Culinary Creations

~Today, I'll answer the question that I know has been on everyone's mind: what does David eat in Japan? The truth is that I haven't exactly gone native...far from it, actually. While I've tried many Japanese foods in an effort to broaden my culinary horizons, few of them have become lasting parts of my diet. Take, for example, tonight's dinner (a veritable feast, if I do say so myself):

^ The dinner menu for Monday, April 9th, 2007, is as follows:

• Main course: Cheese-filled tortellini pasta, topped with tomato sauce and parmasean cheese.
• Vegetables: Steamed broccoli and carrots.
• Meat: Chicken wings, topped with powdered garlic (keeps the vampires away)
• Side: Heated dinner roll with margerine.
• One glass of red wine ("Frontera" Cabernet Sauvingon, from Chile)
  
• One tall glass of chocolate milk
  

I was very hungry from riding my bicycle all over Nagaoka and from cleaning my apartment all day, in preparation for my replacement teacher. Of course, the fact that I didn't eat any breakfast and had only a small lunch may have contributed to this gastronomic celebration. I usually don't have time to cook such a delicious meal, but since I'm off of work on Monday, I usually put a bit more effort into making food on the weekend.

This reminds me of when I was living in an apartment in college and cooked meals similar to this. One time, my roommate walked in, looked at the food in awe, and said, "It looks...so...so...nutritious."

By the way, here's some Japanglish I found on a soap dispenser while cleaning:

hand soap
Always clean your hand
500ml

I imagine that washing your hand, if you only had one, would be a bit of a trick. No offence intended to any one-armed men. Or women. ~Oyasumi!