Just in Tokyo by Justin Hall
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    Breakfast
    A Japanese breakfast might
    consist of raw egg over rice
    with soy sauce, strips of dried
    salted seaweed (nori), some
    grilled salmon, pickled veg-
    etables. While the raw egg
    over rice might seem too snot-
    like, it is quite delicious with just
    a dash of soy sauce, the flavor
    of the fish, or some salted
    seaweed. Also natto might be
    served with breakfast (covered
    later).
    Fast Food
    Japan has McDonald's and
    Kentucky Fried Chicken. You
    might find some limited enter-
    tainment and comfort of home
    visiting here and comparing
    your experience.
    Besides fast food tempura,
    gyudon and katsu, there are
    local Japanese fast food burger
    joints.
    First Kitchen
    Look for the large numeral "1"
    around town. Try the hotate,
    scallop with butter and salt - a
    powder you shake into a bag of
    french fries. Probably mostly
    MSG.
    Kentucky Fried Chicken
    KFC is like you might remem-
    ber from home except the
    biscuit might show up shaped
    pancake longer, longer longer
    than you expect.
    Hiroshima-Style
    Near Yotsuya station, down the
    main street, and around a
    corner to your right just two
    streets after the "since 1967
    Jazz Bar," in a basement
    there's a Hiroshima-style
    Okonomiyaki restaurant. The
    proprietor is also a jazz man,
    the food and the music are
    excellent. Here the proprietor
    prepares the pancakes for
    everyone.
    Nabe
    Nabe is a hearty soup cooked
    at your table. Typically a clay
    pot is delivered with the ingredi-
    ents already inside. There are
    many varieties of nabe, try the
    karai, a nearly-creamy spicy
    nabe. After you eat most of the
    good meat and veggies from
    inside you'll get some udon to
    add to the remaining sauce.
    Oden
    At a 7-11 convenience store,
    you might see a vat of bubbling
    brown briny liquid separated
    into six or eight different slots:
    inside each fishcake, squid
    bits, vegetables, radish, eggs
    marinating. You can point and
    choose, for a small bowl's
    worth maybe with spicy yellow
    mustard. Other places serve it
    besides 7-11.
    Food -