TOKYO MAGIC
Pork on grill
Pork on platter
Spicy soup at the same pork restaurant
Pork in soup
Tonchin- the best pork ramen in Tokyo until I have better
Pork ramen @ Tonchin
Dessert at Westin
I made a crane/pterodactyl and then it landed on my tea cup
Was given a yukata for the wonderfest 2011 and thus expressed my gratitude
Wagyu
Shabu Shabu style (“swish swish” wagyu in broth)
Wagyu for sukiyai
A bit of heaven in the form of wagyu and japanese veggies + eggs
Dip the meat in the egg, then eat
The shabushabu peeps
Greedy monster
Tastiest salad dressing at Jojoen
Beef tongue at Jojoen
Wagyu at Jojoen
Cooked wagyu @ jojoen
Cold noodles @ Jojoen
Almond dessert at Jojoen
Pyramid-shaped watermelon. Oh, those Japanese people. They make everything cooler.
Dinosaur watermelon egg
Restaurant at the Roppongi Mall. Entire meal here customized. Hosted by our friend, O. Corn cube.
Restaurant at the Roppongi Mall. Pea katsu
Restaurant at the Roppongi Mall. Curry Udon
A5 Wagyu Beef Bowl. Our friend new we loved Yoshinoya, so he asked the Chef to make us a special version. Thus, the Chef took his team to Yoshinoya for R&D and returned with something better.
Real green tea shaved ice, red bean, and mochi boobies.
Chocolate Naan at the indian restaurant next to Goodsmile Cafe
Cheese naan. The Japanese make everything better.
Friend’s Chinese restaurant
Almond dofu dessert
Our friend flew us one hour, and drove another 30 minutes to share his favorite ramen restaurant in Takamatsu. homemade tofu
Our friend flew us one hour, and drove another 30 minutes to share his favorite ramen restaurant in Takamatsu. homemade tofu
after
$3 udon breakfast in takamatsu
Kimchi Ramen
Apple pie dessert with a lump of raspberry sorbet
not-so-tasty xiao long baos in roppongi
Monjayaki
Spicy ramen
Friend’s new toy. Electric bike seat thingy
spicy ramen with dipping sauce
Tonchin..again.
octopus legs
sake, a lot of sake that night
salad with roasted garlic
scallops
a5
po’chop
spinach
sushi
tempura
udon shabu-shabu
In goes the broth
Noodles n then some
voila!
udon, shabu-shabu style
Almost forgot. We were given an option to cook the shrimp live in the boiling broth, so we opted in.
Even the manhole covers are better in Japan
A friend said he’d take us to get shaved ice… I didn’t know he meant legitimate, real-green tea and red bean topped with vanilla ice-cream shaved ice
The best udon in Tokyo at Zen (mushroom dipping broth)
Fresh udon
Pork udon at Zen
Our friends turned us into cartoons.
I took a regular blood test when I returned from Tokyo and thus discovered all my lipids are high, especially triglycerides. Consequently, I’m on a mission to eat like a normal person.. maybe a normal European person vs. American since the diets are drastically different on the average.
I love Tokyo. If I weren’t living here, I’d live in Tokyo.
