Tuesday, October 18, 2005 I've finally discovered a bit more about the origin of my mysterious Queen Alice dishes. For those not in the know, I bought these in Azove just before departing for post. I needed something to store food and the like in, and these just happened to be in a shop we were in. They're a full set that stack together like Russian dolls. All black with silver writing, I couldn't say no. Especially considering nearly everything else in this country in the same genre is beige with a floral print.

In any case, I'd always wondered what "Queen Alice" was, and why Yutaka Ishinabe was producing it. Well, Queen Alice is a restaurant... and those foodies out there will already know that Yutaka Ishinabe is one of the chefs on "Iron Chef" (Iron Chef French, I believe?). In any case, how random is it to have dishes branded as such? I'm pretty sure he's not using these in his restaurant... so why do they exist? So much mystery still surrounds them.