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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 26/12/2025
Being Australian I normally sit in a cold pool watching everything outside melt. Not in Japan, it's reversed!
Outside onsen in Japan snowing
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 25/12/2025
Christmas Day in a tiny coffee shop in Nagano
A tiny coffee shop in Japan.
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 22/12/2025
Some Wagyu steak in a local butcher in Kyoto. I don't see beef like this in Australia very often 🙁
Beef strip loin with a lot of marbling
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 17/12/2025
Okonomiyaki and scallops in Hiroshima Made by Japanese Nonna's (if that's a thing?)
Lady cooking scallopsPicture of okonomiyaki
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 16/12/2025
Sitting in a dentist waiting room in Hiroshima for some emergency dental work on my daughter (a cap from a childhood accident came off) Very friendly staff, patient with the language barrier and is costing $70 - I may come to Japan for all future dental work!
Picture of dentist waiting room in Hiroshima
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 12/12/2025
Nice! For recs, if your in the Osaka area: Cadboll - the cosiest whiskey and cocktail bar I've ever been to. We stop in every night for a nightcap! share.google/tKbbuFIio0oc...
A photo of Cadbol whiskey bar in Osaka
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 12/12/2025
Kobe beef in Osaka for an expensive but delicious lunch
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 08/12/2025
Picture of cartoon pig and human with the caption: arguing with a philosopher is a lot like wrestling in the mud with a pig... After a couple of hours you realise the pig likes it
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 27/08/2025
Also a smorgasbord of industry affiliations
Screenshot of competing interests from paper showing extensive industry contacts
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 15/06/2025
BBQing on the back verandah listening to @theresthistory.bsky.social
View from my balcony showing today sunset over mountains
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 13/06/2025
Picture of the cornballer from Arrested Development with Michael Bluth holding his burned hand
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 07/06/2025
My 17 year old daughter and I are re-watching Adventure Time, absolute favourite from her childhood. Classic quotes just from this mornings episodes: Finn: I'm never kidnapping again Princess Bubblegum: You shouldn't punch brainiacs you know how fragile they are
Characters from adventure time
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 04/06/2025
Cartoon of Oscar the Grouch (?) presenting MAHA report with AI involvement, missing citations, made up citations and scientific integrity closed for repairs.
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 28/05/2025
"Pink Man on Tour #6" by Manit Sriwanichpoom "The personification of consumerist greed"
Man dressed in a cheap pink suit pushes a pink shopping cart through a rice field
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 08/05/2025
Bluey's reaction to Trump film tariffs
Bluey sitting down looking sad
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 02/05/2025
SharkNinja recall pressure cooker after burns to users fortune.com/article/shar...
The Cornballer from Arrested Development
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 24/04/2025
Moonraker has a villain who was a wealthy nazi and hasn't aged well
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 27/02/2025
I'd also add a Chinese style chefs knife, it's not a cleaver, but the broad blade comes in useful for all sorts of stuff when prepping. Almost the only knife I use these days.
Picture of a Chinese chefs knife
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 11/02/2025
In Australia at least 'unlimited spending' isn't really the case, less than 0.5% of GDP. I think publicly funded research in most countries out performs what could be expected based on investment. www.industry.gov.au/news/what-do...
Graph showing Australia government R&D budget allocations from 2014 to 2025.
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SciFood Blog @scifood.blog · 08/02/2025
What about Eton Mess?
Picture of Eton Mess dishes. Berries, cream and meringue mixed messily together in a glass
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