
words to live by
Being from Australia, one of my favorite foods is lamb. When I was a small child growing up in Sydney, even the smell of it in butcher shops made me dream of one day working in one of those emporiums of meat. So when I saw a food stall in the periphery of the culinary adventurous and usually rewarding Field of Heaven my visual and olfactory senses became instantly heightened and I went in for a closer look. Much to my disappointment, there was an extremely long line of people waiting to get their hands on a tasty chop and I didn’t have time to wait, so I can’t make any comments on how these chops actually taste. What I am pretty confident writing is that it was the first time I had seen a stall selling lamb chops at any festival in Japan, music related or otherwise. Just look at the effort these people went to making their offerings seem appetizing, even adding an unmistakably Japanese style cute hand-drawn picture and some incomprehensible yet completely captivating phrase to get you to purchase. How exactly life is like a lamb chop is open to interpretation but possibly the intended message was that after enjoying the nutritious, succulent and delicious piece of lamb meat, you are left to struggle with the remnants of what used to be something spectacular stuck to a hard and unforgiving bone. A rather distant but conceivable metaphor for the deterioration of our bodies (and for some people soul’s) as we age.

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The food at Fuji is cheap, plentiful and delicious. With choices from all around the globe, why go for western food? Well, when you’re promised a f**king yummy hamburger, you see if they’re delivering the goods, my friend. These guys definiately delivered.



The worst thing about FRF 11 is the lack of pizza at the Field of Heaven. That place was not just the best grub at the festival (if you could handle the one or two hour wait), but it was a lifeline for vegetarians. Now it’s gone, and so has the veggie food stand in the Avalon field. Which leaves… not very much to eat. Here’s one option – in the World Food Court. Tofu in a pita with coleslaw. It’s not exactly high gastronomy, but it is food. For strict veggies, there’s also a pizza place in the Oasis area, and the Levain stand in the Field of Heaven. Anything else? I can’t find it. A bit poor for a festival with so many hippies.









