Thursday, June 25, 2009

Day 88 (Osaka) : Kushi katsu is the devil

Kushi katsu is basically assorted foods on long wooden sticks that you get to deep fry at your won table. It's pretty tasty but there are two major problems. The main problem is that 80% of what you're eating is oil. The second part is that the other 20% is mostly bread crumbs so every single thing from shrimp to potatoes ends up tasting exactly the same. The restaurant had a deal for all you can eat and drink for three hours, for about $30. The price was very reasonable but I had my fill after less than one hour and was ready to go home.

Unfortunately I had a round two with the kushi katsu at like one in the morning when I woke up with the kind of pain that makes you think you're going to die in my stomach. I ended up donating to the sink two times with the kind of force that made my back hurt after it was all done. That sounds pretty terrible, I'm sure but I slept like a baby after getting it out of my system. I've decided never to eat kushi katsu again, despite the claim that it is some kind of Osaka specialty. Just thinking about eating that much deep fried food in one setting again makes my tummy rumbly.

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