# Change and little Japanese restaurants
Isn’t it a beautiful thing to, after two years, go back to your little neighbourhood Japanese restaurant 
and find that everything’s exactly the same as when you left 
? The prices haven’t changed (except for Coke
), the little cardboard “Sold Out” signs are still in operation 
, the charming hand-illustrated sign on the front still advises “No alcohol / No bare-feet” 
, the staff still consist of Japanese exchange students who take your money with both hands, and who are presumably responsible for the hand-lettered cardboard “business cards” that you get with your take-away 
.
Actually, maybe it is depressing that nothing has changed. (Are you surviving, little Japanese neighbourhood restaurant? Are you prospering?) And why is charm so important? Why do I want you not to change?
Isn’t it supposed to be all about the food 
, the awesome food?
(Miyoshi is 85 Swan St, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, and is rated T for tasty.)