I posted
about the event last year. Let me say this once again.
The British Fair is
held at a well-known department store in Osaka at this time of every year. Tens
of thousands of Anglophiles flooded during the fair. Especially, tea and scones
captivate so many people every year. And it is no exception this year, either. Yes,
no exception… Maybe you can see it from the picture.
People queued up for
three hours to get a popular tearoom Bettys tea, for one and half hours to
get fish and chips, and for hours to eat cream tea served by Davenports Tea room. Long long queues
were everywhere. Unfortunately, I’m not patient, so I gave up joining in such a long
queue, but luckily I was able to have “English Breakfast” without waiting long.(served
by Eckington Manor, Worcestershire). Baked beans, sausages, scrambled eggs, and
mushroom…..Baked beans are not popular in Japan. The taste of English sausages
are different from that of Japanese ones. So I was happy to have the dish for the first time in a long time. That reminded me of my staying at London many many years ago.
I
gave in to such a crowd and didn't stay at the venue that long. Even so I felt "the sense
of British" enough, which made me very happy.
