Mitsuwa Market Arlington Heights

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A neat little Asian market in Arlington Heights, the main attraction has gots to be the food court. Authentic, fairly cheap, and abundant Asian food - all served along with a massive crush of humanity mixed with a cacophony of noise. The real star is the takeout sushi though, it's actually fresher and tastier than a lot of sit down restaurants.

I've really grown to love a good serving of chicken feets, done right these things are the bees knees. Tender, chewy, ligament-y, all in a fragrant & delectable sauce. The best way to eat these guys is to shove a foot in your mouth and start sucking off the meat(?) without using your fingers and creating a huge mess. Then when all the meat(?) has been slurped, spit the bones on your plate and grin at the people at the next table. Not the safest method, since I constantly felt like I was going to swallow an entire bone.

These pics were taken with Fuji 400 Superia, Nikon 50mm 1.8D, and Nikon N90s. A swell little camera, it's light, fast AF, and feature packed. It was Nikon's pro-level SLR right after the F4 and between the F5. It's a great little camera to carry around if you don't feel like doing the whole manual focus thing.