First off, yes the name got changed. Since "I Think I'm Learning Japanese: I really think so" was so fantastically overused as a blog name I held a contest for a new name. Jeanine Trophy came up with "Tokyo Tulip," which I was going to go with when I realized "Hey, Tulips Roaring Japanese sounds kind of like I'm going to mutate to amazing proportions and take down Tokyo." So, here we are. However, I'm not just writing this blog to tell you about my clever new blog title. I have been sitting here wanting sausages and pancakes for breakfast, when I remembered Denny's in Japan. I saw more Denny's restaurants in Japan than I've ever seen my entire life in America.
As much as I grew to love Japanese food, after waking up from a night drunkenly exhausting my lungs at karaoke I needed a real American breakfast. I had seen something like twenty-two Denny's wandering around Hon-Atsugi alone and I knew there was one right around the corner from my brother and sister-in-law's apartment. So, we all walked over to have ourselves some omelettes and bacon and other delicious American breakfasty things; or so I had thought. Honestly, it's a little cruel that my sister-in-law didn't come right out and tell me that this was the through-the-looking-glass version of Denny's. She let me live that foolish dream right up until I sat down and read the menu. Mostly it was fish and slimy stuff and cold noodles for breakfast. You could also have a good deal of ice cream treats. Occasionally, a piece of french toast or sausage or egg would be thrown in just to mess with your brain. You can find a picture of the menu here in this blog. I didn't wind up taking a picture because I had assumed that Denny's was going to be a thoroughly American affair and left my camera at home. I wound up having two pieces of french toast, by the way. James had ice cream. I think my sister-in-law had melons and a hardy laugh at us.
Anyway, let me tie this to some actual Japanese learning, which I haven't had much time for recently. At Denny's in Japan, you can have yasai (vegetables), suteki (steak), sakana (fish), and even aisu kurimu (ice cream) for breakfast...but good luck finding pancakes. Which reminds me, I want to get some pancakes and sausage.
As much as I grew to love Japanese food, after waking up from a night drunkenly exhausting my lungs at karaoke I needed a real American breakfast. I had seen something like twenty-two Denny's wandering around Hon-Atsugi alone and I knew there was one right around the corner from my brother and sister-in-law's apartment. So, we all walked over to have ourselves some omelettes and bacon and other delicious American breakfasty things; or so I had thought. Honestly, it's a little cruel that my sister-in-law didn't come right out and tell me that this was the through-the-looking-glass version of Denny's. She let me live that foolish dream right up until I sat down and read the menu. Mostly it was fish and slimy stuff and cold noodles for breakfast. You could also have a good deal of ice cream treats. Occasionally, a piece of french toast or sausage or egg would be thrown in just to mess with your brain. You can find a picture of the menu here in this blog. I didn't wind up taking a picture because I had assumed that Denny's was going to be a thoroughly American affair and left my camera at home. I wound up having two pieces of french toast, by the way. James had ice cream. I think my sister-in-law had melons and a hardy laugh at us.
Anyway, let me tie this to some actual Japanese learning, which I haven't had much time for recently. At Denny's in Japan, you can have yasai (vegetables), suteki (steak), sakana (fish), and even aisu kurimu (ice cream) for breakfast...but good luck finding pancakes. Which reminds me, I want to get some pancakes and sausage.
