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Jul 11 2014 8 Comments

Behind the scenes at an old ramen restaurant

No dreams of Michelin stars or celebrity customers; just good basic food, in suitably basic surroundings.

old Tokyo ramen restaurant

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Henry says

    7/11/2014 at 3:05 pm

    Looks interesting I’ll admit, but rather you than me. I’m way more careful where I eat.

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    • Lee says

      7/11/2014 at 5:33 pm

      I can understand wheat you mean. Not necessarily the cleanest of places. That said, I’ve had food poisoning twice in Japan, and both times were in fancy eateries. Never even had the slightest rumble after visiting establishments like the one above.

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      • Hans Ter Horst says

        7/12/2014 at 3:04 pm

        Same here, never had any problems with eating in these grubby places and I love the authentic experience. Even the “irrashaimase” already sounds better when entering 🙂

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        • Lee says

          7/12/2014 at 3:45 pm

          Haha! It does seem to be said in a much less sycophantic way. Just a nice friendly welcome, which is definitely better. Far more genuine too.

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  2. Hans Ter Horst says

    7/11/2014 at 10:20 pm

    Great shot Lee!
    I’ll happily eat in places like this, done so many times and I can only recommend it to everybody who wants a taste of down-to-earth Japanese food.

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    • Lee says

      7/11/2014 at 11:09 pm

      Thank you!

      Yeah, likewise. Decent food, at very decent prices, with invariably very friendly service. What’s not to like?

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  3. Bernadette Marchetti says

    7/13/2014 at 5:16 am

    I once had a roommate that was from China. She never washed the pots and pans she used (mine) between meals. I asked her once why, and she replied “Because the goodness of the old meal goes into the new meal.” It must work because I never turned down one of her meals 😉

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    • Lee says

      7/13/2014 at 10:47 am

      Interesting. I suppose it depends what you have cooked, but it certainly sounds like her theory was true.

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