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In article <1124579757.902384.134360@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<wwerewolff@yahoo.com> wrote:

> ---- Oh yeah it WAS in that article - duh - I didn't notice it.  Yes,
> only one of them speaks English, but they seemed friendly enough.  I
> made a faux pas there.  I was trying to ask for sandwich #3 from the
> menu on the wall, but they made me 3 sandwiches instead.  I should have
> taken all of them, they were so good.

Same thing almost happened to us but we caught the error (twice) when
she finally said, "Forget numbers, just tell me what you want." So we
said ONE grilled pork, ONE vegetarian.

> > Still, I thought, why does one need 5 short-skirted waitresses for 6
> > tables?  We found out later as it is more hostess-bar than karaoke. But
> > the karaoke was fun anyway.  The food, quite a large menu was all quite
> > tasty.  The next time there I'd just go to the restaurant where the
> > same food is 25 cents cheaper and there's no "table charge".  Not
> > highly recommended, but interesting.
> 
> ---- Guy wrote a book on "hostess bars" - *Buy Me Drinkee*.  Here's the
> link:
> 
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1593300646/qid=1124579240/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-2825602-8774242?v=glance&s=books&n=507846>

Default wrapping screwed it up but I patched it together. Tip for the
day: <http://tinyurl.com> if it pleases you.

Book looks fun.  Actually Nancy and I have stumbled into a couple of
them in various places in Japan and didn't realize it until we were
settled in.  Then we always had a *fabullous* time because of all the
faux excitement (girls) and/or drunken enthusiasm (businessmen). The
combined effect of unhesitating cordiality is palpable.  Besides
Mama-San wants her place full and if you're a gaijin couple buying
drinks, you're just more amusement for her clientele.

Kobe: Licky and Tomato (whatever the hell that means) totally rocks.

> ---- I went to the todai.com website and there's not a sign of the
> place on Beach that I went to.  It used to be there.  That's how I
> found it. Todai must have disowned it.  The staff was also - ah - a bit
> strange looking too, now that I think of it.  Anyway, they didn't
> poison me.

The upside of restaurant-trawling...

-- 
"A Dictionary of Japanese Food, Ingredients & Culture" by Richard Hosking
(Tuttle, '97).  All the hints one might need for exploring Japanese food.

"The Sake Handbook" by John Gaunter (Tuttle, '02). An excellent intro and
reference to sake.