the tall blond guy goes to japan

Ho Bau!

Spaghettata

Some languages just express things in more fitting ways than others. For example, German's "huebschrauber" sounds way more like a helicopter does than "helicopter".

The title is Cantonese. It means "very full". It's all I could think about as I was finishing one of the best spaghetti meals I've ever had.

Spaghettata!

I think I will no longer actively seek out Japanese food places. Their versions of the foods of other cultures are generally better, or at least more interesting.

Spaghettata is a nicely-decorated place with staff who are only a little intimidated by a tall, goofy-looking foreigner. This could be any one of a number of slightly tacky Italian restaurants at home, right down to the music playing in the background.

I only wish the waiters would stop staring at me. I want to check this place out, but I dare not glance in their direction, lest they think I'm trying to attract their attention.

The friendly staff at Spaghettata

They were fascinated by my digital camera and were quite amazed when I showed them how it worked. Say arigato gozaimasu!