Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 55 Food Street
"Ring ring ring, ring ring ring..."

"Snapped!"

At night, an arm stretched out from the quilt and accurately pressed the noisy alarm clock.

"Oh, no, sleep a little longer."

As Masato Takeshita withdrew his arms, he yawned slightly, then tightened the quilt, moved his body, and changed into a more comfortable position.

Almost half an hour later, he finally opened his eyes again.

"It's only 8:? Then lie down for a while."

Masato Takeshita looked at the time on the alarm clock, put it back in its place, lay back and looked at the ceiling above his head, enjoying the last moments of lazing in bed.

"Ah, it's almost time for Sister Quanshui to get off work, so it's time to get up."

At 8:45, Masato Takeshita reluctantly left the bed. He and the girl had agreed to meet at 9:, and if he continued to stay in bed, he would easily be late for the date.

After taking a shower, drying his hair, and changing into clean clothes, Masato Takeshita realized that it was not yet 9 o'clock. He was no longer in a hurry and walked leisurely downstairs to the First Real Estate.

"Is this another temporary mission?"

Masato Takeshita looked at the minute hand on his watch pointing to the number 7 and sighed helplessly.

Before the 21st century, Japan had a strong overtime culture. Married men who came home early during work would even draw complaints from their wives.

Because in the eyes of his wife, only those who are not valued or even unpopular in the company will choose to go home early.

Popular companies like First Real Estate are the hardest hit by overtime, and it is very common to get off work at 11 or 12 o'clock at night.

Just after 10 o'clock, Izumi Sakai hurriedly walked out of the gate of First Real Estate, first glanced around, and then trotted to Masato Takeshita.

"Sorry, I'm late."

"It's okay. We're at work, and emergencies happen to everyone." Takeshita Masato quickly helped his girlfriend up as she bowed and apologized, then smiled and waved his hand to change the subject, "You must be very hungry. Let's go to Omoide Yokocho to eat something."

"Um, okay."

Yokocho means alley or lane in Japanese. Yokocho means "alley full of memories", which is quite literary and romantic.

However, on the contrary, this place is not literary at all, but full of the flavor of life. It is a very famous snack street in the bustling city of Tokyo.

There are more than 90 snack shops in Omoide Yokocho. The shops are separated by thin boards, and the dining environment is rather simple.

But because of this, the food here is very cheap. It can be regarded as a mini and low-end version of a late-night canteen, and is very popular among working people.

Daiichi Real Estate is not far from Omoide Yokocho. It only takes 15 minutes for two people to reach their destination by train.

"What do you want to eat, barbecue, skewers, or ramen?"

Izumi Sakai took her boyfriend's hand and said coquettishly, "Well, let's go to the ramen shop first. I'm a little hungry."

"Okay, then let's go to Ruoyue first."

Wakatsuki is an old store here, having been selling ramen here as early as 1948. Its signature dishes are hand-made ramen and fried noodles.

"Boss, give me a bowl of tonkotsu ramen." Takeshita Masato shouted to the chef and store manager, then turned around and said gently to his girlfriend, "What do you want?"

"I, um, I want some tonkotsu ramen too."

Izumi Sakai thought for 1 second and finally decided to buy the same one.

"Two servings of tonkotsu ramen. Okay, it'll be ready in a minute."

The store manager quickly grabbed an appropriate amount of handmade noodles and began to make ramen skillfully.

Ramen alone is not good enough. Masato Takeshita looked at the barbecue restaurants around him and asked casually, "Would you like to eat skewers with offal?"

Omoide Yokocho originated after World War II and was originally a gathering place for black markets and black restaurants.

Because supplies were scarce in Japan at the time, the most easily available items here were offal.

The internal organs are very fishy, so most businesses prepare them as barbecue.

Later, grilled offal gradually evolved into a specialty food of Oshinoide Yokocho.

"Well, I'm not picky about food." "Okay, wait a moment, I'll go buy some skewers."

Although offal is a specialty here, the price is not expensive at all. Many small shops sell mixed offal skewers for only 70 yen each, which is quite affordable.

After buying more than thirty skewers, Masato Takeshita saw a seafood store next to him and immediately walked over out of curiosity.

“I didn’t expect that they were all live seafood, and the boss killed and cooked them right after.”

Such was his ignorance.

Although Oshinoide Yokocho is a place where common people gourmet food is popular, it is also a gathering place for some bigwigs who like the worldly atmosphere because of its strong flavor of life.

There is a seafood restaurant, and the Matsusaka beef restaurant not far away is also one. In addition, there is also a high-end sushi restaurant and high-end mountain cuisine at the innermost part.

It can be said that there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers here.

“嗯，给我来2份烤龙虾、5串烤对虾、10份扇贝、2份海胆、5串鲍鱼……”

His girlfriend likes seafood very much, so he wants to buy more.

People can't just eat meat and seafood, so he then ordered some fried tempura from the shop next door to make a combination of meat and vegetables.

Grilled and fried foods were prepared very quickly. More than ten minutes later, Masato Takeshita returned to the ramen shop with a large bag of delicious food.

Izumi Sakai looked at the barbecue and fried skewers on the table and said in surprise, "Hey, there's seafood?"

"There's a seafood barbecue restaurant over there. The ingredients are very fresh, so I bought some. Come and try it to see if it tastes good."

"Well, thank you!"

Izumi Sakai took a portion of grilled shrimp with a smile and savored it carefully.

"what about the taste?"

“Although it’s different from the shrimp we usually eat, it’s just as delicious.”

Izumi Sakai had only eaten boiled, fried and sashimi lobsters before, but this time I ate grilled lobsters, which I felt was a different flavor.

"Come on, eat too."

"it is good."

Masato Takeshita smiled and nodded, then picked up a portion of scallops and started eating it happily.

The seafood is delicious, as are the various meat skewers.

The two of them ate barbecue and ate ramen, enjoying their happy and wonderful life at this moment.

After finishing the skewers and drinking up the ramen soup, Masato Takeshita burped comfortably.

"Boss, check out."

"The total is 800 yen."

"Okay, here you go!"

"Thank you, welcome to visit next time."

After leaving the ramen shop, Masato Takeshita touched his stomach.

"I don't feel full, how about you?"

"I-I'm fine."

Izumi Sakai is tall and eats more than the average girl, but out of feminine modesty, her answers were a little vague, not wanting her lover to think that she is a glutton.

Masato Takeshita heard his girlfriend's subtext and shouted in a very heroic manner: "Great, then let's go from store to store and taste more delicious food."

"okay."

The girl agreed in a low voice, lowering her head and not daring to look around, for fear of hearing any laughter.

(End of this chapter)