On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 12:26:59 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:40:15 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:04:57 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:54:45 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:43:41 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> >> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:26:29 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 9:14:03 AM UTC-10, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 12:56:26 PM UTC-5, KenK wrote:
> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> > I do the same thing. I use 2 and 1/2 C of northern beans for a crockpot
> >> >> >> > bean soup/stew but I'm getting tired of so many daily bean meals. Next time
> >> >> >> > will try 2 C.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> It's weird. I love pinto beans, black beans and red kidney beans, and could
> >> >> >> happily eat them every day, but I have a strong aversion to Great Northern
> >> >> >> beans. I can't even be in the same house where they're cooking.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --Bryan
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Oddly enough, the Japanese see beans as mostly a dessert and sweets food. Why is that? I donno. It's like a whole alternate universe. They make two main types of sweet bean paste - red and white but some unusual ones are also made.
> >> >>
> >> >> I once had really nice savoury breakfast bean cookies at a Tokyo
> >> >> airport hotel. Only if you chose the Japanese breakfast. I wish I knew
> >> >> their name.
> >> >
> >> >It was probably manju.
> >> >
> >> >https://www.japan-experience.com/to-...eady/the-manju
> >>
> >> They weren't sweet, but savoury. And flat and crunchy. Probably made
> >> of soy bans or other beans.
> >
> >It was probably senbei.
> >
> >https://tadaimajp.com/2016/09/senbei/
> I don't think they were made of rice.

By a process of elimination, I have come to the conclusion that you had falafel.

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:15:18 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 12:26:59 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:40:15 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:04:57 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:54:45 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:43:41 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>> >> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:26:29 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 9:14:03 AM UTC-10, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 12:56:26 PM UTC-5, KenK wrote:
>> >> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >> > I do the same thing. I use 2 and 1/2 C of northern beans for a crockpot
>> >> >> >> > bean soup/stew but I'm getting tired of so many daily bean meals. Next time
>> >> >> >> > will try 2 C.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> It's weird. I love pinto beans, black beans and red kidney beans, and could
>> >> >> >> happily eat them every day, but I have a strong aversion to Great Northern
>> >> >> >> beans. I can't even be in the same house where they're cooking.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --Bryan
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Oddly enough, the Japanese see beans as mostly a dessert and sweets food. Why is that? I donno. It's like a whole alternate universe. They make two main types of sweet bean paste - red and white but some unusual ones are also made.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I once had really nice savoury breakfast bean cookies at a Tokyo
>> >> >> airport hotel. Only if you chose the Japanese breakfast. I wish I knew
>> >> >> their name.
>> >> >
>> >> >It was probably manju.
>> >> >
>> >> >https://www.japan-experience.com/to-...eady/the-manju
>> >>
>> >> They weren't sweet, but savoury. And flat and crunchy. Probably made
>> >> of soy bans or other beans.
>> >
>> >It was probably senbei.
>> >
>> >https://tadaimajp.com/2016/09/senbei/
>> I don't think they were made of rice.
>
>By a process of elimination, I have come to the conclusion that you had falafel.

I'm familiar with falafel. It must have been something pretty
mainstream for Japanese since it was just an airport hotel, not a very
fancy place.