Regular Dinners

I usually eat simple dinners in my apartment in Tochigi, Japan. I eat at the company cafeteria during the day so I like to eat simple unprocessed foods when I get home. I could eat at restaurants everyday but then I'd be totally obese compared to the locals. Hey I'm already considered overweight by their standards.

I like just going to the supermarket after work. My refrigerator is a tiny cube so people don't shop once a week like in America. Anyway, it's kinda relaxing after work strolling around the store. The whole store is like the Japanese section in America, except it's the whole store. Duh. . I’m in Japan. There's too much variety and it would help if I could read the Japanese, but the grocery stores are set up the same way. You just walk along the perimeter to get your vegetables, meat and dairy.

Even amongst all the choice I go back to just buying fruit/vegetables, meat and starch. I actually buy cooked rice because I don't have a rice cooker. Also I usually cook everything in water because I don't have anything to fry in.

I love the food here, but I miss the variety of California.