Comments on: HMV http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4566 mamster Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4566 <p>I was too worn out for a ramen line. I shouldn't have headed that way in the first place. But I'll go back at some point.</p> I was too worn out for a ramen line. I shouldn’t have headed that way in the first place. But I’ll go back at some point.

]]> By: Jason Truesdell http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4564 Jason Truesdell Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:18:03 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4564 <p>I think you're forgetting that waiting in line is part of the expected ritual of ramen-eating. Nobody wants to go into a place that doesn't have a line, which is why ramen shops are so brutally competitive in urban Japan.</p> <p>Granted, I'm not a carnivore so I haven't really played out this ritual, but I've done the equivalent at soba shops. One time I was scolded for not ordering fast enough (my Japanese menu reading skills are about as efficient as a slighly mentally impaired 6 year old, and it was a long menu for a soba shop) because they were expecting a rush any minute.</p> I think you’re forgetting that waiting in line is part of the expected ritual of ramen-eating. Nobody wants to go into a place that doesn’t have a line, which is why ramen shops are so brutally competitive in urban Japan.

Granted, I’m not a carnivore so I haven’t really played out this ritual, but I’ve done the equivalent at soba shops. One time I was scolded for not ordering fast enough (my Japanese menu reading skills are about as efficient as a slighly mentally impaired 6 year old, and it was a long menu for a soba shop) because they were expecting a rush any minute.

]]> By: Rocky http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4497 Rocky Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:55:33 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4497 <p>The line goes really fast at Kintaro, you really have to back.</p> The line goes really fast at Kintaro, you really have to back.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4494 mamster Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:05:36 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4494 <p>I do like it, but I didn't think to get any on this outing.</p> I do like it, but I didn’t think to get any on this outing.

]]> By: Laurel http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4493 Laurel Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:57:56 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/12/26/hmv/#comment-4493 <p>Do you like Korean roasted seaweed? I think it's my favorite snack right now...</p> Do you like Korean roasted seaweed? I think it’s my favorite snack right now…

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