The hotel I'm staying in - the Kuretake Inn, which is part of a chain - is a nice, simple business hotel straight across from little Washizu station, and they provided a "meal map" of the area to let customers know where to find, well, meals. I followed that map last night to a local izakaya, which labeled itself on the map as a "honto no izakaya" (real izakaya). I figured I may as well enjoy some of the local flavours - but got a little more (and less) than I bargained for.
I had a kara-age and beer. The beer was good - cold and refreshing. The kara-age however was kind of...not so good. Too greasy, too fatty...and, of course, I had to eat it while a particularly persistent cockroach kept nibbling at my shibori (hot hand towel). By the time the third cockroach arrived on the table, I figured I'd better make my escape!
I took this pic with my cell phone - one roach who just wouldn't get away from my shibori...
I like local places, but sometimes, you just gotta know when to say "when"!
2 comments:
Well, in Japan even the roaches like a nice hot towel before they eat!
Hehehe, you know the reality is that in most places in the world you are never more than a meter from an insect of some kind. Though I must admit that this isn't exactly what I would like to find at any establishment.
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