It occurs to me that I haven’t gone on a manly-man food binge for a while. Manly-man food. You know, the kind you eat straight from the pan. The kind that smears on your shirt cuz you can’t be bothered to use a napkin. The kind that makes for good belching sessions, preferably in direct competition with other manly-men.
The epitome of a manly-man meal in Japan is two orders of gyoza and a draft beer at Osho. Osho is a nationwide chain of Chinese-ish greasy spoons, famous for their gyoza. In all truth, their food is strictly average at best, but their gyoza might rate a 7.5/10 stars at a really good branch, which is more than adequate for the 2 in the morning, after-a-long-night type of situation for which manly-man food was presumably created.
If you walk into an Osho, sit at the counter, ignore the baby cockroaches and the sticky floor, and order biru to yakigyoza nininmae, everyone will know you are a fucking man. The cooks will gladly fill your manly order. Bitches will bask in your radiating man-osity. )Obviously, I haven’t done this in a while, because now I’m fantasizing about it.)
Nam is going back to Thailand for a month this Thursday, and I’ll be spending the holidays with my bro and assorted homies. I’m sure somebody will help me remedy my currently gyoza/beer deficient lifestyle.
Author: Justin
The Downside of Warm Biz
It’s fucking cold in here.
(read about Warm Biz here)
And to the asshole who claims that “there’s no minus-element” – my pregnant coworker, who is shivering even in 6 layers of clothes, wishes you a warm gangraping with slimy alien tentacles! Please take the predicted 0.03% increase of the annual gross domestic product and stick it up your ass, to keep your head company!
Brrrrrr..
The Definitive Guide to Sushi
Okay. Pay attention.
THIS IS THE FUNNIEST VIDEO I’VE SEEN FOR MONTHS.
That is all.
Note to self: Find out more about “Japan Culture Laboratories”
All New Gap
Those of you in the states may have already seen this Spike Jonez commercial for Gap, but it deserves linking anyway: PARDON OUR DUST
Rat Thing
With all these recent posts about Snow Crash, I was wondering when an actual Rat Thing sighting would surface on the net.
Go check it out.
Studio Wedding Photo
Here’s a sample of the photos we went to take in Kobe last month. I got Nam’s permission to post just one; the rest will be kept as a surprise until the wedding. I think they turned out pretty well.
Call for Resumes: Aspiring Shadow Warriors
(Click image to enlarge)
Are you a real ninja, or have you ever wanted to become one?
Find out by reading this book (zipped PDF file; this download will self-destruct when enough of you become adept at walking on water).
Reposado de Kanpai
Look what’s on my desk today:
It’s inspiring me! I can just feel the heavenly little molecules of fermented 100% blue agave goodness inside the bottle, inside this can. Yes, that’s right, it’s a whole liter of Cazadores, straight from Jalisco.
Normally, we can’t even get this stuff in Japan. Yet there it was, laying on the table today at my company’s charity bazaar (somebody on a trip to our Tijuana plant must have brought it back and donated it to the bazaar)… I love charity! So I bought it! And now, it sits proudly on my desk, for all to see… Er, to see my support for charity, that is.
I have a big bottle of tequila on my desk at work, and nobody cares!
I love Japan!
Banzai!!
Banzai!!
Kanpai!!!
Better than the Discovery Channel
I just love stuff like this: Name the Mystery Fish
My bro, Adam, is kind of a fish otaku…
Ko used to work fishing boats, so for all I know he may have caught one before…
I have a funny feeling that one of my readers can solve the mystery – go take a look!