Is it Really? / 本当に？

Check out the the pictures of the two dishes below. Can you guess where we had lunch? If you're an American, chances are that you would not answer [Denny's]. What? That Denny's? Home of the "Circle D Burger" and "Moons over My Hammy" Denny's? That Denny's where you can order steak and eggs for breakfast? Yes, that Denny's. However, unlike the T.G.I.Friday's or The Outback, the menu of Denny's in Japan has no relation whatsoever to it's American counterpart.

下記の写真を見て。さ、私たちは何処でランチを食べたんでしょう？アメリカ人なら絶対「Denny's」と思い浮かばないでしょう。何？あのDenny's？「サークルD・バーガー」や「ムンズ・オバ・マイ・ハミー」のあのDenny's？朝食でステーキ・エグズが注文出来る店？その通り、その店です。でも日本にあるT.G.I.Friday'sやThe Outbackと違って、日本のDenny'sのメニューはアメリカのメニューとは全然違う。

Rice Omelet / オムライス

Tantan-men / 坦々麺

My American readers, you still don't believe me? I thought that might be the case so I also took a picture of the restaurant from outside.

アメリカ人の読者たち、まだ信じらないの？そうくると思ったので、外から店の写真も撮りました。

And borrowing an idea from my friend Janet, I decided to take a pictures in four directions from the same spot. Aside from the kanji characters, you would think you were Anywheresville, USA don't you think? There's Denny's where we had lunch. A 7-11 beneath the restaurant. From a different perspective, there's a Subways and Starbuck's. So, is globalization a good thing or not?

で、友達のジャネットのアイディアを借りて、一つの場所に立て、四つの角度で写真を撮ってみました。そうすると、日本の文字がなければ、アメリカのどっかみたいな感じになってますね。Denny'sの下は7-11. また別の角度でSubwayとStarbuck's。本当にグロバリゼーションは良い物でしょうか？

This area where I took the pictures is Sangenjaya around Carrot Tower and Sangenjaya Station for the Setagaya Line.

写真を撮った場所は三軒茶屋にあるキャロットタワーの近くと世田谷線の三軒茶屋駅。