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8027690 No.8027690 [Reply] [Original]

Does anyone here remember in the 90s that nice sushi places started you off with a hot towel to wope your face and hands before the meal?
That was always so refreshing. I wish more places still did that.

>> No.8027692

>>8027690
Go to indian restaurants and your wish will be granted

>> No.8027718

>>8027692

>I want X
>bro you should get Y but with poop

>> No.8027748

i went to a restaurant that does that as recent as a year ago

granted it was in the netherlands

>> No.8027763

>>8027718
>le ebic injun food is poo meme lel wew

>> No.8027774

>>8027690
>wipe your hands and face
>and face
Is this what being triggered is like?

>> No.8027779

Why the fuck would anyone even want to wope their face or hands before eating?

>> No.8027786

>>8027779
>Why the fuck would anyone even want to wope their face or hands before eating?
finger foods

>> No.8027791 [DELETED] 

>>8027786
But what does wope even mean?

>> No.8027793
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8027793

>>8027690
Some authentic places still do that, depending on the family that runs the place.

>>8027779
Because you can eat sushi with your hands.

>> No.8027800

>>8027690
you should travel on ANA. The Japanese stewardesses hand out little warm towels at the start of the flight..

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>>8027793

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>>8027793
That fat muthafucka goan wope the shit out that fish. He dont even going for the towel!

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8027818

>>8027810

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8027831

They do this at most sit down restaurants in Japan.

>> No.8027841

>>8027818
what about eating half and keeping it in your hand? It's how I usually eat

>> No.8027845 [DELETED] 

>>8027763
it is you fucking poo in loo subhuman

>> No.8027846

>>8027841
Nope.

>> No.8027851

>>8027846
I think I will continue to do so anyway

>> No.8027858

>>8027841
I think for particularly large pieces of sushi, you can finish it in two bites if it won't fit in your mouth whole. That said, yeah, you keep the other piece in your fingers or chopsticks, and finish it once the first bite is done. That's more of an issue outside of Japan, though, as most Japanese chefs should make their sushi bite-sized.

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>>8027763

>le generic subhuman ironic shitpost xddd comment

>> No.8027896 [DELETED] 

But what does wope even mean?

>> No.8027900

I was in japan for thr last three weeks. I miss that.

>> No.8027909

>>8027818

Oh man I'm so glad some fuckwipe decided to give me random instructions that are completely arbitrary and vary from location about how I'm supposed to eat a food like I'm a fucking baby or at a place that even cares what I do with my order aside from shiting in my hand and throwing it at other customers my goodness what a lifesaver

>> No.8027955

>>8027763
shibbolethed a non-white

>> No.8028286 [DELETED] 

But what does wope even mean?

>> No.8028300

The Chinese restaurants still do this but it's after the meal.

>> No.8028588

>>8027690
They got rid of them because fuckwits kept wiping their oily faces with them

>> No.8028593

>>8028588

>the purpose of this object is to be used in a very specific way and people are using it in that exact fashion welp time to get rid of it

great post amigo

>> No.8028596

>>8027690
I miss those. They were so comfy and warm.

>> No.8028636

>>8027690
Still got that in a more high-end price range expat Japanese restaurant.

I wouldn't be surprised if they still did that in various midrange and up restaurants in Japan, too.

Also still happening in various airlines.

Arguably, you could DIY Oshibori for yourself if you more generally just miss these. Ya, if it's not a restaurant service that may be less perfect, but it's not like it's a bad activity to get one of these + coffee at a break at work.

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8028774

>>8028636
>DIY Oshibori
Long haul truck driver here. I make these in the microwave after a long hot day on the road.
Fucking refreshing.
Could not do this job without my fridge and microwave in the truck.
You gotta treat yourself right on the road.

>> No.8029389 [DELETED] 

But what does wope even mean?

>> No.8029590

>>8027818
>>8027810
The reality is eat however you want, just try not to make a mess. It's just food and at the end of the day, as long as you aren't an asshole or disrupting others with your poor eating skills, nobody actually cares how you best enjoy food.

>> No.8029953

>>8027786
since when do japanese eat with fingers

>> No.8029955

>>8027763
Take a hike spastic

>> No.8029998

there's a chinese buffet franchise in canada called mandarin that does it at the end of your meal

dinner is like 30 bucks a person though so fuck that place

>> No.8030002

>>8027718
X = hot towel
Y = hot towel

>> No.8030005
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8030005

Who else loves Japanese culture??

>> No.8030008

>>8027810

wow I've broken literally every single one of these rules as a habit and I've never had my rice spontaneously explode upon contact with the soy sauce

maybe because I lightly dab the corner in so I can still taste the sushi instead of submerging it in half an inch of soy sauce that i shouldn't have poured because it will just be discarded leftover

>> No.8030009

>>8029998
Seriously 30$ CAN is all it takes for a restaurant to trigger you. Have you ever been to a non chain restaurant?

>> No.8030020

>>8030009

only when work is paying

I'm more into the 15-20 dollar bracket dine in pub food because I'm too cheap

>> No.8030248

>>8028593
It's for your hands only.

>> No.8030270 [DELETED] 

But what does wope even mean?

>> No.8030953
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8030953

>>8030002
GET YOUR FANCY MATHEMATICS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AWAY FROM MY BOARD REEEEE

>> No.8030956

>>8027718
Kek this

>> No.8030996

>>8030953
>image.jpg
>REEEEEEEEE
>mlp image
fullautism.avi

>> No.8031064

>>8027763
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chef-prepared-curry-after-wiping-7745790

>> No.8031127

>>8027763
>>8031064
POO'D IN FOOD

>> No.8031142

>>8027909
>>8029590
>flyovers get threatened by foreign etiquette because learning new things that isn't shoveling down high fat casseroles into their throats after praying triggers them

>> No.8031714

>>8027779
Its so refreshing anon, you should try it .
You dont know what your are missing.

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>>8027955
Oh god it's you again.

>> No.8031922

>>8030005
Too many rules

>> No.8031961

>>8027690
More Japanese were living in the United States in the 90s compared to now.

Japan Towns weren't dying left and right in the 90s either.

Chinese and Korean owners just don't care about the fake Japanese food they are serving to you.

>> No.8032746

>>8031142

>look mom i posted it again

>> No.8032750

>>8030248

holy shit is that how I'm supposed to use a towel

I had no fucking clue

does it come with a field manual too?

>> No.8033134

>>8027763
>1 poo has been deposited into your account

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8033241

>>8027793
Yea because a warm towel kills germs on your hands.

>> No.8034049

>>8033241
It can

>> No.8034054

>>8032746
He's right though

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>>8027692
>>8027718
made me laugh way more than it should've

>> No.8034060

>>8027818
>"Don't rub your chopsticks together to remove splinters"
So you're just supposed to eat the splinters? How is that rude?

>> No.8034063

>>8027690
a lot of chinese places in albany ny still do that, though it's usually after the meal.

>> No.8034068 [DELETED] 

>>8027818
>don't put the whole thing in your mouth
>don't bite off part of the sushi
lol chinese people are born with a stick up their ass.

>> No.8034095

>>8027690

>on 4chan
>expecting anyone to remember the 90s

>> No.8034101

>>8033241
>Yea because a warm towel kills germs on your hands.
It's usually beyond boiling hot. They should be steaming hot, even superheated steam hot, so they arrive warm enough to be steaming when opened.

Google "hot towel machine" and towel scent to see where this is a pretty common thing.

I think on airlines, where I've had them all my life in First and Business, they are usually scented with lemon verbena most of the time. I find in restaurants with ribs, you'll get the packeted paper hot towels for end of meal most of the time. I've seen cold towels offered post-tennis, post-golf in resorts, when you turn in your keys or something, especially if there is a restaurant to relax in afterwards. It's refreshing.

>> No.8034108

>>8031064
>She said: "In the kitchen under the double sinks [they] found an empty plastic milk bottle which was extremely dirty and was covered with brown fingerprints.


>"When asked, Mr Chowdhury explained he filled the bottle with water from the kitchen taps and used it to clean his bottom after visiting the toilet.

>> No.8034114

>>8031064
>cultural reasons.
im LMAOing at their culture.

>> No.8034119

>>8031064
Is this why indians constantly have diarrhea? I always figured it was cuz their diet had 0 fiber.

>> No.8034122

>>8034119
no it's because their water is unsanitary but they drink it anyways for cultural reasons.

>> No.8034124

We used to go to this (Moroccan?) place where they would pour warm rosewater scented water from a pitcher way above our heads over our hands outstretched over a big copper bowl.
Then, rolled towels.

>> No.8034233

>>8031961
This.

I live in Japan, and pretty much all restaurants do the towel thing, it's wonderful. 90% of American Japanese restaurants are owned by Koreans or Chinese, and are fake as fuck.

>> No.8034243

>>8031064
And my mates STILL let Indians prepare their food, even after pointing out the fact they use their hands to wipe their arse

>> No.8034245

>>8034233
>there is a difference between japanese, koreans and chinese meme
lol

>> No.8034302

>>8031142
Did a study abroad in Japan, we had a food class. There was a presentation on Japanese food etiquette for fine dining. Lady comes in and explains tons of esoteric etiquette. The class was horrified, so the regular teacher, a very old and classy gentleman, stepped forward to give his thoughts.

"I am amazed and embarrassed to hear all these things" and then "I did not know that it was strange to mix wasabi with soy sauce, I always do it when I eat." He used this set phrase several times, with various pedantic customs. He managed to tell the class that all that difficult etiquette was not normal, even for an old person. And he did it without insulting the guest teacher. All in a language he barely spoke.

That fucker had class.

Basically all this stuff is practiced by a few nerds in Japan, and is preached to the west as the way Japan does it. Sure, if you are eating with the emperor, or the president of your company, do this shit, but otherwise literally nobody gives a fuck.

The one real rule of eating in Japan is to not be the loud guy that everybody else stares at.

>> No.8034807

>>8034302
>>8034302
he was just saving face for you guys

>> No.8034827

>>8034807
Pretty much this

Weebs have no idea how important face is for Azns

Asian businessmen will literally hire fake "assistants" to be bad at chopsticks when eating with Westerners because any loss of face for any party to a transaction can sabotage the deal before it's signed

>> No.8035093

>>8031961
this is wrong

>> No.8035260

>>8027763
pajeet, my son

>> No.8035328

>>8029953
sushi....

>> No.8035332

>>8027690
Wait that towels isn't for my dong?

>> No.8035333

>>8035332
I don't think heat is a good thing for your penis.

After all, your dick evolved by dropping the balls away from your body since heat isn't good for sperm production.

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>>8035333

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>>8027690
>>8035332
>hot towel
>put on dong
>jelq under the table while waiting for food

>> No.8035404

>>8028774

That's the way of the road

>> No.8035412

>>8035333
But hot towel on dongus feel so nice

>> No.8035446

>>8035357
pretty sure that actively trying to lengthen your penis in the presence of japanese men is a hate crime

>> No.8035544

>>8035328
>he doesn't eat his 'soosh with a fork and knife the way god intended
ishygddt

>> No.8035652

>>8035333

>not knowing how to make a fee-fee

have you ever even been to jail?

>> No.8035785

>>8027718
LMMAO KEKED

>> No.8036839

>>8035652
>fee-fee
Wat

>> No.8037187

>>8027718
kek XD
upvoted

>> No.8038107

>>8027774
mild kek

>> No.8039822

>>8035652
wope the heck is a fee fee?

>> No.8040815

>>8027690
You were supposed to wipe your face?

>> No.8040839

>>8039822
It's what Jews charge for making money

>> No.8040861

>>8034101
Still, doesn't kill germs. I like the hot towel thing in restaurants, but always make sure to wash my hands before eating.

>> No.8040957

>>8040815
No. No you were not.

>> No.8040966

>>8034827
>Asian businessmen will literally hire fake "assistants" to be bad at chopsticks when eating with Westerners
I need a source on this because it sounds fucking hilarious

>> No.8041486

>>8040815
Wope your face and hands you filthy mong

>> No.8041842

>>8040957
>>8041486
I'm confused

>> No.8041856

>>8027818
White people need to strop being so enamored of sushi. it's the Big Mac of Japan. it was literally invented to be cheap finger food for dockworkers.
I've seen sushi chefs contradict every one of these "rules", especially the soysauce/wasabi mixing one.

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>>8041856
>it was literally invented to be cheap finger food for dockworkers.

Yep. But like anything else in Japan you have a split: some people maintain the idea of sushi as cheap convenience food. They use nontraditional ingredients, and you can buy it cheap from a convenience store or from "conveyor belt" restaurants. Others are anally retentive about "muh authentic Edo style" and you eat that in expensive bars while being glared at by a stern-faced "master", like Jiro.

Same thing happens with any other cuisine. Take France, for example. Many classic dishes started out as cheap peasant food: coq au vin, cassoulet, etc. But others take those same recipes to an absurd extreme, following Escoffier to the letter. You can get those dishes from an inexpensive mom-n-pop place or you can get them at a 3-star restaurant.

>> No.8041878 [DELETED] 

>>8041866
>Others are anally retentive about "muh authentic Edo style" and you eat that in expensive bars while being glared at by a stern-faced "master", like Jiro.

this. It's a thing in Japan. Clearly not everywhere does it, but there is an almost cult-like following of 100% traditional Sushi.

Anyone remember the old Japanese Iron Chef TV show that was dubbed on the Food Network? You had those guys like Tadamichi Ohta and Toshiro Kandagawa constantly preaching "muh authentic style".

They usually lost.

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8041914

>>8027718
MY FUCKING SIDES
>>8027763
t. Pahjeet

>> No.8042442

>>8041842
how so?

>> No.8042473

>>8042442
one says wipe one says no wipe

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>>8042473
i believe one says wope

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>>8042650
oh so it does thank you for clearing that up anon, I should look closer next time

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8043105

>>8042731
hope that clears things up

>> No.8043139

>>8043105
it does thank you anon

>> No.8043150

>>8027818
Good to know I had always made wasabi soup

>> No.8043185

>>8027909
It doesn't vary from place to place. You're just being a twat.

>> No.8043197

Hot towels:

- at the restaurant : for your hands (because you still don't wash your hands enough anon).
- at the hairdresser : for your face (because chances are there are little pieces of hair everywhere and thus will allow you to remove them).

Could anyone enlighten me as to why they felt the need to wash their face before eating a meal in a public place ?

>> No.8043238

>>8031064
POO IN VINDALOO

>> No.8043241

>>8043197
>Could anyone enlighten me as to why they felt the need to wash their face before eating a meal in a public place ?


Because its soooooo refreshing to do so

>> No.8044209

>>8027690
I'd rather wope the lemon on my faces

>> No.8044230

>>8035446
kek

>> No.8046457

>>8027690
Did restaurants stop doing this? I haven't eaten out in a long time

>> No.8046595

>>8030005
>food
Delicious.
>culture
Mostly horrible and soulcrushing.

>> No.8046607

>>8027763
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-3101342/I-never-eat-street-food-reading-report-Scientists-appalled-tests-Delhi-food-stalls-high-levels-faecal-matter-golgappa-momo.html