Originally Posted By Mr X "Oh and yeah I remember when I lived in Tokyo and a few times I went to Dennys there. They DID have pancakes on the menu, but they were so small, soggy and cold it just wasnt worth to ever order them again . Maybe it was just a bad order that day, but doubt it lol." Nope, they're always like that. Sadly, probably the best pancakes to be found in Japan are at McDonalds (though I'm DEFINITELY going to check out Nezumi's recommendation!). *sigh* You can pretty much get anything you want in Japan (including, obviously, INCREDIBLE Japanese food) except for three things...breakfast, great Italian food, and great Mexican food.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Yeah I figured they were which why I never bothered again. I honestly dont mind the McD pancakes though. When I lived in Korea, they didnt even have THAT, so be thankful . Same with Mexican food. At least in Japan, you may not fine great authentic Mexican food but you still got El Torito at least. I love that place . I ONLY eat in Japan but its good! And send me my PM back punk!!!
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi There's quite a few decent Mexican places in central Tokyo. I can think of one in Harajuku, and a couple more near Yotsuya Station. If you ever want any good recommendations on ethnic cuisine, just call the embassy of that country (located in Tokyo) and ask. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>You can pretty much get anything you want in Japan (including, obviously, INCREDIBLE Japanese food) except for three things...breakfast, great Italian food, and great Mexican food.<< That would be a major showstopper for me.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney MN, I don't even know why Mr. X uses this site as a middle man to ask all these questions when obviously he should just call you directly!
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Hey thanks dude . I know I don't come here too much like I use to. Mainly because I havent been to Japan in almost 3 years now . And not too busy in this section either. Would LOVE to rectify that though and thinking if I can pull it together, I would like to come back next year around the time Fantasmic opens! And plus there will be a few other things new for me there as well. We'll see .
Originally Posted By leemac <<You can pretty much get anything you want in Japan (including, obviously, INCREDIBLE Japanese food) except for three things...breakfast, great Italian food, and great Mexican food.>> Hadn't even thought about the latter two but very true. It has always been a bugbear of mine that I hate Japanese brekkie. All that salad, congee and rice - yuk! Thank God for the Hilton though - I'm actually so happy when the three TDR hotels are full and we get put in the Hilton. Getting any egg product makes my day - omelet!
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi ^^ Lee, how do you like the "omu-raisu" (rice omelets)? Hehehe. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By leemac <<Lee, how do you like the "omu-raisu" (rice omelets)? Hehehe. -- MagicalNezumi>> Haha! I'm really not a rice fan at all (noodle man!) and it is firmly a non-breakfast ingredient for me!
Originally Posted By Mr X Omu-raisu makes me angry. It's like they intentionally came up with a breakfast tease (restaurants dedicated to freakin omelets for pete's sake), and then spit into the mixing bowl. Rice makes me angry (except for rice pudding, I like rice pudding...but the Japanese DON'T like rice pudding so there's no freakin rice pudding in Japan!). A lack of rice pudding makes me angry!
Originally Posted By Malin *** If KFC and Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are all owned by the same parent company (Yum! brands), why is KFC and Hut all over the place in Japan but Taco Bell nowhere to be found? *** In the United Kingdom we have had both KFC and Pizza Hut for a number of years. Taco Bell has only recently open up over here at the Lakeside Shopping Centre. Maybe Management don't have much confidence serving this brand to International markets. Like it does with fried chicken and pizza. *** According the the official Japanese site, there are 73 KFC locations in Osaka Prefecture. However, many tend to be in regional shopping malls outside of city center. *** Cheers for that. I did visit a lot of places and found many of the Fast Food brands like Mc Donalds and Mos Burger. I guess I was expecting to find a KFC on the same block as a Mcdonalds like its done in Tokyo.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Taco Bell has only recently open up over here at the Lakeside Shopping Centre. >> Actually we had Taco Bell back in the eighties - there were a couple in London. Pepsico had closed them way before the spin-off. They just couldn't compete (much like Wendy's). There are a few Mexican take-out places in London now trying to capture part of the lucrative lunchtime traffic. One brand is Chilango. It seems we go through all of these fads eventually - I remember when bagels were big and there were several chains. It seems none survived except for Bagel Street.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>One brand is Chilango<< LOL! 'Chilango' is a derogatory word used to describe people from Mexico City (by other Mexicans)
