The Food as a Challenge or Uhmmmm...

Well, Well
as everything seems to be so pretty and nice in Japan, not everything
I have lived has been completely great. It is not because is not great but because you need to know what you are ordering when it comes to traditional Japanese dishes and getting used to the food may take a little while.
Remember, the only way to learn about food is by "Trial and Error".
The first meal I had was a regular pasta dish with alfredo sause at the restaurant I went with Tommy, Koen and Ashley. (see blog titled: My first adventure in Hirakata City) Sounds like a regular plate doesn't it? but after about 20 minutes walking around the Mall in Hirakata Station, I started feeling the stomack pain, and knew I had gotten sick. My roomate fromSweden told me that some countries food bacteria may vary per country and I had just to adjust to it.
The second meal was a breakfast on a small coffee shop (see photo above) around the neightborhood. It was delicious, it was filled with egg, mayonaise and some other sauce, they served it with a mandaring and cabbage salad. I truly enjoyed it, but then after one hour, my stomack must have been sensitive to the ingredients, or to the previous day sickness, but yeah I got sick again. That worried me because I wasn't sure why I felt that way. What should I not eat. I got concerned and started preparing my own food-Sandwich with Ham and Cheese.
Finally, my third try: the first meal I ordered on the Campus Cafeteria. The menu was so different from what we are use to eating-Most everything were delicious looking desserts, and plates with curry, noodle soup with curry, rice and chicken with curry, and fried foods. Since I cannot eat fry stuff I was looking for the healthiest dish. I found Soup- It looked nice, and so I ordered "Supa", it tasted well, it had a lot of seaweed, noodles and some other greens in it. After I ate a few spoons I couldn't continue, the seaweed taste was quite strong for me and I was so sad I couldn't finish it even if I wanted. I started to "really dislike" the idea of adding seaweed to my plates, so I just finished all my rice and that was my lunch.
I was glad though, I didn't get sick again. In Spanish we say "la tercera es la vencida", in english I don't know how to exactly translate the saying, but it means "The third is the last", and yes it was for me, since then I have been able to try many other dishes and feel well.