A trip to Athens

We'd been looking for a Greek restaurant since shortly after we got here, but never had any luck. There were some "mediterranean" restaurants that had some kinda Greek stuff, and we found a Turkish restaurant in Shinjuku that would probably have some stuff that's pretty close. We also read about the "Aegean", which is apparently very expensive, and serves small portions (so not Greek).

Today, we finally found a Greek restaurant that looks pretty promising: the Athens restaurant and bar. The sign features writing in Greek, and offers such dishes as spanikopita and mousaka. And, as one might expect, it's located in the heart of Yokohama's Chinatown.

Hey, don't ask me.

So, yeah, today's events featured a trip to Chinatown. We had some lovely Chinese food--cashew chicken (wonder if they had the flu), sui choi and straw mushrooms, har gau, and lychee sherbet--picked up two strips of pleasantly red cha shu, bought quite a bit of sauce (oyster sauce, garlic black bean, black bean and chili), and finished it all off with a trip to good ole Athens. We each had an ouzo (first time for both of us) and shared a plate of Greek appetizers: feta cheese, octopus, herring, and olives, drenched in olive oil. The feta was lovely, and I plan to ask them where they buy theirs the next time we go there (and we will surely do so, this time for a bona fide meal). Ouzo is very tasty (liquid licorice), but also rather deadly, I think.

Kate will be posting some pictures shortly. And I think I'll have to make another post about toilet paper in just a bit.