Louise Bremner wrote:
> Ron Hitler Barrassi <greg-the-stop-sign@tism.com.au> wrote:
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>>Louise Bremner wrote:
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>>>Ron Hitler Barrassi <greg-the-stop-sign@tism.com.au> wrote:
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>>>>My last care package, and I do mean *last* included flavoured 
>>>>dehydrated rice meals. Yes, rice. 
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>>>Um.... I ask visitors to bring rice if they really want to give me
>>>something I can't buy in Japan. But I make it clear I mean Basmatti
>>>rice....
>>>
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>>Seijou near Shinjuku Minamiguchi. Or a stroll through Okubo.
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> 
> Real Basmati? Or just the cheapest stuff they can fob off as "ethnic"
> (bearing in mind the 1000% import duties)?
> 

Seijo has Thai Jasmine which I love. In Okubo there are lots of 
ethnic shops run by real ethnics. The Indian stores are heaven on 
earth and have several types of rice.