Gastrolust

I’ve been a bit absent of late, it’s true, but with good reason: I’ve been working hard to hasten my departure to Japan.
Akiko’s already there, and I was scheduled to leave Thursday, but I just rebooked my ticket (I have the luxury of flying first class, and I was able to change at no charge) [...]

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With Seattle Restaurant Week starting today, I’ve been thinking about why three courses for $25 ($15 for places doing a lunch deal) is attractive to most people, but somewhat unappealing to me. Part of it is that I’m eating out all the time, and a promotion like this means a fixed menu, larger crowds, and [...]

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I’d be remiss to not mention that Seattle Restaurant Week starts Sunday. Okay, so it actually runs more than a week (April 18-29), but if you take out the exempted Friday and Saturday, that leaves ten days (eight for restaurants closed on Mondays) of good deals.
$25 gets you three courses at over 100 restaurants, with [...]

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Another video (by Grum) with sex and food connections. Not quite sure what to make of this one. Good? Bad? What’s the message?

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Enjoy!

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One: I read this pretty awesome review of Thai Curry Simple and decided I had to check it out for myself. Then I decided I had to share my review in the same format.
The problem was that a lot of people decided to check out Thai Curry Simple after the review. My companion and I [...]

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Sure, Sunday is Easter. But if you’ve ever been in Japan the first Sunday of April, then you might know that April 4 will be Kanamara Matsuri – the Festival of the Steel Phallus.
I’ve had the fortune of attending this festival, held at the Kanamara Shrine in Kawasaki, featuring penis carving contests (wood and vegetable [...]

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