Persia was a part of Asia

I should mention probably that it's not the cheapest udon you can get in Japan, just about average of what you'd eat in a big city. You can get bowls for Y300-Y500 at a place like Hanamaru, which is like McD of udons:

It's bread with sugar. Melon pan contains no melon (unless explicitly stated).

What's weird about liking a sweet bun?

The rant is about SPOONULA, next to the spatula.

Um, that's buckwheat noodles, not wheat. Plus, there are two big prawns and a saucer-ful of yuba. That's more protein than most people get in an everyday meal.

There are pubs in England that remember the Crusades.

Y600-800 is about right for a bowl of noodles with some plain toppings. A set of something more expensive, like tempura or herring will be over Y1000.

15th century ain't even really that old for Kyoto. There's a tea shop at the southern entrance of Yasaka that's, I think, 13th century. And another tea house in Uji, that's been owned by the same family since 1160.
Honke Owariya makes good soba, but I couldn't tell if it's any better than any other sobaya in the area.…

I looked it up. Still no such thing as "normal curve coffee".

The fact that his cheap-ass Hong-Kong era movies were allowed to budget for takes, while the multi-million Hollywood movies are not, is a terrible indictment of the entire industry.

Less walking, more making babies. This is why Japan's dying out.

I hate Jon Stewart for poaching another great talent from my British TV screen.

Yeah I know, she doesn't get to write the lyrics, but still, they are so bad as to render the songs unlistenable.

Yeah, but the English lyrics of her songs usually woefully suck, for some reason.

God, I forgot how much I love this song.

I don't think you can be old enough to not be psychologically damaged by the internet comments.

Yeah, when you say she "kills it"... you really mean "performs it" ?

Can't get you if you don't move.

This must be an omake, or some other gag panel.