An Englishman In Japan

Living As A Legal Alien In Japan

The Chinese Restaurant

So, I did my first shift at the restaurant yesterday!

They said I was going in for training, but actually it was dead busy (being lunch time) so they just threw me straight in. The head waitress speaks fairly good Japanese, but with a really strong Chinese accent, so it was difficult to understand her for most of the time. There's another girl there, a Japanese girl, with about a dozen facial peircings and lots of Celtic tatoos, but she hardly said a word to me, as we were too busy.

The job is not difficult, just consisting of washing dishes, taking orders, and stocking the fridge, but they started showing me how to make the perfect noodles yesterday, so I expect that will be part of the job.

So, what does the place look like? Take a look at this video (taken a few days before I started work):



It's interesting, and it's different from what I've been doing for the past few years, so it's a nice change.party

Scouse Mouse

At last!A Good Night In Gifu

Comments

clairclair311 Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:01:50 AM

So do u like it? I mean the chinese food.

E-Man in JapanScouser Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:59:35 AM

Yes, thanks. I've always loved Chinese food, ever since I was a kid. I had some very interesting dishes when I lived in China as an overseas student at 天津師範大学. Not only did we have dog, but we also had some interesting parts of certain male animals, with the emphasis on the 'male'. We don't serve that at this restaurant, though. It's mostly noodles and fried rice and fried chicken. It's not a five-star restaurant like the one I worked at in England.

Scouse Mouse

hungryghost Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:18:00 PM

how cool is this? A scouser working in a chinese restaurant in Japan. Now, THAT's globalization bigsmile bigsmile

E-Man in JapanScouser Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:23:21 PM

Ha Ha Ha! Nice comment! Nice one!

carmensthk Tuesday, June 17, 2008 4:28:50 PM

Hi Col,

Do you remember me ? I found you for a long long time. How's your life in Japan. Pls. send a message to me at carmensthk@yahoo.com.hk.

Carmen from HK:lol: :lol: :lol:

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