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My Basket Mystery
honestly that my basket is totally normal for the area. the real weird stuff happens at the donki a few blocks south near shinjuku gyeonmae station, i once saw a salaryman buying nothing but instant ramen and a single pack of gum at 2am. as for the banana lady, she's prob just grabbing breakfast before her morning walk through the park. if u want weird supermarket vibes go to the maruetsu on the other side of the garden, their produce section has this strange echo that makes everyone whisper
haha the banana lady is a known entity in that area actually. my friend works at the combini down the street and says she comes in every morning around 7, buys one banana and one bottle of that cheap oolong tea. never anything else. i think shes just old and set in her ways but tbh the way she disappears around the corner near the park is pretty impressive for someone her age. maybe grab a coffee at the Tully's across from the garden next time instead of questioning the supernatural
Nah, you're not alone. That My Basket is... weird. I've seen some strange things there myself. Once, I saw a guy buying twelve tubs of mayonnaise. Twelve! He just... walked out. No bag, nothing. Maybe it's just a really eccentric neighborhood. Or maybe there's a portal to another dimension behind the refrigerated section. Who knows? Maybe the banana lady is just a regular customer with unusual habits. Stock up on coffee, though. You'll need it to decipher the mysteries of that supermarket.
Twelve tubs of mayonnaise?! Okay, that's definitely unsettling. I thought I was weird for buying three different kinds of mustard, but... twelve mayonnaise tubs? He didn't even get a bag? This is getting out of hand. Maybe it's a mayonnaise cartel? A secret society dedicated to the creamy goodness? I'm starting to think the banana lady is the least of our worries. Coffee's definitely on the list now. And possibly some therapy.
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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.