I found good kimchee~!

[sylvacoer]

Dear Lord in Heaven, I thank thee ON MY KNEES that I have finally found the HOLY GRAIL of my palate - GOOD KIMCHEE!  *spazzes*

Seriously, tho, people - if you think I'm exaggerating, you don't know what it's like to be suddenly deprived of your favorite food, and when you go looking for it, finding only things that share the name and the appearance

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[boomeraang]

I'm with you. I miss food so much too. Glad for you.

In China it's all... fake western food. Mmm... crepes.

I always thought Japan would be more westernized than China though. Meh.

[smillaraaq]

SWEET kimchee? Somehow I am not surprised, but, EWWW.

It reminds me of the time my one other expat-kama'aina friend and I took a coworker shopping at the one little Japanese grocery store in the region. After examing all sorts of random stuff -- instant noodles and arare and curry roux and dashi and such -- the boy scratched his head and asked if there was ANYTHING in the way of Japanese snack/convenience food that wasn't full of sugar, salt, or both. We just sort of stared blankly at him for a moment, both being the sorts who will drink shoyu by the shot glass when in need of a salt fix, and both being fond of all those little Japanese hard candies that are essentially sugar-flavored sugar with a little sugar on top as a garnish. "Um...maybe some loose tea?"

(YES I MARINATE MY SPAM IN A SATO-SHOYU SAUCE, DOESN'T EVERYONE? IT'S NOT SWEET AND SALTY ENOUGH OTHERWISE!)

[sylvacoer]

You're kama-aina?! SWEET!! *hugs8 Aloha! (damn, I'm missing hawaii so much... *~*)

SPAM MUSUBIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~!

[smillaraaq]

Born and raised, babe...me ke aloha no Hawai'i! But you think you're homesick now, try being gone for thirteen years... *sigh*

And wouldn't you know I'm getting ready to make spam musubi for lunch? Ah, comfort food...

[sylvacoer]

Ooo, yikes - can't imagine that. I've lived in Hawaii twice, both on Oahu - you?

[jadeddiva]

So I'm kind of stalking you because I haven't talked to you since the middle of college and we had a high school reunion last month and holy shit, I miss you! hit me back sometime.

- Anne

[sylvacoer]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU~!!!! *tackle-glomp!* Hi! man it HAS BEEN FOREVER! Reunion? (o-0) Hm, didn't think those started up till 10 years later. *scratches head* who all was there? *goes to add you to f-list.*

[jadeddiva]

A lot of people showed up, actually - ended up going with Danie and Claire, spent the night drinking with them and Beth and Britt and other people. Good times, actually.

HOW ARE YOU? Seriously - where are you right now? What are you studying? ETC ETC ETC?

Am at Virginia Tech completely my MA in History and trying not to become an alcoholic. I am winning at the moment. We should email or IM or something. Do you use AIM/Googletalk/MSN?

[sylvacoer]

I'm in japan, studying for my master in asia-pacific international cooperation. ^_^' I'm picking up Japanese as I go - the school's an international one, so all the master's classes are in English. I live in the dorms, which blocks chat.

History? Oooooooohhhhh, I envy you!! (*~*) If I thought I could get a government job with a history degree, I would have gone that way!

[shirozora]

I'm pretty sure you'll recognize me as that crazy favs-a-lot person on dA but...you love kimchee?

OMG, I LOVE EVERYONE WHO LOVES KIMCHEE!!!!! especially homemade; most restaurant kimchee sucks major monkey butt.

^.^

~Shirozora