April 12, 2004 00:59 | food

Set-O

Set-O

Lunch at a fast-food counter on Ichiban-cho, around the corner from Jim's plaze in Chyoda-ku, Hanzomon.

The way this works is you choose what you want from a ticket vending machine, present the ticket to the person behind the counter, and wait all of, oh, 30 seconds before they present you with your meal.

In my case, a bowl of hot broth with noodles and a bowl of tempura don (shrimp and something tempura on a bowl of rice).