Dropped by a cafe near Oji Station the other day and ordered a small chocolate cake and a tea. It looks strikingly similar to the one I had at the pasta restaurant a few days ago, with very minor differences lol. I didn't take a photo of the tea unfortunately, I was too focused on eating the cake😅. I suppose it's a popular dessert combination as it seems quite easy but delicious at the same time.

The cafe is called Dining Cafe Tagen ダイニング カフェTAGEN. When I passed it on Halloween they were opening the large doors at the front of the shop and preparing some sort of Halloween event, although I wasn't able to see exactly what was going on with it. They had a big speaker as well, so maybe they were going to sing and give candy away lol. I'm not really sure though. I think they were wearing costumes as well, it looked pretty interesting. It's a nice place though. It can be a bit cramped at times but otherwise it's a nice place to go for a coffee and dessert if you're in the area. You can also take the streetcar Tokyo Sakura Tram to get there as well which is a plus!

Went and had some pasta at a small cafe called Abbraccio the other day. I got a cream and mushroom sauce penne which tasted great. The salad was served with a small slice of bread which complimented it quite well. The desert was really simple but tasted excellent. Just add a bit of the whip cream I think it's whip cream anyways and the what I thought was cherry sauce and it a great way to finish the meal. They had a PayPay campaign going on as well and we managed to get a 50% discount and only ended up paying ¥700 per meal, which was pretty incredible considering we got the drink sets as well, which unfortunately aren't pictured here, but I ordered a chamomile tea I believe. Or something similar to that. It was also quite refreshing. The place seems to have a couple of balcony seats as well but I'm not sure if you have to request them or reserve them or what, but by the time we noticed them we were already seated so we decided not to ask. Overall it was a pretty good place and the service was good as well

Went to the local restaurant Gigi again and ordered ahijo with some bread, always a great combination, french fries like we usually get we'd already eaten some before we took the photo lol, karaage that reminded me of zangi a lot with the texture and flavor, and then we ordered an assorted appetizer platter with a bunch of stuff. I really liked the bread and the potato salad, and the crackers were great too. I think they were served with cream cheese or something like that on the side, but it tasted great. I also ate them with the thinly sliced meat that was on the plate. Every time we come here the food is always really good and the atmosphere is nice as well. The lights are dimmed and it's really relaxing. We also ordered a pizza but forgot to take a photo of it this time. The Japanese name is「ピッツェリア＆トラットリア ジッジ」I believe

Went to Shinjuku over the weekend and found a really awesome plaza with an open-style food court that had several different shops inside of it. I was kind of craving some tacos or something ethnic at the time so I went and got a burrito at "Chronic Tacos" because it looked really tasty. It's kind of a "build-your-own burrito" system which is nice. You can choose the type of meat you want in your burrito I chose spicy pork and and other toppings I think. I also added guacamole to mine. You can add it on the side or have it put into the burrito as well. I wanted to try a taco as well but since there were other restauraunts I grabbed two slices of pizza at a place called "Cucinova."

The pizza tasted great, and the spicy slice that I got had the perfect amount of spicyness! The food was definitely great at both places, although maybe the burrito was a bit expensive. I think it was ¥1200 for a drink and the burrito. They could probably make it a little cheaper, although Mexican cuisine always seems to be a bit expensive in Japan. Maybe it has to do with ingredients. Not sure though.

Overall, I definitely recommend checking it out. They've got a coffee place as well and while I didn't get a coffee from there the scones looked pretty tasty! I think there was a bar as well if you're looking to grab some drinks with a friend.

Went to dinner last night at Tokyo Butchers in Okachimachi. The place had a really great atmosphere and reminded me of an American restaurant sort of. The food tasted great and there was a lot of different stuff to try. A lot of the stuff they served was presented very stylishly and each dish left an impression on me. I particularly liked the steak and fries probably something to do with my American roots lol. I believe the second dish was "Pate de campagne" which is French for "country pate I believe. It tasted really good though. I think it's a ham steak with ground pork? Not entirely sure what type of meats are used in it exactly. The salad was great too, I really liked the dressing as it was quite refreshing. The champagne glasses came nice and full as well! Can't complain about that lol! The strangest thing we ordered was definitely the melon and ham. It was... an interesting combination. I wasn't really a fan of it so we just ate it separately and it tasted good that way as well. I really like that olives too. Now that I think about it, I don't get the chance to eat olives much since I've come to Japan. Definitely recommend this restaurant for a date or just a fun night out though!

秋のご飯🍚

Went to Chiba over the weekend and we were originally planning on visiting Mt. Nokogiri but decided to stay near the bay area instead since the weather was so nice. It really felt like we were in a resort area and it was a lot of fun. We managed to book a cruise of the nearby factories and it was a blast. They had snack bags for feeding the seagulls on board the ship that you could buy for ¥100 and once we started moving the seagulls started to follow and it just became a feeding frenzy. You’d throw the chips out to the seagulls as the flew side by side with the ship and they were really skilled at catching the chips as well. If it was a weak throw or the wind caught it, the seagull would dive down to catch it. Even if they missed it, another seagull behind it would swoop into the water and grab it. We bought two bags and halfway through the second bag you could tell the seagulls were getting full or tired because they weren’t as agile as they were at the start😂. We also ate at a few restaurants. The steak and fried rice and the beef ramen was from Niku no Gyuuchu 肉の牛忠 I’m not sure if it has an English name or not. And the pizza was from a place called “Salvatore Cuomo.” Both tasted pretty good, I enjoyed the Italian restaurant more I think, but the steak restaurant had a nice, relaxed atmosphere compared to the rest of Lalaport which was pretty lively. I somehow lost the pictures I took of my pasta and the salad unfortunately.

We also went inside Chiba Port Tower and it had some nice views and a “lovers corner” for taking photos, etc. They also had heart-shaped locks that visitors could buy and lock to a wall to signify their love or something to that effect.

Overall it was a really fun experience and not too far from Tokyo. Would definitely like to go back and visit again!

I stopped by Tokyo Station over the weekend to take care of an errand and decided to have lunch at the gyutan restaurant "Rikyu" 利久. Everything tasted amazing and the stew was especially good. I always enjoy the soup served with gyutan, it's sort of like a refreshing break in between the savory bites of beef. Plus the beef inside of the soup is soft from being boiled and has a really nice texture to it. I was pretty surprised at the salad actually, as well. I usually am not a fan of the salads served with gyutan but this one had the perfect amount of beef on it and the dressing tasted quite nice, so that was a welcome surprise. The wagashi served with it tasted really good. I'm not sure about what it was exactly, but it was red bean paste with some sort of white filling, maybe even white bean paste, but it was a good way to finish the meal.

Went to Hanaya Yohei, a restaurant near Oku Station and ordered the Miso-Nikomi Udon. It tasted pretty good and cost less than ¥1000 yen. I'd like to go back as the atmosphere of the restaurant was quite nice and it seemed like there was a lot of different menu items to try. I'd walked past the restaurant so many times in the past, and just never had the opportunity to go in until now. Overall it was a pretty good place and even though it seemed like there was a lot of people we got seated instantly which was nice.

Had a really good looking and tasting bowl of ramen in Shinjuku over the weekend and decided to take a bunch of pictures of it lol. There's so many ramen shops around Shinjuku Station that it was hard to choose where to go at first but we ended up choosing this place - Manbaken Ramen 萬馬軒. The chashu looked amazing just seeing the photos so I decided to get the miso chashu ramen with an egg topping. The ramen tasted really great and the chashu was thick, had a nice salty flavor, and the texture was really nice as well. My girlfriend ordered the spicy miso ramen and unfortunately we didn't think it tasted as good as the normal miso. It was almost like there was yuzu or sansho pepper inside of it and it gave it a strange tangy flavor that neither of us were huge fans of. I still definitely recommend the normal miso ramen though! The normal miso chashu ramen was ¥1100 and a normal bowl of miso ramen is just ¥790

仲睦まじきかな…秋の訪れ

Went out and ate ramen over the weekend. Was the first time I've done so in a while. The restaurant was called '背油とんこつらーめん 雷門' in Monzen-nakacho I got the spicy miso ramen I don't remember the exact name, it was something special and it was really good. My girlfriend got just a standard miso and it was good as well. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be going back there because I want to try the other ramen they serve now lol. The miso that I got was more of a brown color than the usual orange that I see so I was kind of skeptical at first, but it turn out to be delicious and the chashu was really thickly cut and also tasted great. There was even an egg topping and I didn't have to pay extra for that or the chashu! I definitely recommend it to anyone that likes ramen! Other than that the whether wasn't so bad this weekend, but the leaves have started falling so we're definitely in fall at this point. It's starting to get colder outside as well. I've already starting using the heater instead of the air conditioning. Looking forward to some hot pot and oden though!

Starting to rain more and more lately. I guess we've finally left summer and are headed into fall. I had some nice Okinawan noodles today. Really tasty restaurant. The karaage was really delicious as well. I usually eat the karaage and salad separately but I was curious to try them together this time and it tasted amazing. I regret always eating them separately now lol! I don't remember what the restaurant was called but it was somewhere in a shopping mall. I can't remember what the seaweed dish is called either but it had an.. interesting flavor. Really healthy I imagine though! The cookie was a great dessert too. Just a small little snack and not too sweet either. I definitely want to go back here and try some of the other stuff they serve!

Man, yesterday I was just too busy to even log in. I did manage to eat some delicious pasta though. It was a small restaurant I found at Oji Station called "Ombra." The noodles were really interesting. They were thick and hollow. I forget what they were called but the pasta tasted great and the salad did as well. I definitely recommend eating here. I didn't manage to take a photo of the outside of the restaurant but it shows up on google easy enough if you just search it. The interior was really nice as well. Quiet and dim and there were a lot of photos on the wall as well. It made waiting for my food quite enjoyable. There was also an award on the wall as well, although I forget exactly what it said. If I remember correctly, it had something to do with excellent quality, or something similar to that. Also the pasta seems to change daily so I'll have to go back and try the other kinds

富士五湖の一つ西湖の近くにある西湖いやしの里根場で見つけた小さな夏！桶で冷やされたラムネは見てるだけでも涼しくなる！
ふちに浮かぶアヒルの親子も涼しそう笑

信濃町のとうもろこし、とりたて、焼きたてをその場で食べる。自然の風が涼しい🎵
甘くておいしかった。50本買って行く人もいました。

野尻湖のほとりのテラス席でランチ
天然クーラーで涼しい🎵
旬の桃のデザートハート💕

京都 貴船神社前にある川床。
夏はここでそうめんを食べられるそうです。水の音を聞きながら木々に囲まれ、まさに和を感じられる場所でした。

Went to the Nippara Limestone Caves 日原鍾乳洞 out in the backwoods of Tokyo. Was a really enjoyable trip and the cave was much cooler 11℃ than outside which was 30℃+. Afterwards we stopped by the drum bridge at Lake Okutama and ate at うおいち, an Oyster themed restaurant. All of the food was really delicious. Overall had a really great time

夏って果物食べたくなりませんか？？

「両棒餅」と書いて「じゃんぼもち」とよむ。
大きくないこのじゃんぼ餅は、鹿児島県民が誇る郷土料理の一つだ。
磯海水浴場近くの老舗の味は２階席がオススメ！

焼肉
Yakiniku

神戸牛511＠東京都港区赤坂
Kobebeef511＠Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

神戸牛511
03-6685-0511
東京都港区赤坂4-3-28 ディアプラザ赤坂 B1F
Kobebeef511
+81 3-6685-0511
Dia Plaza Akasaka B1F, 4-3-28 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

中華料理
Chinese cuisine

慈華＠東京都港区南青山
Itsuka＠Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

慈華
03-3796-7835
東京都港区南青山2-14-15 五十嵐ビル 2F
Itsuka
+81 3-3796-7835
Igarashi Building. 2F, 2-14-15, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

とあるピザ屋さんのデザート

奥さんと結婚前に最初の旅行で訪れた房総半島最南端の野島岬の夏の夕景です。あれから3年になりますが、今は息子も誕生しぜひ今度は3人で必ず訪れたいと思っている場所です。野島岬のすぐそばにある南海荘という昔ながらの宿の夕食のバイキングもまた楽しみにしているひとつです。

可愛い看板犬がいる馬路村のパン屋さん。
毎年高知に行っていたのにもう2年行けてなくて寂しいです。新しいメニューも増えててコロナが落ち着いたら行きたいです。

日本料理
Japanese Cuisine

山﨑@東京都港区西麻布
Yamazaki＠Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

山﨑
03-6812-9848
東京都港区西麻布1-15-3 西麻布UOUビル 1F
Yamazaki
+81 3-6812-9848
Nishiazabu UOU Bldg. 1F, 1-15-3 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

スイーツ
Japanese sweets

FORT MARKET Sangenjaya＠東京都世田谷区三軒茶屋
FORT MARKET Sangenjaya＠Sangenjaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

FORT MARKET Sangenjaya
東京都世田谷区三軒茶屋2-11-24 サンタワーズA 2F
FORT MARKET Sangenjaya
Sun Towers A 2F, 2-11-24 Sangenjaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

That is one beautiful looking chandelier. I can imagine it cost quite a bit of money. Incidentally I'd never seen the kanji for Yebisu before, nor had I heard of Yebisu Garden Place. Looks like a really awesome place to go for dinner or lunch as it has some nice restaurants and cafes both high-class and reasonably priced which is nice. Probably be nice to go for a date actually. Do some shopping and then stop by for dinner or even just go for lunch and then walk around the area and see everything there is. I guess there's an art museum and a theatre as well, so yeah this place is like a 10/10 for going on dates probably lol. I'd like to check out the beer museum personally sounds pretty interesting and you can get samples too if you pay a small fee it looks like

Went to a Hawaiian restaurant and had a nice dinner. The mango beer was really good, she got a mai tai and it tasted great as well. Also had some chicken but forgot to take a picture of it😅