Sushi and beyond p.20~

In this chapter, the author tried to enter an "izakaya" in Tokyo. At the izakaya, he ate yakitori. He seemed to be impressed with the taste of yakitori. He couldnot imagine to eat cartilage, called"nankotsu" in Japan, so he was amaged that of oral sensations.
He experienced some transportations of Japan. When he caught a cab, he was very surprised. Because it seems that in Paris, catching a cab is like trying to capture a wasp and requires a great deal of patience.
In next chapter, he went to a sumo stable. He learned how to make "chanko-nabe". In the sumo stable, he had a chance to look inside of the refrigerator of the stable. He had thought that there were a lot of chocolates and cakes, however, he saw there were many healthy foods like tofu, sweetcorn, chicken and  vegetables.

It is very interesting for me that foreigners think yakitori is one of Japanese original foods, and there are some strange kinds like "nankotsu".

The author saw inside of refrigerator in the sumo stable, and  I also wanted to know what rikishi eat. Unexpectedly, although rikishi eat large amount of foods, they eat relatively healthy kinds of foods like tofu and vegetables.

So far, he can eat  a variety of  Japanese foods satisfactorily. I want to read what happens  and he eats in next chapters.