My friend Kathleen recently introduced me to this great neighborhood of Tokyo. It's a foodie's paradise--store after store where you can buy any type of cooking equipment or gadget you could ever desire. And of course, the streets are lined with stores offering a huge selection of pottery and dishes for serving all kinds of culinary creations. But then add to that the serious Japanese business of food models, and you can even buy the "food" to put on the plates. (It's a real dietitian's paradise--if only she could afford those realistic food models, which are a minimum of $20 usually.)
Here are a few of my favorites:
- any entree with chopsticks suspended in mid-air;
- ice cream (because it reminds me of how Brian and I took the fake cone display off the sushi-go-round belt and waited, growing embarrassed, to never receive any ice cream);
- Japanese beer cans complete with fake ice chips;
- and sweet mochi cakes (which I have grown to love).
3 comments:
Surely you bought something . . .
Yes, you are right. Kathleen and I bought the same sushi plate set to remember each other by (and because we have the same good taste). And then I bought a set of 5 Totoro juice glasses. I talked myself out of the Noritake Totoro plate...
I have to get to this place!! I have heard so much about it...I would LOVE the Totoro juice glasses :)
I picked up the cutest Totoro pillow when I was traveling through Narita last month...I bet the glasses are so cute!
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