Namba Part 1

Namba is the Southern hub of Osaka.  Ryan was in charge of the agenda and arrangements for this evening.  He had researched a bit, and was excited about a place (that also had the benefit of having a coupon in a book we had) that featured a Japanese version of a kind of Korean barbeque- an all you can eat sort of grill.   I had my doubts when it was first described to me.  It turned out very well, however.  We managed to find our way there on the subway and then walked a couple of short blocks without any misdirection.   The restaurant manager led us to the second floor table that would hold all of us.

  


 

 Once we ordered our food, it was brought to us raw, and we cooked it on the barbeque grates in the center of the table, setting the temperature, the contents, and sauces to be used.   It was meat-intensive, which suited the three young men quite well.   They were very efficient at the consumption of surprisingly large quantities of each meat and the waiter kept bringing more as we described what we wanted.

 It was a little like Shake-N-Bake.    "I like making it...."    "And I like eating it"   [or is that Easy Bake?]

Some of the story on Freddie and Fannie

This is not the whole story, obviously, but it is a big part that you don't hear much about.  We were willfully thrown into this big recession by government intervention abetted by greedy and shady dealers.

sheesh

Matt at the Takeout

 

Matt makes a final play in the competition holes at the takeout of the Nantahala.    Pay no attention to the poor camera work at the end.   I thought I had punched the off button.   My feet and the ground have been the subject of many hours of videotape.

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