Suita city and kushi-katsu (fried stuff on sticks, nom nom)
Suita city is part of Osaka prefecture and basically connected to Osaka city. Pretty urban area, apparently only 8% of its "natural areas" are left after it got developed! Hime-fireflies still live in those areas.
The train on the way to Suita, its like a never ending city! If you click on the picture to see the larger version, you can see the sky scrapers of Osaka in the background if you look reallllllly hard
Another pic from the train window, this time looking the other direction
Park where you can still see Hime-fireflies. There are apartment buildings and houses all around it now.
Stopping for a drink and kushi-katsu after the interview! Kushi-katsu is deep-fried things on small wooden skewers. You can get a variety of stuff: baby bamboo shoot, fish including salmon, quail eggs, tomato, mochi, shiitake mushrooms, squid, octopus, kabocha squash, beef, chicken, lotus root, potato, sweet potato, okra, etc etc. Its pretty delicious.
First of all, here's the restaurant
The stuff on the sticks is the kushi-katsu, the one in the middle that looks like 3 round balls is the quail eggs.
You dip it into the sauce on the left there in the metal pan. We also have a tofu and veggie salad. Kushi-katsu also
always comes with raw cabbage, which is on the right side.
and another picture :)
Yum!!
The train on the way to Suita, its like a never ending city! If you click on the picture to see the larger version, you can see the sky scrapers of Osaka in the background if you look reallllllly hard
Another pic from the train window, this time looking the other direction
Park where you can still see Hime-fireflies. There are apartment buildings and houses all around it now.
Stopping for a drink and kushi-katsu after the interview! Kushi-katsu is deep-fried things on small wooden skewers. You can get a variety of stuff: baby bamboo shoot, fish including salmon, quail eggs, tomato, mochi, shiitake mushrooms, squid, octopus, kabocha squash, beef, chicken, lotus root, potato, sweet potato, okra, etc etc. Its pretty delicious.
First of all, here's the restaurant
The stuff on the sticks is the kushi-katsu, the one in the middle that looks like 3 round balls is the quail eggs.
You dip it into the sauce on the left there in the metal pan. We also have a tofu and veggie salad. Kushi-katsu also
always comes with raw cabbage, which is on the right side.
and another picture :)
Yum!!