I seem to still expect the ghost of my mother to yell at me if I slurp up the noodles. I practiced it a lot with spaghetti as a kid, when I thought she wasn't looking.

that's why i love it that over 60% of our clientèle are japanese business men over here for conventions and what not x]
just a week or so ago, they had an OTC [Offshore Technology Conference] convention and the place was packed w/ loads of japanese men in black suits x.x''

oh and everyone (cept the occasional gaijin x]) slurps their noodles >.>'
(most people usually come in, order some sashimi, a bit of sushi, some apptizers, then finish the course w/ some good ol' tonkatsu ramen x])

No. Actually you didn't. My question was about chopsticks.

that chopsticks are called 'hashi' in japanese?

>.>'''

last i checked

you asked two questions >.>'

though i took the question about the hashi as more of a statement than a question

x]

Yeah, it was two questions, but the one was for Taln specifically I think, and was answered.

The other was a question, hence the question mark.

Excuse me for going off topic for a second.

Hey, yuujirou, I enjoy reading your posts. Your knowledge in Japanese cuisine is incredible. There's one thing I've been wanting to ask you. I've seen you mention 'tonkatsu ramen' at least twice so far. Do you really mean that or do you mean 'tonkotsu ramen'? Those are two very different kinds of ramen.

tonkatsu = pork cutlet

tonkotsu = pork bone

The former kind is rarely seen in Japan because it's just too volumy, high-calorie, etc... with a pork cutlet on top of the ramen. Maybe people eat it in Texas. I dunno.

The latter kind is seen everywhere in Japan even though it originates in Kyuushuu. You get whitish color soup made from boiling pork bones for many hours.

So which one is it?

by your definition i'd say both

1. the broth for our soup is cooked for 2 days >.>'
2. we add slices of pork to it
and
3. i called it tonkotsu, and the waitress corrected me and said "tonkatsu"
soo yeah x]

bleh x]
if that's the case
then yes~

hashi = chopsticks
hashi = bridge
hashi = end

thus x]

hashi no hashi no hashi = chopsticks at the end of the bridge xDDDD

OK. Thanks. I disagree with that waitress entirely, but hey no foreign intervention. I'm going back to the Language Help section where I belong...

Jyaa kore kara mo ganbatte kudasai!

Tokyo kara...

actually, our waitresses are native of japan...
actually, my boss, his wife, and the waitresses are all native of japan x]
the only gaijin are the ktichen workers (3 latinoes), me, and my bosses son and daughter >.>'''
lolz

tokyo kara desu kaa x]]
iii desu nee? xD
un, ganbarimashou x]