The Tower of Shrimp Patties

Posted on October 5, 2013 Updated on October 5, 2013

Last night, while I was unlocking my bike on our way home, this HUGE poster was just screaming for attention in front of me. So I gave it a glance… or two… or three… until it escalated into a full-blown stare.

“Hey umm, what IS that? ” I asked my girl who was busy rummaging around her bag for her bike’s keys. “It looks like a very tall burger. Is that croquette? Hey it’s just 500 Yen, wanna get one?”

And we did. The amazing thing is, it looked exactly how it did on the poster. WOAH. Is this a joke? How the heck could anyone even eat this thing? I looked around and apparently, a lot of people were also mesmerized with the promise of owning a tower of crunchiness. They were dismantling it.

After a minute of unabashed admiration *Instagram that joint!* I tried one patty, bit into it, and discovered it was made of shrimp. Nice! Something I’m allergic to! Well no matter, I have some meds with me anyway. My girl and I took one bread slice and a shrimp patty each and munched away. I dunno if it’s because we were hungry, but it was just so delicious. The moist bun topped with a steaming hot shrimp filet and the creamy mayo with the lettuce…

*smacks lips* That was good. Now what to do with the remaining three patties? I think I’ve reached my shrimp-eating limit for tonight. I am allergic to it you know. So we wrapped them up and went home.

Good thing too! Because this morning, when we opened the fridge, three lone sausages and eggs welcomed us. We took the shrimp patties, toasted them in the oven till they were hot and crispy again, softly boiled the eggs, and popped some juicy sausages, and Saturday morning breakfast has never been more special!

Ohayou gozaimasu Japan! Thank you for making extremely weird food promotions haha