♥ 日本.夏.2010 ♥ Day 9

Day 9

 

I got no idea why we both always wake up feeling hungry & the first thing we do when we get ready to head out is to eat.

I wanted to shopped around Isetan Shinjuku hence we popped by the upper

level dedicated to restaurants & cafes.

 

We walked past the basement where all the groceries & counters of food, pastries, cakes & etc are.

Watermelon costing a whopping ¥15750 (Approx. SGD$247!)

 

Most of the restaurants were crowded during lunch time & queues were formed, hence we decided to join the shortest.

AGIO by Mikasa Kaikan has the shortest queue.

 

We ordered 2 set lunch.

The mixed appetizers which comes with my set.

It was a huge plate & the appetizers looks so miserable when placed on it.

 

Creamy Corn Soup for the BF set, it was really creamy & flavorful.

 

I had the Grilled Pork chop with fries, the pork chop is pretty tasty which is just lightly salted and evenly grilled.

 

The BF had the Tomato Mozzarella Pasta, he couldn't taste much of it as he wasn't feeling very well on that day.

 

After having lunch, we walked around Isetan & I, especially enjoyed shopping at the Isetan Girl level on Basement 2.

And I got myself a little something.

From Rebecca Taylor

 

A key chain/ bag charm with the iconic kitty sitting on a embellished hot air balloon.

It is said to be limited to Tokyo & I find it to be kinda of cute, so I had to have it.

 

We headed to 銀座 (Ginza), where upscales boutiques are housed and renowned as a luxurious shopping district.

My main destination for the day was at Ginza.

Inside the Gucci boutique at Ginza.

 

Gucci Cafe.

 

The embossed Gucci Leather menu.

 

I ordered the tea time dessert set while the BF just had a pot of tea, no sweets for his throat.

My pot of Earl Grey Tea.

 

His Original Blend Tea.

 

My Tiramisu with fruits.

The Gucci logo was embossed everywhere possible.

 

Sneaks for the cafe.

All sleek & clean cut.

 

And the toilet, it is important that the toilet looks as good as the rest of the place right?

Indeed it does, clean & pretty spacious... haha...

 

Picked up some Gucci Chocolates

Comes in boxes of 4, 12 & 16.

I got just 4 pieces to try.

 

We walked around Ginza & was instantly attracted to the 43rd Sony Aquarium.

We spend quite some time exploring the entire Song Building, had fun trying and testing the advancement of technology & yet to launched gadgets by Sony.

 

And it was not long before having to head back to Shinjuku to meet our friend for dinner.

Makoto-san brought another friend along & decided to have Tonkatsu for dinner.

They did the ordering there was plenty of appetizers to go around..

Cold Tofu topped with bonito flakes & chopped onions

 

Tako Wasabi which is octopus marinated with wasabi.

 

Assortment of Japanese pickled vegetables.

 

Sweet Tomato

 

A Katsu set each for both of us

I had the Mixed set & I really like the minced pork with cheese.

 

Which the BF had the Kurobuta Set (Black pork set).

 

A table full of food!

We had a hearty dinner & Makoto-san was really nice to treat us for taking care of him when he was in Singapore a few months back.

And Makoto-san loves Singapore & our local food fare so he was telling us that he will be coming to Singapore when he can, all for the food!

 

We headed back to the hotel after the dinner & coffee at a nearby cafe.

And I opened the Gucci chocolates after getting back to the hotel.

And no, I didn't eat it right away, I put it inside the fridge in the hotel room & brought it back home to share with my family.

I was feeling really tired that day & after washing up, I fell asleep with the television on.

 

Till Day 10.

♥♥♥

 

 

♥ 日本.夏.2010 ♥ Day 7

Day 7

We got a call early in the morning from the front desk, 松本san came over specially to pass us tickets to a

baseball game & it came with a little pleasant surprise!

カステラ (Castella)

 

It was a great way to start the day, a slice each for the both of us before heading out.

 

松本san asked us the other day if there is any sports in particular that we like and the BF mentioned that I like baseball.

Right away  松本san picked up his mobile to make a call to his friend & ta-dah, tickets to a 'live' game!

He said most of the tickets are sold out, especially the good ones.

読売ジャイアンツ!

(Yomiuri Giants)

 

We had our lunch nearby the hotel before heading to Tokyo Dome where the game is held.

This ramen is pretty good, the soup stock is rich and the noodles were springy.

 

The BF had the dry ramen with dipping soup, this was pretty good as well though the soup was a little too salty.

 

We decided to go a couple of hours earlier than the starting time of the game to watch the teams warm up.

There were already quite a number of people outside Tokyo Dome buying Giants merchandises & a long queue of people buying tickets.

The weather was really hot.

 

We walked around for awhile & started queuing up to entry the Tokyo Dome Stadium.

The roller coaster was right in front of me when I was queuing & I really wanted to get a ride on it later.

 

The stadium is huge & was pretty much empty.

The opponent team (Dragons) were warming up.

 

More & more people entered the stadium.

It was turn for Giants to warm up.

 

The game for the day.

 

The Giants' supporters stand.

 

The game was starting & there was a cute little cheering dance by the Giants mascots, Team Venus & some of the audiences.

 

One of the girls selling beer, this girl selling Kirin beer in particular is cute.

 

The game started!

The stadium was indeed really packed.

 

The game was pretty intensive as the scores were really close.

 

The game went on till the last inning & it was a tie, so the game was extended.

4 - 4

 

And finally Sakamoto strike a home run! Bringing the the score up to 7 - 4!

坂本 勇人 !!!

 

The crowd went crazy & we were surrounded by cheers & applauses.

Giants won the game & it was a wonderful ending to the game, we were rooting for Giants!

 

It was almost midnight by the time we got back to the hotel & we were both really tired, went straight to bed after washing up.

Till Day 8.

♥♥♥

♥ 日本.夏.2010 ♥ Day 6

Day 6

I woke up with the craving for soba & since we decided to shop at Takashimaya Shinjuku today,

we went there to look for my soba.

 

We quickly sat inside the restaurant 総本家 小松庵 on level 13 of Takashimaya Shinjuku upon seeing soba food display.

All happy & looking forward to having soba.

 

The summer sun was blazing & it felt pretty good overlooking from above.

 

Some tamagoyaki to start with.

It was pretty good but not good enough to make a mark on the list of superb tamagoyaki.. haha...

 

I had the Hot Claypot Soba with Ebi Tempura & Duck Meat

Broke the egg yolk & stirred it together with everything else.

This is really good, the soba noodles was thicker than usual & goes really well with the flavourful broth.

 

The BF has the Beef with Cold Soba Set.

He is not a fan of soba and yet he enjoyed this.

 

And he sang praises for the beef as well for it's tenderness & the complementing sauce.

 

Satisfied me after the meal outside the restaurant.

 

We walked around Takashimaya Shinjuku before meeting Kumi.

We were heading to the 第43回葛飾納涼花火大会 (43rd Katsushika Nouryou Hanabi-taikai), a summer fireworks festival!

The station was all crowded & I was feeling excited already.

 

Through the crowd, we got through!

Not much pictures were taken as the fireworks were about an hour long

which we decided to sit back & capture the beautiful lights through our eyes.

 

After the wonderful display of fireworks, we walked a long long way to the main road to avoid the massive crowd at the station.

Among the crowds, there were many girls wearing yukata & they all look so good, adorned with pretty & exquisite accessories.

 

 

We walked & walked for quite some time before getting to the main road & went straight to have a late dinner.

We were all pretty hungry as we missed dinner when making our way in the late afternoon to the festival.

All of us readily agreed to have korean BBQ.

As usual, the korean fare comes with various appertizers, I especially like the marinated shredded radish.

 

Greens for the BBQ meat.

 

We had a korean pancake, I am not too sure what this is called but it was really good.

Maybe because we were all too hungry, it was gone within minutes.

 

We ordered 2 sets of meat to share, 2 slices of pork belly per set.

 

Here comes the BBQ-ing action.

 

Ready to be eaten!

 

All the fatty goodness wrapped with kimchi in sesame leaf, this is so so good!

 

The fatty meat was just so addictive and so we ordered another serving.

 

The  lovely day ended with this sinfully awesome meal ♥♥♥