Ethnic Food Explanation

When we were in Tokyo this weekend we hunted down yet another Mexican restaurant and tried it out.  This time it was Salsita's in the Hiro area.  It was pretty good, about equal to Junkadelic food-wise but much more respectable-looking.  We'd go back.

It occurs to me that people might be wondering why the obsession with Mexican food in particular.  The answer is simple, we love it (me especially) and we're used to having a lot of restaurants to choose from.  That's not the case here.  There is about half a shelf of Mexican food supplies in Japanese Wal-Mart and I make tacos for dinner often.  But that's not the same as restaurant Mexican.

Another favorite is Italian food but fortunately it's a favorite of Japanese people too.  There are Italian restaurants everywhere and we have a couple here in Ota we go to regularly.  The supermarket has plenty of pasta and sauce available.  Thai, Indian and Chinese restaurants/supplies are pretty easy to find but those aren't particular favorites of mine ours.  I think we could find French and Korean food without too much trouble as well.  If we want American food, we can just head over to McDonald's, KFC or Subway in the mall.

We do have a hotdog situation we're working on....what they sell in the supermarket as "hotdogs" look like sausages and the one place in town that has them refers to them as "German" hotdogs which looks and sounds sketchy.  We're researching hotdog options in Tokyo for our next trip so stay tuned!