PING: anyone in JAPAN

"Pat" wrote:
I've just come across one of the funniest things I've ever read, which to
properly appreciate one must enjoy eating natto (one of my very favorite
foods). Put down your cup, swallow whatever's in your mouth, and proceed to:

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000169.php

I also like natto, although I wouldn't eat it just by itself like this
author. I was surprised to hear from someone that only about half the
Japanese actually like natto. I remember reading in Discover magazine
that people in the Kansai region generally dislike natto.

"Cantate" wrote:
This is my 25th year in Japan, and this is one of the two things I
don't like. The other is "uni", which is sea urchin.

I'm also not a big fan of uni. I once read "uni" off a menu,
pronouncing it "yuni" (reasoning that it would sound similar to the
commonwealth abbreviation for word "university"), thus making myself
look like an idiot.

"Cantate" wrote:

This is my 25th year in Japan, and this is one of the two things I
don't like. The other is "uni", which is sea urchin.

A friend of mine thinks that uni smells like dirty socks. Any truth
to that?

Joyce

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"Cantate" wrote:

This is my 25th year in Japan, and this is one of the two things I
don't like. The other is "uni", which is sea urchin.

A friend of mine thinks that uni smells like dirty socks. Any truth
to that?

Joyce

I rather like it. It reminds me of lobster with mustard.

1. Japanese people tease me that I must be a Kansai person in disguise
for not liking natto. (They figure I am obviously not a Westerner,
though I look like one, because I don't like coffee but do like tea.)

2. I think uni tastes like seawater.

I love sushi in general and maguro (tuna) in particular. Now you've
made me hungry!

Cantate

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1. Japanese people tease me that I must be a Kansai person in disguise
for not liking natto. (They figure I am obviously not a Westerner,
though I look like one, because I don't like coffee but do like tea.)

2. I think uni tastes like seawater.

I love sushi in general and maguro (tuna) in particular. Now you've
made me hungry!

Cantate

While it's more sashimi, you now have me hungry for maguro tatake.

Hmmm...I never had a bad cup of coffee or green tea in Japan, but I remember
very little tasty black tea.