Comments on: A Westerner’s Breakfast in Japan http://www.gourmantic.com/2009/08/19/a-westerner%e2%80%99s-breakfast-in-japan/ where travel and culinary passions meet Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shinagawa Prince Hotel: A Room in Tokyo | Gourmantic http://www.gourmantic.com/2009/08/19/a-westerner%e2%80%99s-breakfast-in-japan/#comment-2922 Shinagawa Prince Hotel: A Room in Tokyo | Gourmantic Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:59:24 +0000 http://www.gourmantic.com/?p=768#comment-2922 [...] Breakfast is served in the Annex Café in the Annex Tower 7th floor and is best described as a Japanese take on a western morning meal. [...] [...] Breakfast is served in the Annex Café in the Annex Tower 7th floor and is best described as a Japanese take on a western morning meal. [...]

]]> By: Gourmantic http://www.gourmantic.com/2009/08/19/a-westerner%e2%80%99s-breakfast-in-japan/#comment-121 Gourmantic Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:14:34 +0000 http://www.gourmantic.com/?p=768#comment-121 <strong>Dave and Deb</strong> - Yes! And it does have a kind of 2001 Space Odyssey look to it. Singing in Japan? You continually amaze me :) <strong>Akila </strong>- I loved Japan so much that I wouldn't hesitate to go back. It may feel a little daunting at first but once you're there, the Japanese have their way of making you feel welcome. I give them points for the toast, maybe the egg. But the tomato soup and salad is an acquired breakfast taste! <strong>Michael </strong>- Hello and welcome :) I can imagine the reactions when visitors to Australia are given Vegemite to taste. Your Oxford breakfast sounds like a fun experience. I hope they didn't serve anything like gruel! Ah yes, the joys of paying pounds for dollars... Dave and Deb – Yes! And it does have a kind of 2001 Space Odyssey look to it.
Singing in Japan? You continually amaze me :)

Akila - I loved Japan so much that I wouldn’t hesitate to go back. It may feel a little daunting at first but once you’re there, the Japanese have their way of making you feel welcome. I give them points for the toast, maybe the egg. But the tomato soup and salad is an acquired breakfast taste!

Michael - Hello and welcome :)
I can imagine the reactions when visitors to Australia are given Vegemite to taste.
Your Oxford breakfast sounds like a fun experience. I hope they didn’t serve anything like gruel! Ah yes, the joys of paying pounds for dollars…

]]> By: Michael http://www.gourmantic.com/2009/08/19/a-westerner%e2%80%99s-breakfast-in-japan/#comment-120 Michael Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:51:40 +0000 http://www.gourmantic.com/?p=768#comment-120 I can think of lots of places in the UK and Australia that serve whacky brekkies. But Japan has  a unique style. On a recent trip to Oxford, I had a very unusual mixture of breakfast items served in an old gaol, which has been converted to a hotel called Malmaison. The aspect that particular freaked me out was the bill! Love those pounds. I can think of lots of places in the UK and Australia that serve whacky brekkies. But Japan has  a unique style. On a recent trip to Oxford, I had a very unusual mixture of breakfast items served in an old gaol, which has been converted to a hotel called Malmaison. The aspect that particular freaked me out was the bill! Love those pounds.

]]> By: Akila http://www.gourmantic.com/2009/08/19/a-westerner%e2%80%99s-breakfast-in-japan/#comment-118 Akila Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:06:16 +0000 http://www.gourmantic.com/?p=768#comment-118 Japan is one of the countries we most want to visit because it is so similar (1st world country, capitalist, technology) yet so diametrically opposite to the United States. On the upside, at least the hotel was kind enough to try their hand at a "western" breakfast. Too bad they didn't quite get it right. :) Japan is one of the countries we most want to visit because it is so similar (1st world country, capitalist, technology) yet so diametrically opposite to the United States. On the upside, at least the hotel was kind enough to try their hand at a “western” breakfast. Too bad they didn’t quite get it right. :)

]]> By: Dave and Deb http://www.gourmantic.com/2009/08/19/a-westerner%e2%80%99s-breakfast-in-japan/#comment-107 Dave and Deb Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:03:57 +0000 http://www.gourmantic.com/?p=768#comment-107 Very funny.  It all looks like little plastic replicas of food on a plate. Perfect for a photograph.  I sang in Japan years ago, and the producers of my show thought that we wanted a Western Meal as soon as we arrived. We talked them out of it, but they ended up bringing us out for Chinese Food. Very funny.  It all looks like little plastic replicas of food on a plate. Perfect for a photograph.  I sang in Japan years ago, and the producers of my show thought that we wanted a Western Meal as soon as we arrived. We talked them out of it, but they ended up bringing us out for Chinese Food.

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