I’m trying to knock out a post really quick before breakfast, so if it seems rushed, it is!
Japan is nice, but after my first day of work, I’m finding the workday to be really long for me. I guess I sort of expected it, but living it was different. I’m here for a short period of time and it’s for a fairly significant reason, so I need to milk every minute of productivity. That didn’t however, keep me from working out last night.
Where I need help, though, is on the food front. Breakfast is working out alright, but it’s really expensive because I’m eating in the hotel buffet. I have access to great stuff there – lots of fish – but have no idea what my alternatives might be.
Lunch and dinner (expect Wednesday night with Patrick) have been questionable as to meeting my diet needs. My host is trying really hard, but he’s still an American that hasn’t completely settled into the place, despite having three years. That and he has never been particularly focused on what he’s eating – he’s just aiming to eat like the rest of the population.
Wednesday night with Patrick opened my eyes to a fantastic meal, but I have no idea how to replicate it despite plenty of Googling this morning. It was a dinner of saba fish (mackerel), rice, spinach, seaweed, miso and tea. It was a ‘homemade’ type place where everything was prepared fresh and with care… it was amazingly delicious.
If lunch and dinner are proving tough, let me tell you that the snacks have been even harder…
This place is fun, but I’m a bit lost!
You get a per diem or what?
ReplyDelete"Keep it reasonable" is the per diem when in Japan.
ReplyDeleteIn the US and most other countries they'd give me a number, but here it's just operate within sensible boundaries.
I have been pounding sashimi for lunch and packing veggies (you should be able to get some veggie bentos at one of the markets in roppongi. For dinner, I'd love to take you to an izakaya in the juban or nishi azabu, but am still on apples an egg whites!
ReplyDeleteThere is a place in Azabu Juban called eat more greens which should be PCP approved for the most part. If you can swing the 3-4k tab, lunch at Nobu is actually pretty good, they will grill a piece of chicken or fish with no sauce and grill some veggies for you as well. Rice might be your only carb option though. Snack wise, I usually just hit a supermarket, they have low fat milk and yogurt, fruit.
ReplyDeleteThere's also a lot of healthy buffet places where you can really fill out your grams.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an adventure, Ian! Between work, working out, and the stress of finding the right snack, your 3 weeks is going to fly! Take up Orange Crush on every meal offer!!
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