You'll laugh at this. I found a Japanese place that my friend said is "just okay" but they have unadon. Guess how much it is.
Answer
~$39.
She never had the unadon so I don't even know if it's any good. It might not be. Japanese restaurants here often have some best dishes like gyoza which are hard to screw up. But other things on the menu are not that good.
I hadn't even thought of that. But where I live the norm is portions are smaller than the American norm.
You gonna give it a shot at some point?
If it was a something like a one star restaurant - most likely. I'd make it a present to myself even though it's a crazy price. I've walked by the restaurant and looked inside. It's nothing special judging from the interior. I don't give a crap about that put most people do.
If my hunch is right and the the unadon is just okay - I'll never have it. This 39 buck meal is a reminder to me that the restaurant is close enough to downtown that it surely gets some tourist business. And as I said - tourists tend to be total morons with money to burn.
I really have no idea (just assumptions) about how the rich eat here. Maybe they think the restaurant is "folksy" or whatever. If I ever see a ~100 grand SUV the size of an APC parked near the restaurant - maybe the driver is getting the 39 dollarbowl for takeout. The rich are total morons with money to burn too.
Many locals have been squeezed to death by high rents and high prices so reasonably priced good food is a real rarity. We're a tourist town and I have a theory most tourists are unable to think when they are on vacation. I just hate spending $7 a half-assed serviceable burrito. But I suspect the tourists chow down on it thinking it's real and wonderful local cuisine. There are Japanese/Asian places but dine-in and take-out food will likely be pathetic unless I spend a ridiculous amount of money.
I hope in about a decade when I retire I can move to a place that's more suited to my lifestyle. I hate to cook and I'd get take out if I could.
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I'm missing unagi donburi.
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You'll laugh at this. I found a Japanese place that my friend said is "just okay" but they have unadon. Guess how much it is.
Answer
~$39.
She never had the unadon so I don't even know if it's any good. It might not be. Japanese restaurants here often have some best dishes like gyoza which are hard to screw up. But other things on the menu are not that good.
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I hadn't even thought of that. But where I live the norm is portions are smaller than the American norm.
If it was a something like a one star restaurant - most likely. I'd make it a present to myself even though it's a crazy price. I've walked by the restaurant and looked inside. It's nothing special judging from the interior. I don't give a crap about that put most people do.
If my hunch is right and the the unadon is just okay - I'll never have it. This 39 buck meal is a reminder to me that the restaurant is close enough to downtown that it surely gets some tourist business. And as I said - tourists tend to be total morons with money to burn.
I really have no idea (just assumptions) about how the rich eat here. Maybe they think the restaurant is "folksy" or whatever. If I ever see a ~100 grand SUV the size of an APC parked near the restaurant - maybe the driver is getting the 39 dollarbowl for takeout. The rich are total morons with money to burn too.
Many locals have been squeezed to death by high rents and high prices so reasonably priced good food is a real rarity. We're a tourist town and I have a theory most tourists are unable to think when they are on vacation. I just hate spending $7 a half-assed serviceable burrito. But I suspect the tourists chow down on it thinking it's real and wonderful local cuisine. There are Japanese/Asian places but dine-in and take-out food will likely be pathetic unless I spend a ridiculous amount of money.
I hope in about a decade when I retire I can move to a place that's more suited to my lifestyle. I hate to cook and I'd get take out if I could.