After initially being quite upset that all the shops I planned to visit were shut on Sunday, I had the pleasure of stumbling upon the Marché Richard-Lenoir this morning. In California we like to brag about our Farmer’s Markets, but we have nothing on this.

Sushi restaurant
Hey, guess what the cat’s meow is in Moscow these days? Sushi. Imagine, The Red Square flanked by menus featuring nigiri, rolls, sashimi, unagi, plus  new twists on old favorites like shrimp “pelmeni” (Russian “ravioli,”) at a Japanese restaurant. Even with some unnecessary mayonnaise here and there, the Muscovites didn’t invent bad fusion food. […]

A few weeks ago I stopped into my neighborhood coffee shop when the girl behind the counter handed me my latte with a big sunny smile and said “I hope you like my little rooster”.

The Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum has as its center piece a 2 story basement recreation of a late 1950’s (Showa Era) typical Japanese town. Most of the store faces are fake except for a candy shop, a few bars, a bakery and then about 8 different ramen restaurants that represent different types of ramen found throughout Japan.