Headlining is the "Sirloin Steak Pizza" which debuts at $28 for medium and $42 for large. That's a Japanese large, by the way, which is NOT American large. For further examples of this large deception, please see T-Shirts, pants, drinks, etc. One of the few true "larges" is the dai-jockey or large draft beer. They do that VERY well over here. But I digress.
Also in today's flyer are the following:
"Iberico Pork with Tomato Sauce": also $28 for M and $42 for L
"Quattro Meat Max": $26 M, $39 L
"BBQ Garlic Chicken" (which is freakin' delicious!): $23 for M, $35.40 for L
"Tropical", which has tomato sauce, ham, pineapple, corn, and onion (corn?): $20 M, $31 L
"American Special", tomato sauce, pepperoni, onion: $15.80 M, $25.20 L
"Chiki-Teri" (Chicken Teriyaki): $25.40 M, $35.20 L
Side order of pasta topped with fish eggs and squid: $10.50
Fried potatos stamped in little smiley face shapes: 10 for $4.80
In case you are unaware, we have many American fast food chains available here. McDonald's is the most prevalent (read: freakin' everywhere on every corner). The Mickey D's in my neighborhood is very clean, has a separate filtered smoking room (death chamber), and has the most polite helpful staff I have ever encountered in any fast food restaurant. Apparently, having McDonald's on your resume looks good here because of their excellent local reputation. Quite contrary to the "Most Disgusting Carl's Jr. in the World", which currently exists to my great dismay near the 15 / 40 split in Barstow, California. Yuck.
Back to Japan. We also have plenty of KFC's. I may have previously mentioned the local habit for getting a bucket of the Colonel's best at Christmas time.
I have also recently discovered a Burger King off base. I had previously heard that the only ones left in Japan were on the military bases, so that was a nice surprise. The U.S. Military and the King seem to have made some sort of unholy alliance years ago because every base I can think of has one. Weird. I heard a rumor that there might be a Taco Bell in downtown Tokyo, but that is unconfirmed at this time.
We have butt loads of Starbucks and Tully's (for you Seattle-tonians, or whatever you call your coffee addicted selves).
Pizza Hut's abound, and one of the local franchises gives you half price take out every month on the 8th through the 10th. This is because here, Pizza Hut is pronounced more like "Pizza Hatto", including pronouncing the "z's" like "z's" rather than as in "Pitsa". The "Hatto" part is where the discount dates link occurs, however. 8 is "Hachi", so that's where you get the "Ha" for "Hatto". 10 is a bit different. 10 is normally "ju", pronounced "jew". But 10 is also "to" pronounced as in "toe", so there is the back end of "Hatto". So, now you have 8 - 10 from "Hatto", thus the dates of the half price discount. Cool language sometimes.
We also have Wendy's, Subway, Denny's, Little Caesar's, Yoshinoya (Duh), the list goes on. Most times the menu is largely the same as in the U.S. with some modifications catering to local preferences, kind of like the way Chinese food is adapted to each region for a more local presentation.
Well, that's all for today folks!
Bon Apetit!
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