A few weeks back Dave got a hot tip that Naoyuki from the Toy Cafe Bar was expanding his business interests to include a new restaurant. Given that every time we go to the Toy Cafe we have a ridiculously good time, we figured it would be a good investment in a Friday night’s entertainment to head along to the opening party for said restaurant. I can’t actually remember what it was called but it was something along the lines of Buddy Buddy, or Pally Pally, or possibly even Matey Matey. 2000 yen got you entry, one free drink and as much amazing food as you could eat. I don’t think I’ve eaten so much salmon sashimi in my entire life, so, so good.

The problem with buffets in Japan is I’ve noticed that on the whole they have a rather top heavy approach to sampling the buffet. You know that little fat kid at Sizzler in your home country who walks down the buffet line directly in front of you, loading two plates with so much food that he has to kind of shuffle sideways in order not to drop it. Then takes the last slice of pizza and the last of the thousand island dressing from under your nose. God damn him. Yeah, well that’s the majority of Japanese buffet goers that I’ve observed in action. These guys have some kind of stacking technique that’s obviously been handed down from generation to generation because there’s no damn way you could fit that much food on a regular plate without some kind of physics or something.

Crazy food antics aside, it was a fun night. Even when the Japanese comedians made fun of me. And then when everyone laughed at me. And also when I went home and cried myself to sleep.

Posted in Japan on Saturday July 3, 2004.

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