The Mainichi Daily News in Japan has printed the first installment of a series, detailing the Geezer Tour's trip on Route 66. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley rolled out the red carpet — the men stayed at the high-end Palmer House and ate at a Szechwan Japanese restaurant.
They're being overly cautious, however:
We won't be able to get Japanese food on our trip, so we went to Mitsuwa, a large Japanese supermarket in Chicago, to pick up plenty of supplies like rice, nori seaweed and green tea that we'll be able to consume along the way.
If you're going to be traveling on Route 66 for the first time, it's a good thing to sample the local cuisine. Jettison your native food for a while and sample the coney dogs, toasted ravioli, tabouleh, barbecue, jagersnitzel and spaetzle, Navajo tacos, barbacoa, ugly-crust pie, and, yes, Okie onionburgers you'll find at various stops along the way.