One of the first times I went to Ippudo (一風堂), which is a ramen restaurant to which my friend is the tencho (店長), I had ordered a cup of white rice (shirogohan 白ご飯 on the menue), the people behind the counter gave me a "Qua?" look, and a "Are you sure you want white rice? Don't you want fried rice?" interrogation. After reassuring them numerous times that I was, indeed, looking to eat some regular white rice, they gave me a bowl of it. I proceeded to eat said white rice, sometimes putting the noodles or the bean sprouts on top of them to cool them before eating. Every one in a while I would look up and see someone behind the counter (usually someone who would later become a dear friend of mine) looking down at me with a weird look on their face, as to be saying, "So... the white girl likes rice", like it was insanity. After that, every time I asked for white rice, I would remember that look. And it stuck.
So, the white girl likes rice.
Merry (late) Christmas and Happy New Year. May peace be with you. Look for more updates as this new year rolls in (it is one of my New Years resolutions... heh) ^_^
