This is a long overdue post. Have intended to write this last post on Tokyo trip before I leave for KL... which obviously didnt happen :P
Anyways, better late that never (in fact.. the post gone missing after I click published, strange)
So.. why Japan? This are some of the reasons as to why Tokyo is now one of my favourite place :)
The jakun me thinks the gadgets in Japan are way interesting - the famous toilet seat, the see through dish washer, the vending machine that I really like and the shower with "body shower" and a dial to set the water temperature.
The places to go in Japan - culture, scenaries, and Ghibli Studio!
Food... no further introduction required :P
Things to spend on... no I didnt buy all that... some are goodies from the tour guide.. and the Hello Kitty is not mine :P
Side note: A few more days to CNY :)
Anyways, better late that never (in fact.. the post gone missing after I click published, strange)
So.. why Japan? This are some of the reasons as to why Tokyo is now one of my favourite place :)
The jakun me thinks the gadgets in Japan are way interesting - the famous toilet seat, the see through dish washer, the vending machine that I really like and the shower with "body shower" and a dial to set the water temperature.
The places to go in Japan - culture, scenaries, and Ghibli Studio!
Food... no further introduction required :P
Things to spend on... no I didnt buy all that... some are goodies from the tour guide.. and the Hello Kitty is not mine :P
Side note: A few more days to CNY :)
カステラ巻 or Kasutera roll - that's the kasutera cake that tour guide bought for his glutton tour customer :P
We got this Bunmeido kasutera roll, instead of the traditional kasutera
Food sold in Japan are wrapped up and packaged nicely (and stop staring at the hato sabure cookie behind :P)
Unwrapping the wrapping paper...
2 flavours - honey and green tea
Yummy! I personally think this one is less sweet and more to my liking compared to the one I got from AM/PM and the green tea one is yummy as well :)
Too bad I can't keep till my trip home...
Side note: 4 more working days to go!
We got this Bunmeido kasutera roll, instead of the traditional kasutera
Food sold in Japan are wrapped up and packaged nicely (and stop staring at the hato sabure cookie behind :P)
Unwrapping the wrapping paper...
2 flavours - honey and green tea
Yummy! I personally think this one is less sweet and more to my liking compared to the one I got from AM/PM and the green tea one is yummy as well :)
Too bad I can't keep till my trip home...
Side note: 4 more working days to go!
A couple of months ago, it seems like all the food blogs I read posted up recipe for this particular cake - カステラ (Kasutera/Castella). Very, very tempting. Unfortunately, from memory the recipe requires 8 eggs. So no attempt on trying to bake the cake and I thought I could probably get it off the shelf. I must be looking at all the wrong shops cos I can't seem to find them in Sydney
:(
So I resolved to finding it in Tokyo! :D
In fact, I brought 2 back. One from AM/PM convenience shop, and the other from a train station, courtesy of tour guide. I was yen-less then but tour guide was really nice and bought the cake for his glutton tour customer.
As I bought the one from convenience shop first, I'll post that first.
The package before opening...
Taking the box out...
Lifting the cover... (pardon the messy background :P)
The precious 4 pieces of cake, only 4 pieces...
Viola! The cake... yummy...
Alright, I'll leave you with the cake. Time to hit the bed... :)
Side note: Ugghh.. this week feels so long...
:(
So I resolved to finding it in Tokyo! :D
In fact, I brought 2 back. One from AM/PM convenience shop, and the other from a train station, courtesy of tour guide. I was yen-less then but tour guide was really nice and bought the cake for his glutton tour customer.
As I bought the one from convenience shop first, I'll post that first.
The package before opening...
Taking the box out...
Lifting the cover... (pardon the messy background :P)
The precious 4 pieces of cake, only 4 pieces...
Viola! The cake... yummy...
Alright, I'll leave you with the cake. Time to hit the bed... :)
Side note: Ugghh.. this week feels so long...
Our last stop was at Asakusa - to visit the Sensoji Temple, also tour guide said that there's a market place that sells souvenirs. We still need to get a couple of quite a few things to bring home.
The Sensoji Temple is not far from the Asakusa train station. Opposite the Kaminari-mon (Thunder Gate) of Sensoji Temple is this very noticeable building - Asahi Beer Headquarters Building.
According to this website, the design for the building on the left is based on a jug of beer, with the white roof mimicking the foam on a jug of beer. As for the shorter building, the black colour of the building represents a black glass of beer with a whip cream on top.
And of course, the Sensoji Temple, the entrance via the thunder gate.
At the side of the entrance, you'll see a few jinrikisha puller waiting for customers.
Going through the thunder gate, is this Nakamise Street where we spent our very last yen and had to bring out the plastic for our purchase. There were also many stalls selling food and tour guide were on guard to remind me to focus and and not be distracted by all the food. :p
At the end of the street... the temple
and the pagoda
After we left Asakusa, we were back to Shinjuku, made a short stop in Takeshimaya and hurried back to the hotel to catch our shuttle bus to the airport.
Side note: Right... back to play with my new toys :P
The Sensoji Temple is not far from the Asakusa train station. Opposite the Kaminari-mon (Thunder Gate) of Sensoji Temple is this very noticeable building - Asahi Beer Headquarters Building.
According to this website, the design for the building on the left is based on a jug of beer, with the white roof mimicking the foam on a jug of beer. As for the shorter building, the black colour of the building represents a black glass of beer with a whip cream on top.
And of course, the Sensoji Temple, the entrance via the thunder gate.
At the side of the entrance, you'll see a few jinrikisha puller waiting for customers.
Going through the thunder gate, is this Nakamise Street where we spent our very last yen and had to bring out the plastic for our purchase. There were also many stalls selling food and tour guide were on guard to remind me to focus and and not be distracted by all the food. :p
At the end of the street... the temple
and the pagoda
After we left Asakusa, we were back to Shinjuku, made a short stop in Takeshimaya and hurried back to the hotel to catch our shuttle bus to the airport.
Side note: Right... back to play with my new toys :P
Taken through the window from the hotel room, with the lights off. :)
Side note: New year resolutions? Ummm
There is no spelling mistake on the title. I think in a way it is to potray Maid Dreaming as well as to read as "my dreaming". Don't ask me why I didnt take any pictures of the girls dressing up in maid costume giving away leaflet on the streets, but we did approached a few of them to take the leaflet. We didn't go to the first one that we took the leaflet from cos we were not hungry yet, but the second one was just around the corner, and the timing was right. So we followed the "maid" up to the shop.
It is those kind of shop where once the life opens its door, you have reached your destination. There is no corridor or other shops. As we stepped out of the lift, the "maid" who brought us up announced our presence. We were then being informed of the conditions of the cafe.
There are 2 parts of the cafe - a lounge-look-alike area with comfy sofa and the other with long tables and chairs. There is a cover charge for 1 hour with food order, should we overstay the 1 hour, additional charges will apply. (Don't ask me how much, can't remember, I think its 500 yen a hour).
Minimum duration for the lounge look alike area is 30 minutes but no food order allowed. Cover charge for lounge area of 1 hour with food is higher than the long table. We opted to sit at the long table side.
One of the term is no photography allowed except for the food that you have ordered. In this particular cafe, the theme is to set your mood to a good dream, so once we were seated, the maid brought out this light and and blew to light it... indicating the start of the "dream".
I ordered spaghetti and tour guide had steak (or maybe it is call burger) with Coke. When our drinks were being brought to the table, the maid requested for us to follow her suit and make some cute pose = ="
And... when the spaghetti was being served, the maid helped me to mix it. What I didnt expect - there was a chant to go with it, and the whole room or at least all the maids at work and I were suppose to repeat after the maid who is mixing the spaghetti, suppose to make it more tasty.
Unfortunately, the picture of the spaghetti that I took is after the chanting, so... it just look like a very very plain one.
Tour guide's steak however, no chanting was required but he was allowed to pick any picture that he wanted and the maid will draw it using tomato sauce. Tour guide doesn't have a particular one that he wanted, so we let the maid decide. Hence tour guide got a cat on his rice.
Maid cafe is not a really cheap option for food but I would say it is a novelty and since both of us has never been to one, no harm giving it a try. There is nothing amazing about the food, I would say the food in The Lockup taste better. As for tour guide, I think he felt eating rice with tomato sauce is a little strange :P
Before we left, the light was of course been put off, with another blow by the maid.
Side note: 2 more weeks to home!
It is those kind of shop where once the life opens its door, you have reached your destination. There is no corridor or other shops. As we stepped out of the lift, the "maid" who brought us up announced our presence. We were then being informed of the conditions of the cafe.
There are 2 parts of the cafe - a lounge-look-alike area with comfy sofa and the other with long tables and chairs. There is a cover charge for 1 hour with food order, should we overstay the 1 hour, additional charges will apply. (Don't ask me how much, can't remember, I think its 500 yen a hour).
Minimum duration for the lounge look alike area is 30 minutes but no food order allowed. Cover charge for lounge area of 1 hour with food is higher than the long table. We opted to sit at the long table side.
One of the term is no photography allowed except for the food that you have ordered. In this particular cafe, the theme is to set your mood to a good dream, so once we were seated, the maid brought out this light and and blew to light it... indicating the start of the "dream".
I ordered spaghetti and tour guide had steak (or maybe it is call burger) with Coke. When our drinks were being brought to the table, the maid requested for us to follow her suit and make some cute pose = ="
And... when the spaghetti was being served, the maid helped me to mix it. What I didnt expect - there was a chant to go with it, and the whole room or at least all the maids at work and I were suppose to repeat after the maid who is mixing the spaghetti, suppose to make it more tasty.
せーの、まぜまぜI copied the chant from here but yea, that's how the chant is in that particular cafe I went to.
もえもえ
ニャンニャン
キュンキュン
おいしくなーれ
もえもえ、キュン！
ばっちりおいしくなりました
Unfortunately, the picture of the spaghetti that I took is after the chanting, so... it just look like a very very plain one.
Tour guide's steak however, no chanting was required but he was allowed to pick any picture that he wanted and the maid will draw it using tomato sauce. Tour guide doesn't have a particular one that he wanted, so we let the maid decide. Hence tour guide got a cat on his rice.
Maid cafe is not a really cheap option for food but I would say it is a novelty and since both of us has never been to one, no harm giving it a try. There is nothing amazing about the food, I would say the food in The Lockup taste better. As for tour guide, I think he felt eating rice with tomato sauce is a little strange :P
Before we left, the light was of course been put off, with another blow by the maid.
Side note: 2 more weeks to home!