrees celsius, bamboo, barbeque, bizen, bricks, ceramics, charting, curry, eggs, fire, fork lift, god, Izu Peninsula, kiln, margaritas, meat sauce, Numazu, offering, pasta, pottery, prayer, rice, rice straw, sake, salads, salt, sausage, Shizuoka, temperature, wood, wood-fired, yakisobatokyo moe View all 4 comments

Yesterday I returned from a four day Golden Week ceramic trip to Numazu in Shizuoka, near Mount Fuji and the Izu Peninsula. The in-law ceramics senseis organized this annual trip to use a wood-fired oven to make special bizen pottery.

For three days and nights, we heated a wood kiln until it reached 1200 degrees celsius, taking turns feeding it. It will take another three or four days for the kiln to cool down, so a return trip is necessary to take out the pottery.

Here are some photos that depict some of the process. Below are the 18 or 20 pieces I made: mostly flower vases with lattice tops, ten small round plates, and four rectangular plates.

Bizen flower vases with lattice tops, ten small round plates, and four rectangular plates

Curry and coffee

April 11, 2009food, Nakano, Public spacecake, coffee, curry, European curry, food, Mexican food, Tokyotokyo moe One comment

Food in Tokyo is delicious. With the exception of Mexican food, you can eat any cuisine, most of it deliciuos and with superlative service. I am confused, however, by the strange twists that Indian food has taken here. Who wants “curry and coffee” as this local place near our home offers? Or “European curry”? Or “curry and cake”? And what is the witch adding to the Indian cuisine? Any suggestions of where to go for good Mexican food in Tokyo are most appreciated.