Success!

[cjsmith]

I got myself breakfast, INCLUDING saying "take out" in Japanese, and I even managed to ask for the NAME of what it was I was eating! (Pointing to pictures on a laminated menu card is a wonderful thing.)

I have been eating kuroku mushu - croque monsieur. :)

Tomorrow morning, I'll ask for it correctly instead of by pointing! Wheeeee!

Comments

[densaer.livejournal.com]

I love obviously borrowed words!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aren't they great? Best part: they're written in an entirely different alphabet, so you know exactly which stuff to try to decode first!

[ckd]

French "fast food". In Tokyo. What a world this is.

(Admittedly, that's one of my favorite things to get when in France, but it's certainly not the first thing I would associate with Japan.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The world's a pretty nifty place, yep! :) One of the things I love is seeing how everybody changes a dish just a bit. Kuroku mushu isn't what you'd get in France, but it's recognizably a hot ham and cheese sandwich just the same.

[composerjk.livejournal.com]

Today's the last day my friend Richard's teaching dance in Tokyo. Unfortunately, he flies back immediately after and won't be able to drop by the Yellow Ribbon weekend. Have fun.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh well! As small as the world is, it's still sometimes a bit big. :)

[kateyule.livejournal.com]

Yay you!

I had kurokku mushu in Yokohama. It was on a waffle and came with green salad. I want to go back so bad.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It was on a waffle and came with green salad.

Hah! That sounds sooooo Japanese! I love it.