I believe the English one is the original. The “original” one (the one in Chinese) was probably translated from English.

Hmm I see. Interesting.

It’s actually rice topped with an omelette, and the with some sauce thing made thick with potato starch. It’s called tenshinhan, which is a Japanese reimagination of the food they have in Tianjin, China. As far as I know this dish is just named after that city in China, but it’s not actually from there.

Impressive, you figured out it was a university coop cafe. Maybe I should have edited out the text to avoid doxxing myself haha.

True, the coops are one of the cheapest options. I also eat quite often at one of the beef set meal chains (one of sukiya, yoshinoya, or matsuya). Solid choice too.

my bombass lunch today for ¥616 (~US$3.94)

congrats.