Tripping Far Side

Another food post. Life is exciting during the work week eh?

There's a small restaurant close to work that we frequent for dinner. We usually always order this "setto" or dinner set called Hitokuchi Katsu. I'm not sure what the translation is, but it's smaller pieces of deep fried pork. I ate it quite often when I was living in Kyoto for several months, so I took a little more time to savor dinner today.

The restaurant has two sections. Up front are small tables and chairs. In the back are tatami mats and cushions. Kinda neat eating at really small tables or sitting cross-legged for dinner. While eating dinner is something all humans must do, it's interesting to think about how basic behaviors are shaped into different cultures.

Not sure where I'm going with this (maybe just so not all my posts are mindless about food), but I like to think about the why behind things, whether it's interesting or not, whether there's an explanation or not. Even in a stupid example like this. It's probably something only a foreigner would think about. I'd recommend everyone to experience stuff outside of your home country, hopefully from a point of view outside your knowledge. There's a lot that we could learn.... and be confused about as well.