okinawa hai!

CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO I wrote about Co-op a couple of weeks ago and said that the Co-op stores carry organic vegetables.  For those of you who do not read Japanese, it’s hard to find what are organic and what are not.  So, here I am to show you how you can find them.  Try to [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE Just adding another vegetarian restaurant for those of you who would be interested.  Warahondo is a bit of a drive (took me 40 min from Kadena) but if you love meals that resemble eating grass and granola, you’ll love it!  And I did!  My husband sort of enjoyed it – he mostly [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY KELLYERACE Back in September, Diann asked where some good vegetarian grub could be found.  There were a bevy of responses, which can be read here. Well, as it happens one of my ESL students, Maki, is a chef at Bio Smile, one of the restaurants recommended.  She’s also vegetarian.  She also very kindly [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO When I go grocery shopping, I always go to two places:  Commissary on base and Co-op.  Sometimes I go to a third store, an organic store “ANEW”.  I like Co-op aka “Big apple store” because I can buy some organic vegetables and other organic products.  I find prices on Co-op brand products [...]

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Diann wants to know. You want to know. We want to know. I’ve been wanting to ask. Indian is usually a slam dunk for vegetarians, but is anyone able to suggest other restaurants offering vegetarian fare? My experience during my two months here so far has been that menu items such as tofu and okra [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE YAMADA I'm really interested in organics and locally grown produce and so was thrilled when a friend told me of the restaurant in the COSTA VISTA HOTEL.  She said it's all organic or locally grown food (but I haven't been able to verify this).  Either way, what a fantastic deal for a [...]

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