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Location: Tokyo, Japan

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Japanese OL's fancy lunch


OL(office lady) is the Japanglish for women office workers. Japanese single OL usualy have enough money to spend only for their fun. I'm not a proper full-time OL but still kind of.

I and my OL friends went to an expensive beef restaurant "Kiraku" in Ginza for lunch. We couldn't afford to having dinner there but you can eat almost the same dish much cheeper at the lunch time. If you find a nice but expensive restarurant in Tokyo, try lunch time.
The picture above was the lunch we had. Steamed Saga beef which cost 3,800yen for lunch but 13,500yen for dinner. Saga is a name of prefecture in Kyushu, south of Japan. Steamed beef is unique and that was my first time to have it.
Needless to say, the beef was wonderful. And the waiter's service was professional. They were always there for you to pull your seat when you came back from the bathroom.
They served the cooked food from the wooden box exactly equal for us. Thanks to them, we could finish our lunch without fighting for the wonderful beef. And they didn't require us any tip or service charge.