Sean Matsuno @sean

Japanese, Sichuan, and Italian cooking; whisk(e)y, wine, Nihonshu. Comedy fan. Twitter Japan 2008-2022 twitter.com/ajishiosean Tokyo Joined April 2008

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Sean Matsuno @sean

a week ago

Mapo tofu got me through my broke college student days, still making it years later

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4 weeks ago

@pandemona @mischa LOST references, reply threads with old friends — nay, comrades in the trenches…

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a month ago

@MikeIsaac Wonder if it’ll be even more jarring for Economist writers

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2 months ago

The only place I will drink a Long Island Iced Tea: bar in the international terminal

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2 months ago

@niw @FlySWISS Interesting, so US = corn, Switzerland = carrot

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2 months ago

@MikeIsaac To be fair though, at least when it comes time for the merchandising the hot ones universe the flamethrower will finally make sense

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Sean Matsuno @sean

3 months ago

I have no idea what @gopuff is but the fact that someone signed up with my email address and their customer support is powerless to fix it is pretty sad!

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Sean Matsuno @sean

3 months ago

I’m actually quite good at mapo tofu, a skill honed over now decades First because I had no money, now because I and the family really like it

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Seeing all the delivery, we can’t cook etc discourse makes me think more people need to learn how to make mapo tofu or buy a 90’s stir fry cookbook First day of living alone in college I went to Borders, bought one and fed myself with stir fry and barilla pasta cheaply, easily

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Sean Matsuno @sean

3 months ago

For those who don’t know, there was a kind of stir fry trend back then. I think the 90s elders were right about that one About sun-dried tomatoes maybe less so (still good, but only so useful)

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Sean Matsuno @sean

3 months ago

Fixed a broken screen door doing this, was strangely reassuring knowing there were a ton of Japanese videos about it

Brad Lemley @BradCLemley

3 months ago

Here is a huge positive to modern life that gets no press. I have an old 2009 Toyota, and the AUX port crapped out about a year ago. Went to YouTube. Young, enthusiastic guy explains how to fix it. It is not obvious - involves taking the dashboard apart in a counter-intuitive

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Sean Matsuno @sean

3 months ago

@HMBrough_ I meet a surprising number of Americans who think their kids are going to have the same idyllic summers and just get As and a good SAT score and waltz into an ivy like they did who will even admit they couldn’t get in today with their app (Banking on legacy admissions maybe?)

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Sean Matsuno @sean

4 months ago

@HMBrough_ I can’t speak to French (or Mandarin…) but the annoying conjugation hell of Spanish I find more annoying than Japanese, including kanji Tones in Mandarin definitely seem like an X factor though

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Sean Matsuno @sean

4 months ago

AI has legitimately saved me some time recently but alas still doesn’t have enough taste to help me find a proper gardener

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Sean Matsuno @sean

4 months ago

@HMBrough_ Learning Japanese instead of Spanish, over the objections of many around me, was probably one of the most prescient choices I made as a kid. For one, it helped lead me to a life changing job. Longtime follower. Drinks on me if you’re ever in Japan again, DM anytime.

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Sean Matsuno @sean

5 months ago

The lengths people go to to prevent flooding

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Sean Matsuno @sean

5 months ago

@MikeIsaac Every now and then I think about an alternative universe where I emigrated to Europe instead of Japan, then I look at the mild winters in Tokyo vs real deal ones in a lot of the EU where I likely would have turned up and realize I probably made the right decision

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Sean Matsuno @sean

6 months ago

Incidentally this is also why I learned how to make basic cocktails. The ancients were right: turns out cheap liquor tastes better if you mix it with stuff

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Sean Matsuno @sean

6 months ago

All this cooking discourse reminds me of when I was in college and learned how to make mapo tofu. Recipe carried me through first crummy job, even impressed a few people. Still make it today That and canned tomatoes (pasta and such) made for many cheap, easy, and good meals

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Sean Matsuno @sean

6 months ago

@ruth Sick reference (and disgustingly true) PS miss you all

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Sean Matsuno @sean

7 months ago

Lived near a Trader Joe’s for awhile, went twice, never went again. Just not my thing, was never all that impressed, but maybe that’s because I’m a diva about food.

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ

7 months ago

Trader Joe’s totes are being carried in Seoul, Melbourne and Tokyo. Because there are no Trader Joe’s stores abroad, the bags now sell on resale platforms like Depop, eBay and Korea’s Karrot market for up to $10,000. on.wsj.com/4jokWxX