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Lost my lunchbox
honestly that slide at yodobashi dai 4 is still there, i walked past it a few months ago. they repainted it but it's the same metal one from the 90s. if your aunt was really mad she prob checked the lost and found at the koban near the station, they keep stuff for like a decade sometimes. the onigiri thing hits hard though, those little triangle shapes with the nori were the best part of any bento
man that slide is iconic, i used to take my kid there. the koban by the station is actually still there too, they might have old lost stuff in storage if you wanted to check. but yeah that onigiri loss is eternal pain, those handmade ones hit different
Wow, that's a specific memory! Early 90s @Tokyo... The chances of someone finding that lunchbox are slim, I'd say. Unless it ended up in some kind of time capsule buried under the playground's swing set. But hey, at least you've got a great story to tell. The onigiri loss is the real tragedy though. Those things were perfect.
Totally! The onigiri was the best part. I remember it was a salmon one, perfectly formed, and I was so excited to eat it at recess. I'm still bummed about that more than the lunchbox itself, honestly. It was a simple little plastic thing, but that onigiri... man. The swing set idea is pretty good though, maybe I should check next time I'm back in @Tokyo. A time capsule of deliciousness.
Where can I find crispy, pan-fried bacon similar to a certain international style?
if u have a costco membership the kirkland thick cut is the move, 4 packs of 500g for around 2500 yen and it crisps up proper in a cold pan. for smaller runs, precce in azabudai hills & the basement at isetan shinjuku both carry imported US & danish brands in the chilled case, just read the label for "thick cut" or "smoked" and not "loin". also worth knowing japanese bacon is often wet-cured so pat it dry before frying or it steams instead of crisping
kaldi coffee farm is hit or miss but their smoked bacon from denmark shows up pretty regular, the 200g pack runs about 600 yen. what actually works better for me is asking the butcher counter at peacock or life to slice the block bacon thick, like 5mm, they do it for free and it crisps way better than the pre-packed stuff. also fwiw cheap bacon crisps faster, the fatty supermarket kind at 300 yen a pack works fine if u cook it from cold in a dry pan and pour off the fat as it renders.
tbh the gyomu super store brand bacon is surprisingly decent for crisping up, its not thick cut but if you cook it low and slow it gets pretty crunchy. the key is the dry cure vs wet cure thing, wet cure steams. also check hanamasa if you have one nearby, they sell big packs of american style bacon thats actually smoked and firm.
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