I am a pure vegetarian by belief and choice from birth. So whenever I travel abroad I have to say No Fish, No Meat, No Chicken!. Immediately some people reply back How about Water? – definitely not funny especially when I am hungry. 
Only saving grace is that I eat everything vegetarian and Egg is OK as long as it is masked inside cakes and sweets – no omelettes though.
So why am I saying so much about me here, not only because it is my blog and I can write whatever I feel like here 
, but to give you the context.
Last week I was in Japan on my second business trip there, stayed there in Akasaka (ANA Tokyo Hotel). Fortunately I could find lot of Indian Restaurants in walking distance or few subway stations away. The one I liked was Moti’s. Other options include “Maharaja“, last visit I had visited this restaurant in Shinjuku – but the food there is made more for the Japanese/Western taste.
Japanese are known for their hospitality and friendliness. My clients in Japan hosted a dinner specially for me and my co-worker. Like I did during my last visit, I requested them for a Japanese dinner. They took effort in finding a good restaurant near Omote-Sando station. It was a classical Japanese style home, and they served a seven (or eight) course lavishing meal. The meal was pure vegetarian and consisted of boiled vegetables, fruits, rice, tofu and Japanese tea. I was told by my hosts that the meal was modeled on what Japanese Buddhist monk have in their monasteries. For me, it was a different experience. The restaurant manager gave all of us a paper (shown in the image here) that has the entire menu we had for the dinner listed in Japanese.
Like Indians, Japanese also have their food sitting on floor. But a new thing I learned on that day was that Japanese conventionally sit in Vajrasam Yoga style while sitting on floor. The normal folded legs posture is considered in Japan to be rude – but nowadays very common.