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Mind you, nearly every diner in New York City serves a rather dry German chocolate cake, but this was nice and moist — the coconut still “fresh.” And do you know with whom I shared this dessert with? The incredible film maker, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, probably best known for Sa-I-Gu. She almost ripped my arm off fighting for the check (and she won, of course). Don’t mess with people from northern Corea!
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Neighborhood spots. The tasty of the tasty. I had omakase type of dinner at Hanaya in Asagaya. You get the drift. Great foods, amazing presentation. Nice people. This type of spot has your back when you want something really nice to eat. You can't go there daily, or, can you? It's not out of the control pricey, but at the same time, it's not super inexpensive. There's plenty of nice spots to eat...
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Neighborhood spots. The tasty of the tasty. I had omakase type of dinner at Hanaya in Asagaya. You get the drift. Great foods, amazing presentation. Nice people. This type of spot has your back when you want something really nice to eat. You can’t go there daily, or, can you? It’s not out of the control pricey, but at the same time, it’s not super inexpensive. There’s plenty of nice spots to eat in this area, this is just one of them. Toro and uni above. a small fish and eggplant dish. porco rosso egg tofu and daikon with ikura This is the drinker set of snacks. daikon and gobo The next day. cat #1 cat #2 cat #3. This cat looks really beat up, but I really like the cat’s face. I hope this one recovers fully by the time I come back to Japan. Yasukuni shrine images will end out this blog post. Except for this image. I really like how the caramel box is integrated perfect into the handle on the train. Someone was thinking.
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Every year I post the same pic, nearly. Donutman in Glendora. Yes, they rock the strawberry donut. This time, I put the red colorful and tasty donut at the end. Instead I'll show a pic of the guys making the donuts. See the round rings? Yes, those are going to be good. While we sleep, there's someone there making more donuts. It's to good to know that there are people working while some of us are...
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Every year I post the same pic, nearly. Donutman in Glendora. Yes, they rock the strawberry donut. This time, I put the red colorful and tasty donut at the end. Instead I’ll show a pic of the guys making the donuts. See the round rings? Yes, those are going to be good. While we sleep, there’s someone there making more donuts. It’s to good to know that there are people working while some of us are not. The long ones are called Tigertails. Not typical of any shop, this is a favorite here. I’d suggest it. The sugar donut, which was once my favorite fell off the rack. I think I liked the crunch of the sugar. It’s all of it’s glory, this is a great tasting donut.
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