Lunch - Port soute (Stamina stir fry)

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750 yen for the set of saute pork with onion, raw cabbage, tofu, pickles and miso soup.

The queue waiting for bus in a raining day

the queue starts from the left side, makes u turn about 20m down	and then to the right

Commuting by subways in Tokyo is a frustrating daily experience. But things get worse in a raining or snowing day. Look at the long queue above. Luckily I do not to take the bus, but a lot have have to, after a long train trip.

Lunch - Hainan Chiken Rice 850

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Branch of Hainan-Chifan Restaurant, located near east exit of Suidobashi station.
The Roti Prata costed me 250 yen more, but is a bit different from the original one.
The Hainai Chiken Rice there looked quite close to those in Malaysia or Singapore, but I ordered the curry (Laksa) noodle (rice noodle) instead.

Lunch - Chinese; Mushurou at Zuixianlou

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750 yen, with one more desert of xingren doufu

Snacks - Babanero by Tohato 116yen

It is very hot, not just the normal "Japanese hot". The total calores are 289.5kcal. But the capsaisin should help to burn some of them.

Lunch - Lunchbox from Himawari (Sunflower)

500 yen is very cheap for the contents, but the main dish (goya chanpuru, stir fried pork, egg and bitter cucumber) is just too salty! I can't believe that anybody can even touch the pickles which must be very salty too.

The Bento Ya (lunchbox shop) Himawari (sunflower)

Bento are displayed on the table. There are quite some varieties.

Lunch - Steak House Teppan Bokujo

The camera of my mobile can only make this far, but the amount of meat is obvious. 270g hamburg for 1130 yen.
Info. of this shop.

Snack - Natsukashi Mushipan

The lunch has not hold long enough for me, so went out to buy this nostagic steamed bread (懐かし蒸しパン） by Pasco. The calorie is about 480kcal! Need to do about 42 minutes of situp to burn them out.

Lunch - Mabo Tofu at ChinMayYa

「旨辛至福研究飯店」 陳麻家の神田神保町店(地図)で食べました。大盛りで680円でした。
The Kanda Jinbocho Branch of Chinmaya. Mapo Tofu of large service for 680 yen.　Map of this shop.

Lunch

goya chanpuru (scrambled bitter gourd, pork, tofu and egg)

Dinner - Chinese Noodle 850yen

It's full of vegetables and seafoods, but probably also MSG. Anyway, it's way better than most of the Ramen shops around the same place.

Lunch - Doutor's Janma Dog and Lettuce Dog; 420yen

Calories are 275+338=613kcal

Breakfast - Onigiri and Yogurt

Calories are 175+191+57=423kcal

Dinner - (the Popuar) Ramen Jiro 850 yen

The first experience to have a meal in a very popular ramen restaurant in Japan.

Ramen Jiro Kanda Jinbocho always has a long queue, no matter what in a day, and which day in a week. When I went out for a walk after a lot of computer work, I passed it and noticed that there were only 5 people waiting in the front. The time was 5:20PM. Thinking that it must be open from 5:30, and considering it a very good timing, I joined the queue at the end.

5:30PM passed, but nothing happened. I had only a polo shirt. It was quite windy and the temperature was still on the chilly side. Still, I decided to hold on to the chance and waited. In no time, the queue extended to a much longer one. By the time of it's opening at 6:00PM, there were about 25 people waiting.

Order is through a ticket machine. There seemed to be more options, but not written anywhere. The customers in front of me start barking some more orders that sounded like encrypted codes, not comprehensible even if looking at the food they finally got. When it was my turn, I just plainly confessed: "It's the first time for me." Then the cook simply asked me: "Do you want garlic?" Having to return back the office, I replied: "No, please".

The noodle itself tastes more hand-made than anywhere else, and very chewy. The soup though is very oily. There are a lot of vegetables by default, mostly bin sprouts and cabbage. I could have doubled vegetables, but if not requesting, was only given the standard volume. I also ordered double chasiu, thinking that since most shops only give very little, double won't be a huge surprise. But that turned out to be a wrong decision. I later find out that this shop is also famous for the volume. There is no charge for noodle's omori (larger serve, usually 1.5 or even 2 times as much). It turned out that chasiu is also of spectacular size. It took me quite some efforts to finish the meat, which is a bit too salty to me.

Having consumed a lot of salt, and probably MSG, I felt very thirsty even long after the dinner. Next time, if I ever go to this ship, I will order the basic noodle, with double vegetable, and less oil. But it looks like that the timing of order is very strict, not too early, neither too later. Otherwise, one will be scolded for the wrong doings.

Lunch - Mantonki

Mantonki in Yodobashi Camera-Akiba
ヨドバシアキバにある萬豚記

clay pot rise with vegetibles and pork; 880 yen for regular size and 1080 for large.
The map of Yodobashi Camera - Akiba. Calories? Shoul be over 1000kcal! It leaves me no much room for dinner now.

Break Fast

チーズクリームペストリー(476kcal）とブルガリアのむヨーグルト(168kcal)。
Total calories are 644kcal.

Lunch - Mega Burger (Mega Mac) Set!

According to Macdonald's nutrition information, a Mega Burger has 768kcal. This set should have come with a medium sized potato fry, which has 420kcal. Oh my gosh! The total calories is 1180kcal! As cheap as 660 yen for this set, it is truly a short cut to obesity.

Three High to Three Low for Ladies 男選びの基準が大きく変わった！ 三低男を目指そう！

Some years ago, man with "three high" (high education level, high income, and "high body" (height) ) were the dream prince of all single ladies in Japan. But nowadays, "thee low" (low attitude, low dependancy and low risk) are more welcome.
Japanese ladies must be fed up with Japanese men's arrogance and dominating attitude, and heavy dependance on women to take care of them. The stagnancy of the economy makes any job unstable even Japan, hence the desire for more stability, instead of a temeporary high income.
This must be one kind of evolution of mankind. But, wait a minute, if only the smart (instead of handsome) guys are "selected", wonldn't the world be full of wacky looking "genius" guys who now only appears in the movies?
どうも世間がどう変わっていくか（よく言うと進化していくか）は全く予想がつかないです。一昔は、「三高」（学歴、収入、身長）男は独身女性の憧れでした。しかし、今は、打って変って、三低（姿勢、依存、リスク）男は売れるようになってきたらしいです。
allabout.co.jpによると、「「三低」とは、低姿勢【レディーファースト】・低リスク【リスクの低い安定した職業（公務員、資格保持者など）】・低依存【束縛しない、お互いの生活を尊重】の男性のことです。」。裏をかいてみれば、目指しているところはたいして変わっていないような気がしますが、パッケージが変わっただけでしょう。
しいていえば、景気の悪い今の時代では、学歴だけでは、首にされない保証はどこにもないし、一時の高収入では将来が保証されることはどこにもないし、身長があっても、もっと保証されることは少ないです。まあ、人々はより現実的になってきた証しでしょう。
科学的いえば、これも進化の一つでしょう。しかし、よく考えてみると、身長やら、ルックスやら無視して、「選択」されると、いずれ世の中、映画に出てくるようなお宅系の気違い天才しか残らなくなるじゃないでしょうか。

Dinner - Sandwitch

To me, sandwitches in Japan are more sophisticated and tasty than those in U.S.
The nutritions and ingredians. A lot of artificial stuff, which may turn out to be harmful to human beings many years later. Calorie wise, the total is 284+299=583kcal, which is one the save saide as a dinner.

Lunch - Buffet 900 yen