Maybe since it's Japan, the cook didn't want to dishonour the master he learned from?
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2025
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Too much kanji, no hiragana or katakana makes it feel like not Japan
Second. Also, I can read Japanese, and that’s Chinese.
Even for someone who’s illiterate, Chinese commas resemble English ones, just placed in the center of a full-width character box. Japanese commas are literally 「、」.
TIL about Chinese commas :)
Maybe it is Taiwan then, since there are no simplified characters.
Both signs have simplified characters. It is probably not TW
Hokkaido is in Japan
Yep! And the Outback is in Australia.
Looks like a brand name
Yes, the Hokkaido area is known for their milk production (among other things).
I like to think that they are just being honest with themselves.
The writing is Chinese so I doubt it's in Japan.
It's (Traditional) Chinese.
It can be Taiwan, though lots of Japanese shops put up signs in foreign languages to attract tourists.
Yeah, it's not impossible to be Japan, but I was thinking Taiwan or even HK, perhaps.
That's Chinese.
Slightly more believable than "the best in the world".
Seems pretty Braggable. Why wouldn't you flaunt that?
Yeah, unless the second best is next door id probably settle.
Hokkaido is also a type of ice cream. Apparently available elsewhere, too. The rest of the text is chinese (at least, deepl recognizes it as such)
My understanding is it’s less a type of ice cream and more a source of dairy
It's just "second to none" but written more verbosely
Wouldn't it be "second to one"?
There's a sentence in Cantonese "我認第二冇人敢認第一", which means "if I declare second, no one will declare first".
I wasn't super sure if they meant that because Simplified Chinese is not likely to be Cantonese but Mandarin.
No. Second to none means the best, this means the second best.
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel