It’s not a tumor

It’s not a tumor

posted on 26 Aug 2016 in Menus

false-cancer

Great…now I need faux chemotherapy.

Photo courtesy of Andy Balk.
Found at a buffet in Matsue, Japan. 

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DrLex
DrLex
7 years ago

The cancer is a lie. And the cake as well.

Huu Yuu
Huu Yuu
7 years ago

I’ll have tumor servings of false cancer, waiter.

Huu Yuu
Huu Yuu
7 years ago

This food was made with growth hormones, not cancer growth.

Huu Yuu
Huu Yuu
7 years ago

Cancer? False, it is actually a Virgo.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
7 years ago

The stuff on the plate at the left must be fake Capri-corn.

Frank Burns
Frank Burns
7 years ago

There goes the good excuse for “medical” marijuana.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
7 years ago

This caption is off-tropic.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
7 years ago

I don’t never want to suffer from that!

J-Luke
J-Luke
7 years ago

“Waiter, my soup is lumpy.”
“That’s just chicken, sir.”

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
7 years ago

The false cancer is crap, not crab.

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
7 years ago

The Miracle Doctor Abe can perform his surgeries with chopsticks and soy sauce

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
7 years ago

When the surgeons operated, it was just a gyoza-ectomy.

jjhitt
jjhitt
7 years ago

And your sister aint no Virgo either.

jjhitt
jjhitt
7 years ago

You mean it’s tofu-cancer?

Yu No Hoo
Yu No Hoo
7 years ago

B-9 on the menu.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
7 years ago

Don’t bother complaining about it to the manager; we did, and he Taurus a new one!

Long Tom
Long Tom
7 years ago

Actually, marijuana really does work in some medical situations…but it is NOT supposed to make you high!

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

Mmm…can’t wait to dig in and satisfy my false hunger!

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

I’ve actually been eating this stuff for the past 22 years and it ain’t killed me yet!!

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

More later…in abt and hour or two.
This entry literally had me belly laughing for over 5 minutes straight.
‘Coz I know what the false cancer is, how it tastes, and where the Japanese staffer went wrong in the translation attempt…and once again it results from that staffer’s cheapskate manager not being willing to pay a long-time resident gaijin ten bucks US to give an accurate description in English!

So here’s a hint:
“Winner, winner, tofu dinner!”

Except in this case it was probably breakfast…

See you folks in abt 90 min. Gotta drive into work.

algernon
algernon
7 years ago

A bowel of prostates

algernon
algernon
7 years ago

Come to where the flavor is come to cancer country

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

Meanwhile…across the waters of the East China Sea, on display at Beijing’s Wangfujing Night Market, a street vendor hawks his wares and markets them to the naive Laowai passers-by as:

“Scorched Scorpio on the Stick”

DrLex
DrLex
7 years ago

Good news! You don’t have cancer.
The bad news, it is actually a xenomorph that will burst out of your chest in a few hours.

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

OK. So…this is probably from your standard Japanese hotel breakfast buffet. It’s called “Gan-mo-doki” and you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganmodoki Basically a kind of tofu with all sorts of veggies and seeds and spices inside, then deep fried into a chewy fritter. It’s found in a whole host of dishes in Japan. I find it quite tasty…definitely tastier than regular “plain” tofu. They got the “Gan” part screwed up. In this case it’s supposed to mean “False Goose” (meaning kind of like “mock chicken”) where one character pronounced “Gan” which used to be used for “goose” sounds just… Read more »

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

@DrLex 604:

“Tofu Alien” !!!

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

Note:
Taurus with Broccoli (two hot plate stations over) not included in photo.

Classic Steve
7 years ago

We thought we were steaming a crab, but it turned out to be an octopus in camouflage.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
7 years ago

Avoid it if you can, sir.

Geo
Geo
7 years ago

How many times do I have to tell you, it’s not a cancer, IT’S A TERATOMA! IT’S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
(Links to Wikipedia page)

Marum
Marum
7 years ago

@Pete. 0608. Not yet perhaps.

But. Will you be her tomorrow. 😀

Marum
Marum
7 years ago

Sung by the Mock Turtle in the Lobster Quadrille from Alice in Wonderland. (Lewis Carrol

Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen!
Who for such dainties would not stoop?
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!

Beau–ootiful Soo–oop!
Beau–ootiful Soo–oop!
Soo–oop of the e–e–evening,
Beautiful, beautiful Soup!

Beautiful Soup! Who cares for fish,
Game or any other dish?
Who would not give all else for two
Pennyworth only of Beautiful Soup?
Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup?

Beau–ootiful Soo–oop!

Marum
Marum
7 years ago

Posting 0815..

EDIT: her = here.

STET: Leave it at “her” it’s funnier.

Marum
Marum
7 years ago

@Pet 0652..

Q. What is the difference between Broccoli and snot?

A. Under no conditions whatsoever, will children eat broccoli.

Marum
Marum
7 years ago

Ah! Kaposi’s Sarcoma.

Marum
Marum
7 years ago

So! Hasoohu Barounoo. 🙄

Marum
Marum
7 years ago

ハッシュブラウン 😉

Stuie
Stuie
7 years ago

No need to be crabby about it.

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

@Marum 847:

Nice job with yer katakana, mate!

For everyone else, Marum is talkin’ ’bout breakfast taters.

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

@Marum 844:

More like “Hasshu Braaun”, dude.

Marum
Marum
7 years ago

@Pete 0934.. The katakana was total fluke mate.

Normally, I manage to tell someone (inadvertently) that their Honourable Grandmother is a horse’s ar$3, or summat similar.

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

@Marum 947:

You sound like me when I try speaking Mandarin.
I know just enuf to be dangerous.

Or even me speaking Japanese after having moved back to the states 20+ years ago. Man am I rusty.

Lora
Lora
7 years ago

And they have fool’s cold for dessert.

A Non-Y Mouse
A Non-Y Mouse
7 years ago

English isn’t my doctor’s first language, Fortunately it turned out I only had imitation crabs.

Pete
Pete
7 years ago

@Mouse:

Were they biosynthetic nano-crabs?

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
7 years ago

Well, Japanese have no sense of tumor.

Auntie
Auntie
7 years ago

“It’s not a tumor”. Sometimes the headline for the photo is just priceless. Hats off to whoever comes up with it…either Engrish.com staff or the photo senders.

And, thanks to “Pete” for the exlication!

Auntie
Auntie
7 years ago

*explication

EffEff
EffEff
7 years ago

Someone here has one hell of a razor-sharp katakana.

Peter
Peter
7 years ago

It’s a true Capricorn

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