Burns Night in Japan - tokyo food file

01/26/2013

Burns Night in Japan

We've got the whisky all sorted. And the haggis (naturally grown, of course)…

Actually, haggis is not unobtainable in Tokyo — as I mentioned in a column several years back...

More about the cult of Burns here… And why Stateside folks will never get it...

[and congrats to Andy Murray for his timely win this evening Japan Time]

Jan 26, 2013 1:04:37 AM | crisps, festivals, food and drink, food photos, haggis, Japan Times, whisky

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