After 10-day stay in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the two food items that I miss the most got to be wagyu beef and, surprisingly, tamago sando (Japanese egg sandwich). No more introduction is needed for wagyu beef. We all have heard of it and seen it on TV or on some Youtube channel. Yes, it tastes like heaven. My expectation for wagyu was skyscraper high but it still tastes better than I could have imagined in every way possible. In my experience, not many things can survive such a hype. Wagyu beef is among the rare cases.
However, it is the tamago sando that wins my heart. Hard-boiled eggs, kewpie mayonnaise, and fluffy slices of bread, a combination of such simple ingredients creates a delightful flavor. The slightly bulging center with creamy egg and mayonnaise goodness on the brink of oozing out is what I would say as the defining characteristic of a Japanese egg sandwich. Unlike wagyu, the price of an egg sandwich is super down-to-earth and it is readily available in every convenience store in Japan.
I guess nostalgia also plays a role when I say I miss it the most. When you travel on a budget in Japan, convenience store becomes your best friend. Most of my meals were settled here during the 10-day stay. I tried many items in the convenience store, but in the end I still grabbed a tamago sando, and may be occasionally a slice of cheese cake. Sushi, ramen, donburi, udon, tempura, I would say none of them really trumps over a simple tamago sando.
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