The language barrier

翻訳で失わ

imageApart from one MacDonalds, I don’t think I’ve understood anything that I’ve eaten here. Tonight was no different. We went to a mall inside the main Kyoto subway station. A vast underground cathedral of consumption with a huge variety of shops including many restaurants. We eventually chose one which Maire assured me was a tempura joint. (As if I knew what that meant.) The menu was written in traditional kanji, so we had no mission of understanding it. The young waitress, god love her, had no English, so we just pointed at words and said “that’ll do me”. I started with LOL followed by OMG and finished up with WTF.
To be fair, it was all really quite nice.

One Reply to “The language barrier”

  1. Kon ni chi wa.
    Good to see you out spending your money.
    I hadn’t any replies from you and I was wondering
    if I had offended you or worst you had fallen of your perch.
    Reading you & the bride’s blog has been interesting.
    I will give you a call in a couple of week’s when you return.
    Sayonara
    Jim

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