Guam is getting better and better!!

This afternoon I had a chance to talk to Wanjoo, the owner of Margarita's Burritos and BBQ. When I told him that we are planning to put more veggie dishes on our menu, he said that is exactly what he is planning for Margarita's.

I love to have good meat. Though having too much meat is not for health. And it is not good for the environment as well. That was what Wanjoo claiming. All the resources on the earth are limited. And everything on this small island too. We have to build up a sustainable society.
http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/92/1/Cutting-meat-consumption.html

As you know, Japanese food is not too greasy nor meaty. Basically it is good for health. But I think there's more we can do to make our island and earth better.
I don't want to force my customers veggie menus. But I want to leave a choice for those who are seriously thinking about the earth. You can even find a Guam Vegan website. http://guamvegan.blogspot.com/2010/05/aji-ichi.html

And I'm not the only one. Wanjoo and some other restaurant as Simply Food, Healthy Hearts are also thinking about the earth and the island.

I'm pretty sure that Guam would become better as long as there are so many people selfless people thinking for Guam.

Guam will be better and better!!

Oh, by the way, our new veggie dishes are so good. Just stay tuned!!


グアムは日本に比べるとまだ環境意識は低い。
それでも徐々に状況は変わりつつはある。

今日マルガリータス（http://blog.arukikata.co.jp/tokuhain/guam/2010/05/post_170.html）のオーナーのWanjoo氏と話す機会があって「今味一ではベジタリアンメニューを充実させようと思っているんだよね」と言ったところ、彼も「実はうちも同じこと考えているんだ」と食いついてきました。

Wanjoo曰く、「肉の食べ過ぎは健康に悪いだけじゃなくて、そもそも肉牛を育てること自体がなによりも環境によくないんだよ」と。

そう、グアムは健康意識だけじゃなくて、環境意識も確実に高まりつつあります。

やっぱり「南の島」というとピースフルであって欲しいと思うと思うけれども、太平洋の多くの島ではゴミを中心に環境は潜在的に大きな問題になりつつあるんですよ。

ひとつのレストランができることは少ないかも知れないけれども、こういう問題意識を共有し続けたら、絶対社会全体がよくなっていきますよね。

グアムを南太平洋の環境モデルケースにできたらいいですよね。
がんばります。

あっ、味一のベジタリアンメニュー、健康にいいだけじゃなくてかなり美味しい自信作なんで、乞うご期待！！

eco friendly chopsticks

some of you already may have noticed that we stopped using wooden chopsticks at Aji-Ichi.
some of the customers prefer to the wooden chopsticks but we had a reason to change.

Every year, tons of trees are made into chopsticks whole over the world. This is becoming a big issue from the environment point of view.
http://www.greenecoservices.com/eco-friendly-chopsticks/

So we have decided stop using disposable chopsticks. Among various kinds of restaurant chopsticks, we have chosen the best one which won't be slippery when you're having noodles. I understand still some of the customers prefer to wooden chopsticks. But please understand that we are doing this considering the global environment.

Aji-Ichi is trying to be good to the community and the earth.
Let's make the world better together!!



味一Upper Tumon店とBluelagoon店では今年の５月から割り箸を使用することをやめました。
もちろん環境を考えてのことです。
グアムでは最近になって少しずつ環境意識が高まってきましたが、残念ながらまだ環境の観点から割り箸の使用をやめているお店は見ません。だから「割り箸の方が使いやすいからもってきてくれよ」と仰るお客様もまだいらっしゃいます。それでも「環境のためにやっているのでご理解よろしくお願いします」と説明すると理解してくださるようになってきています。
世界が少しでもよくなれるようみんなで協力しあえたらいいですね。