#21

They are, but not sickly sweet. Doesn’t taste much like beans.

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#22

“Just a glass of water please” is my go to.

#23

don’t think I’ve ever had razor clams - reckon they’d be pretty tasty

#24

This has just reminded me, when I got a job in a restaurant as a teenager cleaning dishes, the chefs asked me to make a round of tea and I didn’t know how a kettle worked.

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#25

I ate at a Japanese restaurant last night. For the umpteenth time. Still haven’t figured out how to eat noodles with chipsticks.

#26

Yeah I can’t get fully behind them I’m afraid. Sauce > broth for me. Does that make me unsophisticated? Probably. I’ll live.

I’m still thinking about bibimbap btw. I think I need/must have one this week.

#27

Avoid chain restaurants for that sort of thing. There’s a cheap Japanese place at the bottom of Wardour Street that does it much better. If you’re in north London there’s Wow Japanese in Crouch End. I had chicken and udon noodles there last night. It was a good experience.

#28

Did you try anyway and put a teabag in the kettle?

#29

Well, I should imagine they get a little bit soggy after a while

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#30

How to not drip miso down my beard…

#31

I’ve never had Finnish bread. If only there was some way I could try it.

#32

Prairie oysters. Not going to happen now I’m a vegetarian

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#33

Yeah I struggle with it big time. But I feel bad using cutlery in Asian restaurants now so I just crack on with it best I can. I’ll never get the hang of it, I fear.

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#34

Is this the chip butty thread?

#35

I kind of fucked around for five minutes before reluctantly asking the chef who seemed nicest (the issue was they’d given me the jug part but not the base, and I was unfamiliar with the set up because my parents used a stove-top kettle). When I eventually made one I left the bags in the mug and they all looked at me weird and I don’t think they bothered asking me again. We never really got on, but most of them were racist druggies so no harm done.

#36

Koya is meant to be as good as it gets for udon though:

#37

I’ve never drunk a cup of tea or coffee, tasted them both, didn’t like them so never saw the point in persevering. It’s quite easy to say ‘no thanks’ or ‘could I get a glass of water’ but really I avoid the situation by always having a bottle of something with me

#38

When I’m with friends who are Chinese (and we’re in a Chinese restaurant) or a Japanese friend (in a Japanese restaurant) they enjoy asking for a knife and fork for the white boy (in their own language).

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#39

I guess one bad review doesn’t damn them entirely.

#40

Fucking loads that I’ll never have since turning veggie at 13, basically all the least common meats and fish. Never had sushi.