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Bowls, cups, plates and other ceramics. There were probably at least 20
stores of this stuff. More than you could reasonably look
through.
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This stores are packed too. I'd be surprised if they didn't have
lots of accidents of people knocking things over once in a while.
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Here are containers for dinners and bento and stuff like that.
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You need display cases? 4 or 5 stores of them including the
real big fancy ones like you'd find in a high class deli (or the ones
you find at a Vons or Ralph's or Bristol Farms Deli.
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Gotta have chairs to run a restaurant. Well I guess you
don't have to but most restaurants use chairs.
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Packages for food. I wonder if they special order different
designs or if you have to use those ones.
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More bowls. I think you can buy them in bulk too although they
are fine with buying just one also.
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Dorayaki molds (Doraemon's
favorite food). Anko (sweet beans) inside pancakes. You eat
it like you'd eat a Ding
Dong
except they are usually best hot.
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All kinds of Hashi (chopsticks) including places where you can order
custom sleeves with your logo or whatever on them.
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There were at least a couple of interior design companies as well as
exterior design companies
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Here's the finished result
Pretty cool
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Kushiyaki grills (I think). Yakitori is a kind of Kushiyaki.
Kind of like small shish kabobs except different foods and different
spices and I think it's important to have certain kinds of wood burning
below for Kushiyaki to flavor the food.
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Gotta have knives. I'd hate to be in this place during an
earthquake.
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Lacquerware. Very important for Japanese style meals.
Rice, miso soup are often served in lacquer bowls and many many foods
are delivered on lacquer trays as is home delivered sushi and bento.
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If you want a lamp hanging in front of your restaurant there were 3
or 4 stores carrying all kinds
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Oden
is this *stuff*.
It sits in the things you see in this picture in very hot broth soaking
up the flavor. Mmmm Mmmm Good
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Could you really use all those pots and pans? How do you
decide which one to buy? Should I get the 50 cm pot or the 51 cm
pot?
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Of course for real Japanese style dining you need pillows since you
sit on the floor. I don't mind that but I prefer when the floor
is raised and there's a hole under the table so you can sit up in a
more normal position
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Okay I thought we covered the pots and pans in the last 3 pots and
pans stores but I guess there's always room for more.
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Ribbons. I'm not sure exactly how this relates to
restaurants. I guess it's for wrapping cake boxes for take home
and stuff like that.
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Uniforms of every shape and embarrassing design. Yes, I did see
some uniforms like the Hot Dog
on a Stick uniforms.
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Yep, uniforms. At least 4 stores of them
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Need a sign? There where 3 or 4 sign stores. Spinning
signs, lit signs, neon signs, digital programmable L.E.D. signs with
animated ads.
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This is a rack for delivering soups and noodles. It mounts on
the back of a scooter and keeps the soup from spilling (or at least
mostly)
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Menu racks to put your menu out in front of your restaurant for
passersby to check out.
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Running a bar? I suspect you are going to need bar stools.
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A store of industrial stoves of various sizes including specialized
ones for special kinds of pots. There was also an industrial sink
store.
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Here's a store that sells nothing but strainers. I had no idea there
were so many kinds. This strikes me as kind of like the Scotch
tape store on SNL but at least
you might go out of your way for a special kind of strainer.
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Running a sushi restaurant? You need one of these cases to store
your fish for everyone to see.
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Takoyaki molds. Takoyaki is small dumpings with chucks of
Octopus. It's good stuff. You pour the batter into this
mold and then poke around at it with a toothpick turning each dumping
over and over till it cooks.
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Towels in bulk. I never really thought about buying 50 towels but
I guess if you are running a restaurant you might need this.
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There's a lot of stuff I should have taken pictures of but I didn't.
For example, Pots large enough to climb into. Industrial candy making
machines. Giant bakery sized mixers for making lots of dough. There
are even a few stores of food supplies. Mostly spices and other things you
buy in bulk and use over a longer period.
