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Will I survive my fugu experience!? (大阪第2番)
So on the Saturday of the Osaka trip, we ended up meeting a couple other colleagues and had a full fugu course experience. If you didn't...
Tommy Lam
Aug 1, 20233 min read
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A Night in Osaka! (大阪第1番)
Alright, maybe from the Nagoya series you've heard me complain about drinking too much. While I definitely had stuff to drink during the...
Tommy Lam
Jul 27, 20232 min read
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Ultimate Nagoya Food Guide (名古屋 第2番)
Okay, I'm going to front load all the Nagoya food topics in this post to have a full comprehensive guide to what you should look for in...
Tommy Lam
Jul 13, 20235 min read
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Moments of solitude in Nagoya (名古屋第1番)
As teased in the previous post, one of hte nice reasons why there was a made dash to head to Japan is for a collaboration meeting in...
Tommy Lam
Jul 8, 20232 min read
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Hakone, Part 3
Disclaimer: I wrote this back in October. and forgot to publish it. Oops.... Gonna publish the backlog slowly before new stuff comes out....
Tommy Lam
Jun 24, 20234 min read
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I'm back!
After a bit of a hiatus from Japan, I am some how back for the month of October! To start off, I'll cover some of the lunches I've had on...
Tommy Lam
Oct 6, 20222 min read
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Last Supper In Japan
After some deep thought and consideration, I thought that Coccolino would be very satisfactory. I convinced a few other colleagues to...
Tommy Lam
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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First taste of Korea in Japan
I had a day where a former VT colleague visited me in Tsukuba and we went to this Korean restaurant to catch up. From the google reviews,...
Tommy Lam
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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A little taste of Iran in Japan
From interacting with some colleagues, it seems that a Pakistani colleague frequents this Iranian restaurant named Ali Baba Halal near...
Tommy Lam
Jun 28, 20222 min read
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Tuna Sashimi
Today, I decided to check off another restaurant near the lab called Uohachi (魚八), which is a specialty fish restaurant. It was a bit...
Tommy Lam
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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Real Okonomiyaki
After the okonomiyaki I've had in Tokyo, I've been thinking about the first okonomiyaki I had in the Kansai region. I had no plans after...
Tommy Lam
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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Kyoto Trip 1: An Izakaya Experience
As my trip in Japan is slowly approaching it's end, I thought I should use up my reserve of weekends/rest days and take an extended trip...
Tommy Lam
Jun 24, 20223 min read
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Ja-Ja-Men In Japan?
I haven't touched any Chinese restaurants until this meal at Menhachi (麺八). I had received a tip that this place had some mixed reviews...
Tommy Lam
Jun 16, 20222 min read
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Okonomiyaki in Tokyo
After a long day of exploring Shibuya, Ikebukuro, Akihabara, and a few other places around Tokyo, we were wandering around looking for...
Tommy Lam
Jun 12, 20221 min read
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Sakana-Bae?
During a trip to Tokyo, some of my Australian colleagues were feeling conveyor-belt sushi or the sushi train (開店寿司) and I had no reason...
Tommy Lam
Jun 12, 20221 min read
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Sushi at Todai/IMPU?
When I visited the Kashiwa Campus of 東大 (U. of Tokyo) to visit a VT professor, he mentioned that they have an on campus sushi restaurant...
Tommy Lam
Jun 2, 20221 min read
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Pizza Me!
The restaurant featured in this blog is Bistro Hachi (大衆ビストロ ハチ). It's a small Italian bistro right by Abutora and Niku no Bannin. When...
Tommy Lam
Jun 2, 20222 min read
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Suzu Café
One of the on-campus dining facilities is Suzu Café. It's a place that's right by the dorms I'm at and is very affordable. I've gotten a...
Tommy Lam
May 28, 20221 min read
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I have Confit-dence in me
Today's lunch excursion is an establishment that is right outside the lab's front gates called Andryu! I've been looking for an...
Tommy Lam
May 28, 20222 min read
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Gentle Café Time
While on a walk, I was feeling a bit tired and not fully awake so I decided to stop by a café I had always passed by to give it a try....
Tommy Lam
May 28, 20221 min read
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