I had a little think about the differences between active and passive consumers this morning and it struck me as an interesting point and one worth elaborating on a little. Now this may not be the accepted definition (if there is one) of the different types of consumers as these are purely my thoughts so …
Author archives: Moses Hoyt
Fall Ramen Adventures
So as a little update to my previous post on exploring Japan’s fine cuisine through little ramen joints, I managed to check a few more ‘best of the best’ places off of the list. Also as a sidenote, I feel that 80% of recent posts have been about Japanese food. That’s not a bad thing. …
Smart Tools
Having spent my final year at Cambridge University engrossed in my masters project, I figured I should do a little write up on here just in case anyone’s interested in the research and development that I was involved in. The main source of information can be found here, this includes an overall synopsis of the …
Dreams of Sushi
Last night I watched the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi (link to rotten tomatoes) all about the 86 year old Michelin 3 star chef behind the restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro. It’s a great little documentary exploring his life, the unfathomable passion and quest for perfection that he has with his work. Wonderfully well shot too, I …
Ramen Exploration
So one of the things that I missed while I was away from Japan was ramen. Last time I was here I remember going into this small little place in Harajuku, guessing what looked good from the vending machine menu and the pictures on the wall, and ordering it. What I got was a fantastic …
Tokyo Livin’
So getting more settled here – I’ll try and get a few more updates going, but it’s constantly awesome and amazing the variety of places there are to eat, to shop, to hangout. And there isn’t even a service like Yelp to cover it all. I’m so accustomed to using some geolocation food finding app …
Living it up in Asia
I’ve recently started a course on intensive Japanese based at Nihon University in Tokyo. The course was set up by the wonderful people at Pembroke College International Programmes, and as such, to take part in this course I’ve had to move out to Tokyo. It’s coming up to a week of being out here, so …