Akamaru New. If you are coming from Shinsaibashi, they’re the first octopus stall on the left as you enter Dontonbori. I must have eaten three or four of these. (Photo c/o Ana Marques.)

Final meter reading. Ana was right. It wasn’t ¥16000. But it was close. (Photo c/o Ana Marques.) (Photo c/o Ana Marques.) Dotonbori. The aftermath of empty plates. My BFFs, Ana And Chelu Marques on the left. And caught cigarette-handed on the right are my boyfriend, Nicolas Rambeau, and me. Loved it that we could smoke…