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abbajen

Prefectural Speech Contest and Pictures of Food!

Nov 21, 2007 07:41

So, on Saturday, I had to go to yet another speech contest. This one was for the entire prefecture, with 15 speakers. Sadly, Ayako did not win a prize, but Riho won first prize! So, she will go onto the regional speech contest on December 23rd ( Read more... )

food, cafe food, riho, cafe peace, cake, speech contest, ayako

Comments 7

dawnjuan November 21 2007, 02:41:55 UTC

Yay! I wish I was there!

gargamellon November 21 2007, 03:08:36 UTC

All the food you post looks so amazing! How much does this kind of stuff cost over there?

teddust November 21 2007, 03:29:02 UTC

Amazingly a lot of the food isn't really very expensive. All of Jen's food was part of the Chinese set which was 1400 yen (100 yen is pretty close to one US dollar, so think $14). My meal cost 850 and the dumplings were 400, so that is about the same as you'd pay in a normal Chinese restaurant back home.

Lunch sets are often ridiculously cheap. We went to this one place and got pasta, salad, bread, and an iced coffee for 800 yen. The food was really good too.

Also, the price I list is the price you actually pay. Tax is included in the price and there is no tipping here.

One thing that is usually expensive here is the drinks, though. Even a coke is usually at least 300 yen in a restaurant unless you are at McDonald's.

gargamellon November 21 2007, 04:57:23 UTC

That's nuts!

Ever notice any other different kinds of cost differences over there?

abbajen November 21 2007, 09:25:09 UTC

Well, you'll pay AT LEAST $10 for a bunch of grapes (the grapes are the size of those small bouncy balls, and maybe you get 10-15 grapes). I've seen grapes for $40. Melons (like, cantelopes) can run you $20-60. Most fruit (unless you catch a good sale or buy it at a fruit stand) is just outrageous. If you buy Japanese vegetables, they are cheap (like, a bag of bean sprouts for 34 cents), but if you want, let's say broccoli, it could be $2 a head.

But yeah, most restaurants are super cheap, especially with sets.

Alcohol is really cheap here. It's awesome.

gilhamilton November 21 2007, 20:12:32 UTC

What is gyoza exactly? It looks alot like veggie potstickers.

abbajen November 21 2007, 22:35:34 UTC

Yeah, they're Chinese potstickers. These ones had a fake meat in them and were a little spicy. I like the ones Teddy and I make and that PF Chang's make better, but they were nice.