http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:16:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One thing that is notably absent from Japanese grocery stores are fresh dill pickles. Lucky for me, making pickles is a piece of cake. The great thing about this recipe is it is highly adaptable (no fresh dill? Just dump in a tablespoon of the dry stuff- No mustard seed? ... http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=96 I am sure that to most of the readership of Eddie Does Japan, the video posted above seems like an outlandish joke made up by some crazy SNL comedy writer. But let me tell you, I have actually witnessed that very same calisthenic routine set to that very same music. ... http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=94 After having taken somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 trips to Yakushima over the last three years, there are a few spots on the island that stand out as my favorites. You can find them in the map below. View Larger Map http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=92 Character: 串 Reading: くし(Kushi) Meaning: Shish Kabob; Skewer Why I like it: It literally means "meat on a stick" and it actually looks like meat on a stick! Plus I love grilled meat on sticks! http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=91 Eating in Hanoi was a total trip. Nowhere else have I seen cooks getting by with so little. No gas stoves, no ovens, no refrigeration or even running water. Just a couple pots, some basic utensils and maybe a charcoal stove fashioned from an old steel can. The food in ... http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=90 I've noted before how I always try to visit markets when I travel, and my latest trip to Hanoi was no exception. I found the markets of Hanoi to be exceptionally well stocked (the selection the markets offered was far superior to that of the supermarkets I visited in Hanoi). ... http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=89 The best description of Hanoi that I can come up with is to have you pick something, anything you can think of really, and then insert it into the following sentence: The [ _____ ] in Hanoi is insane! For example, "The traffic in Hanoi is insane!" Motorbikes and cars are everywhere in ... http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=88 It is hard for me to say which I enjoy more, cooking or eating. On the one hand, the shear pleasure of doing nothing but wandering around Singapore and stuffing my face full of great food is tough to beat. On the other hand, it is hard for a player ... http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=87 From what I gather, it is difficult to pinpoint the origins of Singapore's hawker centres, but the basic story goes something like this. First, there were markets and in these markets people prepared and served food. The food was good, but the sanitation was not. By the 1970s the government ... http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=86 Everyone should go to Singapore once before they die. But don't go to Singapore for the museums, the cultural attractions or the shopping. Go to eat. I can't imagine any other city in world can offer as large a variety of food, as cheap and as delicious as the food ... http://www.eddiedoesjapan.com/?p=85