I stumbled across an awesome Thai place in downtown Osaka today called Mai-Thai. Unfortunately I can't connect to their website, but pertinent info is above if you want to visit the same restaurant.
Initially I was a little worried about the place. It looked nice enough.
Their food pictures seemed tasty.
But the question mark plate through me off, and when I arrived there was only one other person in the restaurant.
I ordered the pad thai, mostly out of fear, but was pleasantly surprised. The waitress was very nice, and the chef greeted me on my way into the restaurant and as I left. Lunch included soup and drink costing only 818¥. While I was there the restaurant started filling up and a crew of office workers livened the place up.
Around the corner from Mai-Thai is a department store called Parco.
A store inside called Thank You Mart 390 sells discounted: t-shirts, iphone covers, stickers, lens-less glasses, key chains, croc shoes, croc belts, dresses, mini-skirts, and assorted toys with random English phrases on them. :)
When I stepped off the plane in Kansai the first thing I thought of was how natural Arkansas is.
Forget the trees.
This dog should know better than to ask for a home when it already has an uber comfy looking coffee can to live in.
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The Japanese are Republicans?
Really?
Uh huh. Well alright then.
My last big splurge of the day was on a taiyaki snack. Most traditional taiyaki are made with pancake batter and filled with adzuki, red bean, paste. I found white taiyaki, so named because it's made with tapioca flour instead of pancake batter, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The one I got was custard filled, and the batter tasted like a cross between a crepe and mochi.
YUM!
