Tuesday, November 07, 2006

School Lunch

What images does the phrase ‘school lunch’ conjure for you? If you, like me, attended Redmond Elementary School, you’re probably thinking of green hotdogs, greasy pizza, and an iceberg lettuce salad bar. Here in Japan, the fare is a little bit different, though generally no less disgusting.

This is what we had for lunch yesterday:



Here in Japan we eat the insides of the crab as well. Even the brown, squishy bits.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's just lazy, on the chef's part. Was it as pale as your camera makes it appear?

Anonymous said...

Hahahaa! I am soooo happy I'm a lowly SHS teacher and have to provide my own lunch. Was your crab full of eggs? I've heard that sometimes generous local companies shell out for the kiddies to have those delicious pregnant crabs...