Friends from Taiwan :>

Last night I met my friends from Taiwan (well, they are my boyfriend's friends but Ill just say they are my friends )

My day started so early since i had to work in the early morning at VasTre( i started an extra job at a hotel restaurant i love it its awesome ) Then I had the Daycare Saturday English from 330, so i got pretty busy but i was so excited to see them !!! I met Osajo, Showmeng, Mark, and her friend Lai (very Taiwanese style- we just meet everyone at once.) Mark and Lai were so good at English so i was really reliefed, because acutally showmeng and Osajo are my friends as well and we had some things we wanted to catch up but we normally end up not being able to communicate very well. hahahha

Well, i was thinking something like "Sushi" or "Yakiniku", somewhere around that for dinner, something we can sit down together and really just try out all kinds of different fresh fish or meat but they said they wanted to eat "RAMEN" and as a Japanese we go "Don't you chinese people eat that all the time...."  but believe or not that RAMEN SHOP was full of ASIAN TOURISTS!!!!!!!YES, Japanese Ramen is a real JAPANESE FOOD,very different fromthe noodles of Taiwan or China.

I kept saying "i need a beey right now! im so tired" but my friends were surprised that i dont "look" tired, i look rather happy or excited. haha thats because im "too tired" and got super high from lack of sleep but thats great i dont look tired when i am, thats much better than someone telling me"you look really tired, go take a rest"

So we went to this Ramen shop which normally has at least more than 15 minutes waiting line which i had never been (haha!) Lai had everything planned out for this trip and she was so organized where to go next, i almost felt like i was helpless.  I can just read and speak the language, and i dont really know the places  so bad...

The Ramen shop was a new experience. Ive only been to the one where you buy the ticket at the machine or just order at the counter, wait for the Ramen to arrive, eat and leave.... but this one, after you buy the ticket at the machine which I thought it was interesting that they only had ONE MENU "RAMEN" - thats all, no flavor choices. Hmm thats cool, they must be so confident with what they have to offer. (you can actually by the ticket "egg" or " Pork" and add extra them on your Ramen) After you get the tickets we were asked to sit in the "waiting seats" inside the shop then walked to the "Individual Booth", not a table!!! its pretty hard to explain so i will post a picture.

 

I call it "Taking the finals"

 

but they call it 味集中カウンター　(Counter for Tasting concentration)

 

There is a small curtain in front of you so you wont see the ktchen, you open the curtain and give them the ramen ticket and the little piece of paper that the lady gives you before you walk to the counter with all the request check list. There are things like "How do you like your noodle?" Loose, Normal, Hard  or "Would you like Garlic?" YES, NO  "Would you like leaks?" Circle Green or White  (green onion or White onion) I was amazed you can pick one... haha of course i chose white onion i love shironegi! Of course at the end of the day- i needed a beer, i finished it like THAT! so quick!

Of course my friends were pretty confused but amazed that everything was so systematic but awesome. and deeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllicious!

We finished eating then we decided to walk around to see some souveniors, I got my bf Niku miso (its like a meat and miso spread you can use for cooking or on top of rice) and Showmeng got more than enough stuff

It was really nice visit, tomorrow they will go shopping and sightseeing more, then to Hanshin basball game Monday, going back on Tuesday

 That is more than enough fun for 4 days!! GOOD JOB THANK YOU