Guy eats Y4000 worth of Yoshinoya, then robs the placeOctober 20th, 2009 by Adamu |
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Yeah, that’s what happened. A middle aged man ate 10 separate items including several full meals at a Kobe Yoshinoya, waited until there were no other customers, and then robbed the place with a wooden chopstick, nabbing Y80,000. He is still at large. How he could still move after 10 meals, let alone make a run for it, I will never understand.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Well, one of the items WAS just a potato salad…
It doesn’t actually say he used a chopstick but a “short, slender rod” of some kind. I guess it could have been something like one of those mini-bats.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Another report that I couldn’t find the link to right away said the weapon “looked like a chopstick”
October 20th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091020-00000026-mai-soci
Here we go
October 21st, 2009 at 1:32 am
“がっちりした体形.”
I wonder if he looked that way before or after consuming that ungodly volume. I imagine packing that much delicious don into your system would make for a fairly effective escape disguise.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:02 am
When some folks and I traveled to New York a few years ago, we went around a few upscale restaurants but the meal that was the most satisfactory was easily a nightime Yoshinoya donburi. ¥4000 gets you what, a sliver of bluefin tuna at Nobu’s?
October 21st, 2009 at 9:06 am
The BSE kicked in fast for that guy.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:41 am
I note that Yoshinoya uses rather robust reuseable chopsticks.
October 21st, 2009 at 10:08 am
Apeescape: Cheap fast food in NYC is great- maybe high end restaurants were unsatisfying, but I’d MUCH rather have a good falafel or slice of pizza than go to the 42nd St YoOshinoya.
October 21st, 2009 at 10:29 am
Japanese fast food options in the US are set to increase. CoCo Ichibanya has just announced plans to open a store in LA next year. It will be a joint venture with House Food.
October 21st, 2009 at 10:29 am
He used chopsticks?
Sounds like the criminal was not a gaijin.
October 21st, 2009 at 10:44 am
NYC already has Gogo Curry actually, although I’ve never tried it.
http://www.gogocurryusa.com/
CocoIchi is probably better anyway.
October 21st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Roy – Gogo Curry is not bad. I hated it the first time, but then I decided it was rather good. I live in its hometown, and if you go when Matsui has done something impressive they give discounts. I prefer it to CocoIchiban, which is pretty bland really. At least Gogo is different. And always get an extra helping of ‘ru’.
October 21st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I could swear the last time I went to Yoshinoya (this was more than six months ago) I pulled some wooden disposable chopsticks out of that little box on the table. Did they change their policy?
On the curry front, I saw news that Coco Ichiban is opening up in California. Japanese curry is invading from both coasts!
October 21st, 2009 at 2:57 pm
This is why Japan needs tougher chopstick control laws.
October 21st, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Well, I’ll definitely be trying Gogo Curry if I end up living in New York after Kyoto, which is a possibility. I see they even deliver-but only in Midtown. Maybe they’ll open up some more locations.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:13 am
Badmouthing Nobu is prohibited on this blog. Thank you.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 am
Saying Nobu is expensive doesn’t really count as badmouthing.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:12 am
And this makes the national news…Jesus Wept (in Aomori of course)