food!!

On Sat I went to dinner with my friend Kumi at this place called Billboard that has a 50's diner theme. There was lots of memorabelia covering the walls and 5o's music playing. The food was pretty good. It varied from spareribs, to oyaku don, to hamburgers. I went with the curry pizza with beef, potatoes, and cheese. It was actually really tasty. The crust was very thin and crunchy, like lavash. Kumi had a loco moco. It was pretty good too. Lots of dishes in Japan come with a barely cooked egg on it. Odd. Like in Paris? The picture was taken with my new camera, but I had left the flash off, and it was dusk, so it actually doesn't look that bad. A little out of focus. I'll keep testing it out.
In general the food here is great, but the weird thing is, it's all Japanese. :) I love Japanese food, but variety is good too. I've really liked getting the bento box type lunches at the markets. At Mike's suggeation, I tried a curry doughnut. It was so yummy! And some bad news, everyone thought I'd lose weight while I'm here. I don't think that's going to happen since one of the few foods I know how to ask for (and love) is "tonkatsu." Good, but fattening. One Japanese food I discovered here that I never heard of before is okonomiyaki. It's like grilled noodles with egg, and whatever meat and vegetables you want. I love the grilled udon noodles! Squishy!!
Last night I went to dinner with Kumi again and we tried a Korean restaurant called Jindari. The food was amazing and the place itself was beautiful. The lighting and jazz music created a very romantic mood (great place if I was on a date). The food was cooked table side. We had barbecue beef with bean noodles, mushrooms, and onions. It was soooo yummy! I will definitely go back! I love trying new restaurants, and here, they are all new!