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愛の戦士 Karaoke is my life Mostly foodie pics here: Japanese (sushi/ramen/etc) and breakfast on weekends. All your real world despair is impossible to mute…

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Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · Nov 8

Swiped meme:
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A good way to get to know each other on here!
Introduce yourself with:

One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One tv show 📺

Cover of BALL FOUR THE FINAL PITCH paperback edition

First-generation movie poster of TOOTSIE

SYLPH CD cover, the 6th album from CoCo

Opening title card for ANDROID KIKAIDER, the Japanese superhero show from the early 1970s.

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 1d

Baseball IS the best!

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 7d

Visited #Izakaya Matsuri after Mariners-Tigers ended around seven on Friday. Just simple nibbles: gyutan, sashimi, and Kurobuta sausage. Quiet enjoyment following a long, exhilarating game.

#金曜日
#居酒屋
#生ビール 🍺
#乾杯 🍻
#牛タン 🐄
#刺身 🐟
#黒豚ソーセージ
#ハワイ

Beef tongue slices with dipping sauce and lemon wedge

Sashimi slices of maguro, hamachi, and salmon with daikon shreds, wakame, ogo, and wasabi/yuzu kosho condiment

Kurobuta sausages with Dijon mustard side

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 7d

That wasn’t so bad, was it?

Now we podcast!

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 12d

Weekend visits to Harry’s Cafe. Watched a lot of baseball games and used a shitton of mobile WiFi data. Classic Loco Moco on Saturday and a Christy omelet on Sunday for #breakfast.

Peeps inside Harry’s Cafe watching college football game on TV monitor

Loco moco plate with scrambled egg patty on top with gravy and rice

Loco moco plate, toast, coffee, water, and iPad streaming playoff baseball game at the Harry’s Cafe counter

Christy omelet with home potato slices, coffee, water, and iPad streaming playoff baseball game

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 13d

Baseball is the best!

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 13d

Winding down at Bozu on Saturday evening. Sushi round: Chutoro, Aji, Sanma, Hirame, Kinmedai. Also got bonus futomaki pieces and deep-fried Sanma bones.

#土曜日
#居酒屋
#寿司 🍣
#鮨 🍣
#骨せんべい 🦴
#ハワイ

Katsu slicing fish at the Bozu counter

Futomaki sushi pieces

Nigiri sushi pieces at the Bozu counter

Deep-fried Sanma bones

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 13d

Nibbles at Bozu on Saturday evening: Miso soup; fried chicken skin with ponzu sauce, pork kakuni, and fries.

#土曜日
#居酒屋
#味噌汁
#鳥皮
#豚角煮
#ポテトフライ 🍟
#ハワイ

Miso soup with tofu and wakame

Chicken skin in ponzu sauce

Pork kakuni slices with choi sum, hard boiled eggs, and karashi mustard

French fries with ketchup side

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 13d

Saturday evening at Bozu. Haven’t been here for a few months. Got the munchies right now. And the first glass of Asahi hits just right.

#土曜日
#居酒屋
#生ビール 🍺
#乾杯🍻
#ハワイ

Front of Bozu Japanese restaurant

Katsu at the Bozu counter

Customers at the Bozu counter

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 13d

Baseball is the best!

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 14d

A few more orders at Yaki Yaki Miwa on Friday evening: gyutan, pork okonomiyaki, and grilled tako. Also saw an old comrade from the KZOO days with his new (?) wife. Time go zoom!

#金曜日
#居酒屋
#鉄板焼き
#生ビール 🍺
#乾杯 🍻
#牛タン
#お好み焼き
#タコ 🐙
#ハワイ
#やきやき三輪

Gyutan beef tongue slices on cabbage slices with lettuce leaf, lemon wedge, and yuzu kosho dollop side

Pork tama okonomiyaki on teppan grill

Grilled tako octopus pieces with cabbage, lettuce, and lemon wedge

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 14d

Friday evening at Yaki Yaki Miwa, our fave teppanyaki place in town. The first Asahi draft of the weekend is glorious. So are the garlic butter clams. Kanpai to us all!

#金曜日
#居酒屋
#鉄板焼き
#やきやき三輪
#生ビール 🍺
#乾杯🍻
#ハワイ

Front of Yaki Yaki Miwa restaurant

Customers inside Yaki Yaki Miwa from the teppan counter

Garlic butter clams on shredded cabbage

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 15d

Friday #ramen at Tanto, the Hamamatsu-based chain. They had a gyoza-salad add-on for just FIVE (5) dollars: Just forcing me to be a piggy. And so it is. Classic shoyu bowl with mini salad and bite-sized gyoza.

#ラーメン 🍜
#毎日がラーメン 🍜
#餃子 🥟
#ハワイ

Front of Tanto restaurant on Waimanu Street

Customers inside Tanto gyoza and ramen

Shoyu ramen, mini salad, and five piece gyoza

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 15d

#PauWork Friday! No work ‘till Monday!

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 15d

Billie Jean King cameo!

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 18d

Welcome to our ‘Aina. Grand sumo tournaments also air around 9:00 PM. 🤙

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 19d

And of course the weekend concludes at The Carp. Just yakitori, fries, and a few mugs of Sapporo draft. It’s what the doctor *didn’t* order!

#日曜日
#居酒屋
#カープ鳥
#焼き鳥
#生ビール 🍺
#乾杯🍻
#ポテトフライ 🍟
#ハワイ

Customers inside Carp Dori restaurant

Platter of assorted yakitori sticks

French fries with parsley garnish

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 19d

Final bits at #Izakaya Gaku: Mirugai and Kinmedai nigiri. Of course we had vanilla ice cream for dessert. Simple is best.

#土曜日
#居酒屋
#居酒屋楽
#寿司 🍣
#鮨 🍣
#バニラアイス 🍨
#ハワイ

Mirugai nigiri sushi

Kinmedai nigiri sushi

Bowl of vanilla ice cream with mint leaf garnish

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 19d

#Sushi round at #Izakaya Gaku on Saturday evening.

Chutoro sanma
Hiramasa
Saba
Aji

#土曜日
#居酒屋
#居酒屋楽
#寿司🍣
#鮨🍣
#ハワイ

Chutoro and Sanma nigiri sushi

Hiramasa nigiri Sushi

Saba nigiri sushi

Aji nigiri sushi

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 20d

I realize using the tweeter in 2025 means I’m an accomplice in the new Nazi Regime. But I don’t see the Sumo Kyokai or NHK Ozumo accounts anywhere on Bluesky. So, suck it.

I’m also caught up with my foodie pics here. Enjoy!

#rant

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 20d

More nibbles at #Izakaya Gaku: beef & potato croquettes, shumai, and matsutake dobinmushi. Tis the season!

Juryo matches on now.

#土曜日
#居酒屋
#コロッケ
#シューマイ
#土瓶蒸し
#大相撲
#大相撲秋場所
#ハワイ

Two piece croquettes with cabbage side and dipping sauce

Two piece shumai with dipping sauce and karashi mustard dollop

Dobin mushi kettle with lemon wedge on top

Matsutake dobinmushi kettle, two piece shumai, Asahi beer bottle, and iPad streaming the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 20d

Saturday time at #Izakaya Gaku. Prime seat at the counter. Got a bottle of Asahi and dashimaki 🥚 to start.

Also: Final Day of the Aki Basho. It ain’t just baseball games today!

#土曜日
#居酒屋
#乾杯 🍻
#だし巻き卵
#ハワイ

Front of Izakaya Gaku restaurant

Jeff and Hideki at the Gaku sushi counter

Bottle of Asahi beer and glass of water at the Izakaya Gaku counter

Dashimaki tamago omelet, Asahi beer bottle and glass, and iPad streaming the Final Day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 21d

Saturday #breakfast time at Harry’s. Link sausage always delivers.

Blue Jays hold on to beat Rays, 5-1. Magic number to win the AL East is one.

Front of Harry’s Cafe restaurant

Customers inside Harry’s Cafe from the right side of the counter

Link sausage plate with over easy eggs on rice

Link sausage plate, coffee; water, and iPad streaming Blue Jays-Rays baseball game at the Harry’s Cafe counter

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 21d

Friday ramen at le Nood. Redeemed a stamp card and got the loaded Menya ramen: Huge kakuni slices and ajitama. A bottle of Orion didn’t hurt either.

#ラーメン 🍜
#毎日がラーメン 🍜
#乾杯 🍻
#ご馳走様でした
#ハワイ

Interior of Menya le Nood restaurant

Bowl of Menya ramen with two pork kakuni pieces, ajitama egg, menma bamboo shoots, green onions, and nori

Menya ramen, Orion beer bottle, and water at Menya le Nood

Empty ramen bowl

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 26d

We also did Harry's for #breakfast all weekend. Loco moco, beef stew, and all the starch-y items. Christy also made her fried tofu on Sunday. It's the place everyone on Instagram always knows about from my posts there.

Front of Harry's Cafe restaurant

Loco moco with scrambled egg patty on top, toast, coffee, and water at the Harry's Cafe counter

Beef stew plate with scrambled egg patty on top

French fries, blueberry pancakes, home potatoes, hash browns, and fried tofu slices at Harry's Cafe

Greg @gregchang.bsky.social · 26d

Sunday at Kamukura #Ramen. Glad they got a counter here — ramen isn’t the same in a plasticky container at a food court.

This is Seasoned Egg Ramen.

#ラーメン🍜
#毎日がラーメン 🍜
#ご馳走様でした
#ハワイ

Noren at Kamukura Ramen at The Lanai food court, Ala Moana Center

Ramen items on the menu at Kamukura

Seasoned egg ramen with pork, white cabbage, and seasoned boiled egg

Empty Kamukura ramen bowl