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This Week at Gridskipper

Mar 22, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Cafes, Food, Gridskipper

Cafe Liberté Mist Ramen You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

Santouka

Mar 20, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Food, TB.Grafico

Who says I don’t eat ramen anymore? Sure, I don’t go out to ramen shops nearly as much as I used to, but I do still partake in the heavenly noodles every once in a while. This shot was taken a week ago at the Harajuku branch of the Santouka chain. Had a bowl of…

Royal Host

Mar 15, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Food, Tokyo Walking

Shot taken at a branch of the Royal Host family restaurant chain, in the back streets of Harajuku (not far from Nadiff).

Illustrated Coffee

Mar 14, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Art, Food

Enrico Casarosa comic-style coffee review over at Canned Coffee is now complete.

Fast Food Bandits

Mar 9, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Anime, Film, Food

You absolutely need to go here, and have a look at the trailer for new film from Mamoru Oshii (GHOST IN THE SHELL), TACHIGUISHI RETSUDEN (FAST FOOD BANDITS). It’s animated, but it’s not what you think (more like digital manipulation), and it looks amazing. Oh, and it features ramen prominently, so come on, you know…

Comic Coffee Review

Mar 6, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Food

The Canned Coffee site does something a bit different this week with their latest coffee review (I did one last week). They’ve invited Enrico Casarosa, a storyboard artist at Pixar, to contribute a review in comic form, one new page up every day of the week. Part 1 is here.

FFXII Potion

Mar 5, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Advertisements, Food, Games

I love this new TV commercial for Suntory’s FFXII Potion drink, released in conjunction with the new game Final Fantasy game. Brilliant. Link via Kotaku.

Ajisen in Canada

Feb 28, 2006

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Jean Snow

in Food

I’ve never been to a branch of the Ajisen ramen chain, but a reader just sent me word that they’ve opened a shop in Toronto, and they even have TV commercials airing on the local Asian channels. Ramen lovers of the world unite! Pictured in this post is their Chaashuumen, that goes for 800 yen.