Tokyo: Foreign Foods

Throughout Japan, I noticed that there were many foreign and western establishments. It is hard to go down any street in Tokyo and not find a bakery or an Italian restaurant. The bakery is a mix of French pastries and Japanese desserts. The Italian restaurants have many spaghetti dishes and alfredo always served with seafood toppings. Another popular dessert is crepes eaten by many people, especially during the summer times. Cotton candy is a very popular snack. I witnessed a child get cotton candy that was bigger than her head! It is hard to walk down a street in Tokyo and not see a sign for pizza and beer. The pizzas much like the pasta have seafood added to it especially shrimp. There are tacos sold in some areas. The tacos are soft shell and usually beef or fish. There are burger joints around Tokyo as well. Baskin Robbins are common and very popular. A few more American restaurants I saw included McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, TGI Fridays, and KFC. Korean restaurants are becoming more popular throughout Japan as well. In general, the foreign foods seem to be much more unhealthy than traditional Japanese Foods. With more westernization of Japan, it will be interesting to see if there is a spike in obesity.
Here is just a small sample of foreign establishments and foods that I found.

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