♥ 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.

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♥ 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 ♥♥♥

♥ 日本.夏.2010 ♥ Day 5

Day 5

 

We decided to go to 東京駅 (Tokyo Station) which is the main intercity rail terminal in Tokyo.

The station is located at the Manunouchi district which houses financial establishments & towering skyscrapers.

 

We were both feeling hungry & went food hunting at 新丸の内ビルディング (Shin Marunouchi Building)

where numerous restaurants & cafes are situated.

Interior of Shin Marunouchi Building.

 

The concept behind this building is 'wonderful times'. The building revolves around the classy vibe & the feel of affluence.

 

We decided to have italian food at DELIZIÔSO FIRENZE on 5th level.

Complimentary Bread

 

We each ordered a lunch set which compromises an appetizer of your choice, main course of your choice, dessert of the day & tea.

The BF has the 5 assorted appetizers.

 

I had Prosciutto di Parma, this serving of parma ham is really generous for an appetizer, especially for a set meal.

 

The BF had the Beef Lasagne which is stated to be of limited servings per day. 

He says that it was really flavourful, the sauce was rich & served piping hot.

 

 

I had the Blue Swimmer Crab Pasta which was also stated to be of limited serving each day on the menu.

 

It was really tasty & I happily devour the pasta.

 

The dessert of the day was some fruit jelly which didn't fare so well for me, I detect passion fruit which I am not a fan of.

 

Tea to end the meal.

We hardly the luxury to lunch out in Singapore & we really enjoyed the time talking over food without being pressed for time.

The set lunch was really worth the price, it fact, we felt that the serving sizes & quality exceeded the price.

 

The next stop was Rilakkuma Store at FIrst AvenueTokyo Station.

Rilakkuma

 

More Rilakkuma

 

More & more Rilakkuma

I was happy to be overdosed by Rilakkuma! And yes, I bought some stuff back.

 

We walked around First Avenue Tokyo Station which is a commercial centre with 100 over retail establishments however the area is under renovation so some parts might be sealed off till completion in Spring 2012.

 

We walked back to Shin Marunouchi Building & headed for Afternoon Tea TEAROOM for I had cravings for something sweet.

Outside Afternoon Tea TEAROOM. There was a little queue outside & we waited for about 10 minutes before getting seats inside.

 

We each ordered a Souffle set .

チャイクリームフロート

We both had the Chai Tea Ice Cream Float

 

The BF had the Seasonal Souffle in Mango flavour.

 

I had the Banana Chocolate Souffle, it is so so sinfully good!

The serving wasn't small yet I still stuffed myself silly to finish it up although I was already full.

 

I really like the interior & setting of the Afternoon Tea TEAROOM at this outlet.

Lovely place to chat oveyummy souffles & I have to say it is ladies oriented, there was only 2 guys including the BF.

 

Love this mirror! ♥

 

We were so full & decided to head back to Shinjuku where we did some shopping.

 We went to Lumine EST to shop before having a late dinner as we were both full from the heavy lunch & souffle.

I had cravings for Okonomiyaki & there was a restaurant that serves okonomiyaki called 'Saute', so we had our dinner there.



 

 

 

Complimentary appertizer.

 

Pretty lady chef at work!

 

The BF had some special okonomiyaki with cheese.

 

I had the pork & egg combination, it was really good!

The restaurant got really packed by the time we were digging into our food.

 

We went to walk around Shinjuku area after dinner before heading back to the hotel.

Hauls for the day.

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