Todd and I spent a thrill filled afternoon at the Ramen Museum in Yokohama. Pretty cool place made to look like 1950’s Tokyo. There are 9 places to try different types of Ramen, unfortunately our stomachs only had space for 2 of them.

Fukuchan – Hakata Ramen

Ide Shoten – Tonkotsu Ramen

Schwarzenegger limited edition Ramen!

Hoppy is a non alcoholic beer that you mix with Shochu and has always intrigued me. Unfortunately I was pretty disappointed. I found it to be pretty nasty and couldn’t finish. It certainly didn’t help that I picked some cheap ass Shochu to mix it with.

Hung out in Koenji with a group of fellow Gaijin (Foreigners). The evening included my first Corona in Japan, some Yaki Niku at a Korean restaurant and finished off with some karaoke.

Went to an all you can eat and drink Beer Garden on the top of a mountain with great views of Tokyo and Yokohama.

(From Left to Right: Me, Natsuko, Miya, Scott, Daniel and Masako)

By far my favorite part of this place. They have these Beer machines you just put your glass in the little holder and push a button. The best part is it automatically tilts the glass forward for the pour and then stands it upright at the end to add just a little bit of foam to the top. I want one of these!

Went for some Beer and mediocre food on the rooftop of teh Keio department store in Shinjuku. Luckily it was a relatively cool night. Sadly we sat a little too close to one of their speakers which was playing and endless loop of tacky Hawaian music.

As you can see by the time difference we were there a while.

Ok so its been like a month and a half since my last post… Why? I headed off to New York for almost the entire month of July for a much needed break from Japan life to see my friends and family and eat a few foods that I have been missing. One thing I did learn while in NY, I don’t miss it as much as I thought I would.

Everything Bagel with Lox and Cream Cheese from Ess-a-Bagel (Best Bagels in the world)

Franks Pizza on 23rd St.

Bacon Egg and Cheese Sandwich on a Bagel… mmmmm greasy.

Patsy’s Piza

Brooklyn Lager, still my favorite Beer

Poker, I miss Poker games most of all.

Teddy’s Williamsburg Bloody Mary, sadly these have lost a little of the kick they used to have

Teddy’s Williamsburg Poblano Omelet, still as good as ever.

To my knowledge this was no different from any other Sapporo I have had, it just came ina big bottle and a different label.

At the grocery store they have these little individual sized juice box packages for Sake. It comes with a little straw and this particular package really does look like its aimed at kids. I always had Hi-C Jammin Apple in my brown bag lunch as a kid, maybe if I had these I would had grown up a little different, like in Jail!

This isn’t really Ham beer, its just a promotion to win a free Pepper Ham. For some reason I find it amusing. Can you imagine a Good ol’ American guy walking into the store to get a case of Bud and changing his mind because if he gets the case of Coors next to it he might win a holiday Turkey?

Another beer down the hatch. This one is pretty good but is only seasonal. There are a few other seasonal beers I need to try.

I liked these…