Tag: miso soup

Kibako

Kibako

Kibako means wooden box in Japanese. If you are looking for inspiration about what to name your restaurant, you could do worse.  Although naming it after some of the placings would not be my first choice but maybe I should be thankful that it was 

Sushioen

Sushioen

In my tireless search for some decent Japanese food at an affordable price In London, I am typically disappointed.  Perhaps it is a problem of a disconnect between hope and reality.  Such a problem seems to often plague my life. Then again, maybe it is 

Ichi-Riki

Ichi-Riki

It is a relief when things are what they say they are on the tin. Especially in this day and age when hyperbole and senseless superficiality seem to rule.  The more words that you needlessly tack onto what you want to sell, the more value 

Chisou

Chisou

Sometimes I feel an urge to do something.  To clarify this is (usually) not to do something destructive, like the time in my youth when I jumped all over my sand castle which I had spent hours painstakingly building.  If it was time to leave, 

Yoshino

Yoshino

Sometimes I wonder if I have an impulse control disorder.  The problem is that I seem to find myself with an almost insatiable hunger to eat things.  What makes this even more dangerous is that I don’t show it.  As others complain, my girth does