Japanese foods

[kazamisan]

Whats the most expensive kind of japanese food?

[Dirty Harry]

sushi

[Le Bread]

Bald Eagle Head, their favorite American export.

[Phate]

Eager, barely legal school girls.

[animanic_critic]

Sushi, fruits (yes, fruits!) and horny female nymphs.

[madpierrot]

I remember Sukiyaki being one of the more expensive things I had. Don't know if it's really that expensive, but it's a bit pricey. Perhaps it's a more expensive meal that's pretty "common", but I'm not too sure. That Kobe beef stuff costs a bit and coffee, man coffee is a freaking rip off there.

[Yodatsubato]

Eager, barely legal school girls.
They're expensive? I kinda figured there'd be enough of them to go around. I mean, price is a factor of supply and demand. Yeah, the demand for them is pretty high, but so is the supply.

In my opinion, you shouldn't have to pay a penny more than you would for any other Japanese food.

[Spilled Milk]

Fruit! it is one of THE most expensive foods in japan...Japanese cherries=70 dollars...watermelon=9 dollars...thats alot..

[Itachi Uchiha]

Sushi is only moderately expensive in japan...

This is a sample of real high class japanese cuisine -
Kaiseki-ryori - 15,000-30,000 yen (seafood/veggie dish: 150+ dollars)
Fugu - 10,000 - 15,000 yen (blow fish: 100+ dollars)

[animanic_critic]

Fruit grocery:
Watermelons: $100.00
Pears: $40.00
Musk melons: $240.00
Amaou (strawberries): $96.00

Fruit salad, anyone?

[Mana]

They're expensive? I kinda figured there'd be enough of them to go around. I mean, price is a factor of supply and demand. Yeah, the demand for them is pretty high, but so is the supply.

In my opinion, you shouldn't have to pay a penny more than you would for any other Japanese food.
See, where the problem comes in is the "barely legal" statement. A couple months after their birthday, and those girls loose their edge. There may be a lot to go around, but they spoil quickly.

And, of course, the girls know they can set just about any price they want and Oyaji will still be interested >>;

[kyubichan]

Expensive food:
fruits - coz of the price of their transportation and the equipment that keeps them fresh
fugu - coz you there's a license-thingy needed to sell/prepare it, and the license costs a lot; not to mention the fish itself also costs a lot
sushi - depends on where you are and what kind of sushi it is
sukiyaki - pricey coz prime beef is expensive
coffee - my dad brought his own coffee when he went there. haha

[Yodatsubato]

Fruit grocery:
Watermelons: $100.00
Pears: $40.00
Musk melons: $240.00
Amaou (strawberries): $96.00
That price better not be per strawberry...

Anyway, watermelon at $100 (/lb?) ? That adds a whole new element to the watermelon-smashing in Full Metal Panic Fumoffu!...

A couple months after their birthday, and those girls loose their edge. There may be a lot to go around, but they spoil quickly.
Ah. So it's the same deal as the fruit. In that case, the price of girls should be set by the fruit market. If you paid more for a girl than you did for a strawberry, you probably got ripped off.

[animanic_critic]

That price better not be per strawberry...

Anyway, watermelon at $100 (/lb?) ? That adds a whole new element to the watermelon-smashing in Full Metal Panic Fumoffu!...
No, watermelons over there are US$100.00 EACH!!! Plus, Amaou are the country's bext strawberries - so they cost US$96.00 each punnet of 24.

P.S. Those nymphs are just like Japanese cherries - negotiable price, always get to select them, quickly-perishable AND you always feel like popping them.

[Finnf00]

No, watermelons over there are US$100.00 EACH!!! Plus, Amaou are the country's bext strawberries - so they cost US$96.00 each punnet of 24.
Those are the specially grown gift fruit you sepak of. Regular fruit is just as cheap as anywhere else in the world.

"The exceptional prices reflect exceptional methods used in growing the fruit. While an ordinary melon in a grocery stores rarely costs more than $5, the high-priced version, usually a variety of musk melon, is nurtured by special growers in specific locations, of which Shizuoka prefecture and Hokkaido are two of the best known" - Herald Tribune

Read more about this in The Herald Tribune if you like (http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/28/features/rluxfruit.php).

[madpierrot]

Hmmm... it seems that sushi is a popular item to mention, but I don't remember it being that expensive, perhaps a few select types from certain restuarants, but in general I would say it's more affordable then a lot of stuff.

[Roark]

I actually don't recall fruit being that expensive. You could get a lot of fruit, including pears, at Q-Q or Lawsons for pretty cheap. It really mattered what was in season, though.

[animanic_critic]

It's just that every fruit in Japan is ridiculously costly. Even durians there would make you cross-eyed while ones in Thailand costs you only a few cents.

[Roark]

Again, not really... I was buying fruits and veggies for less than 99 yen each.

[Finnf00]

It's just that every fruit in Japan is ridiculously costly. Even durians there would make you cross-eyed while ones in Thailand costs you only a few cents.Japan can't be concidered especially pricey nowadays. Check out the cost of living in any central or northern European country (except the former east block). Japan sure is in the top nd of the scale when compared to really low cost countries like Thailand or even the US, but quite average when compared to other industrialized western countries.

Trivia: today Moscow is the most expensive city in the world.

[animanic_critic]

As the report in Herald Tribune stated in here (http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/28/features/rluxfruit.php), many Japanese items, included their treasured fruits, have plunged as far as cost is concerned, due to 15 years of recession. 100-yen shops are more common these days, as Roark exemplified. Still, there are preposterously-expensive fruits that are usually purchased for the purposes of gifts.

I don't know whether the tastes are any different, but it sure leaves a sour aftertaste in my mouth... especially forking out that kind of money on daily groceries like so.

[ash_chan]

Fugu costs the most.
It could cost you your life [about 18 fugu-related deaths are reported each year in Japan].
That's quite a price to pay for some fish I might not even like.

[Yodatsubato]

P.S. Those nymphs are just like Japanese cherries - negotiable price, always get to select them, quickly-perishable AND you always feel like popping them.
Negotiable price? If you go to a fruit market in Japan, are you expected to haggle? You know, like in Middle Eastern markets?

Also, popping them? I don't quite know what you mean by that, but I can only assume that you don't mean that they explode if you prick them with a needle. And, if I open my mind to try to figure out what you may mean, why, the possibilities are vast and sick. And hot.
:bellyemot+ :duel: = :blowup: ?

[animanic_critic]

Negotiable price? If you go to a fruit market in Japan, are you expected to haggle? You know, like in Middle Eastern markets?

Also, popping them? I don't quite know what you mean by that, but I can only assume that you don't mean that they explode if you prick them with a needle. And, if I open my mind to try to figure out what you may mean, why, the possibilities are vast and sick. And hot.
:bellyemot+ :duel: = :blowup: ?
One quote: Don't ask, don't tell.

But seriously, some of our Japanese counterparts over at the east side are really overpaying their fruits. I don't know if their fruits are that incredible, but if one is willing to pay US$50 per kilos for Nagano grapes, you sure hope they rake in every cent. Not to mention its wine could very well cost the same...:suspiciou