Last week, my husband and I went to a steak restaurant in our neighborhood. This shop is one of the chain restaurants, and since my husband loves going there, we sometimes visit.
When stepping in the shop, an American map caught our attention. Every time I see it, I count how many states I've visited. So far, I've visited Oregon, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Uta, Nevada, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, and Hawaii. I loved going to the Deep South.
The Route 66 sign and Harley-Davidsons are displayed as American symbols here.
If you saw your country’s money used as decoration like this, you’d probably laugh. They must be very old bills.
There was an old drink vending machine. Last time, when we visited, we saw a jukebox standing next to it. We didn't see it this time, but oldies music were still playing.
Even though the decorations look funny, please don't laugh. I know exact how you feel because I felt the same way whenever I visited Japanese restaurants in the States.
I like the buffet-style salad bar in this restaurant because there are always so many choices, and vegetables look always fresh.
My husband ordered a steak, and I ordered a hamburg steak. Since mine was a large portion for me, I gave him the half amount of it.
These desserts in the pictures below were also from the salad bar. There were some fruit as well.
The last picture shows coffee jelly.
While listening to oldies, it felt like we were in an American diner even though it didn't look authentic at all. We still had a great time.
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Bronco Billy is a Japanese steak and hamburger restaurant chain founded in 1978 in Aichi Prefecture . . . today there are over 130 Bronco Billy restaurants in Japan.
I’ve lived in the USA my entire life. Of all the states on your list, I’ve only visited Nevada, Michigan, Louisiana, and Georgia. I live on the east coast in Connecticut, one of the New England states. I guess it’s time for me to broaden my horizons and visit the west coast. California interests me. I’m curious. What intrigues you about the Deep South?
Thank you for reading, correcting and commenting, @T-Newfields. Do you have Bronco Billy in your neighborhood too?
@SEQ77 Thank you for asking. There are lots of reasons I attract to the Deep South. I especially love scenery of Kentucky. I visited there with my American friends from Alabama because two of them were from there. I enjoyed Lincoln's birthplace, Helen Keller's birthplace, Shakers’ village, Mennonites people and more. I also loved visiting Savanna, Georgia. Looking around breathtaking Victorian houses which have large porches were fascinating. I enjoyed hanging out with The Southern belle type women in the Deep South. They have full of Southern hospitality. They speak slower and behave very elegant.
They have their unique culture I've never seen in other places. Supporting guns, super religiest , only watching Fox news, everything was fascinating for me even though I don't agree with everything. I learned a lot of American culture there.
If you really want to learn about true culture, I recommend you to go rural areas. There are lots of interesting things you discover.
Oh, I forgot to mention about food. I definitely prefer food there, and I'm a fan of country music and bluegrass too.
When I hear people talking about the American deep south, I always think of the Top Gear episode that was filmed in Alabama 🤣 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcJ-0bAHB4).
Anyway, Yumi, after seeing what an American diner looks like in Japan, I'm beginning to change my mind about that pseudo-Italian restaurant you went to 😆 .
Oh, @Simone-! Thank you so much for the video clip. It was hilarious!!! When you get into the Deep South, you have to pretend you support everything, lol. I'm surprised I didn't see any cars holding American national flags or stickers saying I love Jesus. That's quite common there.
Once I made a big mistake to say my own opinion about George W Bush to my Alabama friends when they asked me what I thought about him. I definitely made them angry. Since then, I've pretended to support whatever they say. Trust me, they are very nice people. They have full of Southern hospitality.
I'm glad you changed your mind about our Italian restaurant, lol. We have lots of so-called Italian restaurants everywhere. We love so-called Italian food.