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Shinjuku Belle Salle woes?
The app is decent but honestly, the building is laid out pretty logically once you get the hang of it. The main lobby on the ground floor has a big info counter with actual staff who speak English, and they'll give you a paper map that's faster than fumbling with your phone. The trick is that the conference floors are split into two wings, East and West, so check which one your room is in before you get on the elevator. Also, the 7-Eleven in the basement level is a lifesaver for quick snacks between sessions, way faster than the overpriced cafe on the second floor.
Pretty sure the main headache isn't finding rooms, it's the bathroom situation during session breaks. The men's on the 3rd floor has maybe four stalls and lines snake out the door. Go up to 5F or down to B1 where the Subnade entrance is, those are usually dead quiet. Also skip the overpriced bento boxes from the cafe, the FamilyMart across Yasukuni-dori has better onigiri and you'll be back in fifteen minutes.
yeah the place is a maze but theres a trick most people miss. the conference rooms are numbered by floor and wing, so if you see "302" that means 3rd floor east wing, "305" would be west wing. once you know that system you can skip looking at the directory every time. also theres a konbini on B1 that's way cheaper than the cafe on 2F for lunch, just walk toward the Shinjuku Subnade exit and you'll hit it
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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.