Hidakaya - Shibuya Center-gai, Tokyo

A quick supper after shopping like hell in Shibuya center-gai.
It was saturday night, so all the youngsters in Tokyo converge in Shibuya, full-force. I've never seen so many Japanese Ah-bengs and Ah-lians(*) packed in a single area. In fact, I've never seen as many people packed in a single area in a non-rock-concert-nor-mardi-gras setting.

When you're carrying like, 15 shopping bags, you have no mood for a fancy dinner. So, I chose a reliable, predictable, quick, cheap-as-chips restaurant chain Hidakaya, home of the 400 yen ramen (yessir, who said that everything in Japan is expensive??)

I also heard that somewhere in Shimokita-zawa (a neighborhood in Tokyo, home of poor indie artists and peniless college students), there's a restaurant that sell a bowl of plain ramen for 80 yen (which is cheaper than a bottle of mineral water and 1/3 the price of a fancy Georgia canned coffee)!

Tori no kara-age teishoku
(Deep fried chicken set)

-> Only 700 yen! (which is incredibly cheap in Japanese standard. This is also the most expensive item on their menu). Taste is just okay, but you'll be stuffed! Portion is huge!


(*)For those of you unfamiliar with these terms, do check wikipedia...I'm too lazy to explain...