I once used to think that Japanese restaurants were owned and run by Japanese or Japanese -Americans. That changed a few years when we took our daughter to dinner at the Ichiban. She had studied Japanese in college and asked the waitress in Japanese about one of the items on the menu. ” I’m sorry” [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Who Owns that Japanese Restaurant ?
Posted in American Scene, Daily Life, Food, Life, Observations, Random on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Beautiful American
Posted in American Scene, Culture, Observations, People, Random, Thoughts on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
( The Ugly American was the title of a 1958 bestseller by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick. Set in the mythical South East Asian country of Sarkhan , it was a searing indictment of Americans who don’t understand or respect local cultures when living abroad. In their arrogance, they consider the locals inferior to [...]
Curry, Curry Powders, Masalas and Asian Curries
Posted in Asia, Culture, Food, Random, Thoughts on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Curries , which are native to the Indian sub-continent, have spread all over the world and really do not need to be defined. Most people also know that curry powder is a pre-mixed blend of powdered spices that is not much used in India where cooks prefer to utilize individual spices, both whole and powdered.
Commercially available curry powder is [...]
Of Cunard, Camilla, the Queen and British Royalty
Posted in Observations, Random, Thoughts, Uncategorized on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A good friend alerted me to an interesting tidbit about Cunard Lines which owns and operates the most famous luxury liners in the world. Cunard vessels include the Queen Elizabeth 2 ( built 1969) and the Queen Mary 2 ( built 2003) and , since 1930, it has been the tradition to invite the reigning [...]
Japanese Society: like a duck in a pond.
Posted in Asia, Culture, Random, books on December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have always been fascinated by Japan. From childhood I’ve read and devoured everything about Japan that I could get my hands on. Samurai films, cherry blossoms, geisha, sukiyaki and teriyaki, sushi, medieval Japan, Hirohito, judo, ninja ,the tea ceremony, yakuza, the Ginza… everything interests me. A too- brief visit to Japan in 2001 only fueled my [...]
