Category: Tokyo

Posted in Cooking, Experience, Family, Feelings, Food, Japanese Culture, Japanese Food, Place, Restaurants, Shopping, Tokyo

2 January 2019

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I started my new year morning with Shishimai (lion dance) and Masuzake (Japanese sake in a wooden square cup).

After experiencing Japanese traditional new year, we went for Belgium breakfast at my favorite breakfast restaurant: Le Pain Quoitidien, Tokyo Midtown Roppongi.

I had New Year Special Menu.

I started with a glass of sparkling wine to celebrate 2019.

Off course, I enjoyed all food.

Furthermore, I received a new year gift from the restaurant: Fukin (Japanese traditional kitchen cloth) and a ticket for free audio museum guide.

After heavy brunch, I played with little niece at Hinoki-cho Park.

Though we had a heavy brunch, we enjoyed strawberry tea with Phillips Chocolate the Boston’s Oldest Chocolateir for tea break.

Coincidently, I used a mug that I bought it at Pier 1 Imports in Boston.

We relaxed a bit at home and went for grocery shopping; I cooked Yakiniku (Korean BBQ) for dinner.

Can I call BBQ cooking ? hahaha

We are spending New Year in very traditional way: relaxing family gathering.

Posted in Choco-chan, Cooking, Family, Feelings, Food, Japanese Culture, Place, Restaurants, Shrine and Temple, Tokyo

Praying at Tenso Jinjya (Tenso Shrine), Roppongi

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We went for a new year prayer after lunch.

This small shrine, Tenso Jinjya (Tenso Shrine) is our family shrine.

I drew a fortune paper which is inside of dragon.

I can keep this temple’s God, dragon as a good luck charm.

My fortune is good luck.

After prayer, we had our break at Mercedes Me Downstairs Coffee Shop, Roppongi.

When we returned to home, we relaxed and had a dinner at home.

My little niece made me dessert: parfait.

We had it with a Swiss Hot Chocolate.

So sweet!

Posted in Feelings, Food, Golf, Hotel, Japanese Culture, Place, Shop, Shopping, Tokyo, Travel, Work

7 December 2018

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I assisted photo shootings of product, superfood Granola, at Tokyo Gas Shiodome Cooking Studio, Shiodome, Tokyo.

We moved to Prince Hotel Karuizawa for the meeting with the Chief Chef of the area hotel to recommend serving Superfood Granola for the hotel breakfast.

The hotel, Prince Hotel Karuizawa, will host G20 summit in 2019.

This would be a great opportunity to introduce the product globally.

We had our lunch on the Shinkansen (bullet train) on the way to Karuizawa, Gunma.

Many foreign tourists visit Karuizawa for golfing, skiing and shopping at Mitsui Outlet Karuizawa.

The Chef waited for us to serve special menu using Superfood Granola.

What a nice surprise!

These were so good.

I wish we could stay longer, perhaps, staying at the hotel for the holiday.

Posted in Feelings, Food, Friends, Hotel, Place, Restaurants, Tokyo, Work

5 December 2018

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I assisted the company’s product, Superfood Granola, at the Noma Cooking School, Kichijoji, Tokyo.

I’m happy to witness that the product is well received by Japanese consumers.

At the evening, I met my old friend from Malaysia at Aqua, Imperial Hotel Tokyo.

We couldn’t stop talking though it’s getting late and I mean LATE because we had so much to catch up.

Posted in Action, Choco-chan, Experience, Feelings, Food, Friends, Restaurants, Teacup Poodle, Tokyo

2 December 2018

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It is the day to hand over my apartment keys back to the agent.

I lived here for 9 years and 4 months.

I was very sentimental when I returned keys because there are so many memories.

There were goods and bads – I was happy.

I closed one chapter and moved on to another.

I celebrated my new start at Italian Restaurant Osteria Dieci, Azabu-Junan, Tokyo that night.

I had nice Italian wine: Monte Del Fra, and

Nice Italian food.

Choco also celebrated with me.

He had an appetizer (dried lean chicken) and main dish (chicken and vegetables).

We are adding this restaurant on our favorites.

Posted in Choco-chan, Experience, Family, Feelings, Place, Tokyo

1 December 2018

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It is Choco’s graduation day.

We participated 10 lessons to find a way to live together comfortably.

Three months ago, I was worried, but now I’m confident and happy to live with him.

There was a set of test.

Though we didn’t pass all tests coz some are not relevant to our life style, we enjoyed participating the test.

Others are better trained but I found they participated in kindergarten to get extra training.

No wonder.

Choco received a diploma from Familina Garden Minami-Aoyama.

Good Job, Choco!

Posted in Art, Experience, Feelings, Friends, Place, Restaurants, Tokyo, Work

29 November 2018

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I was invited for dinner reception hosted by C-ASTEC (Chubu Aerospace Industrial Technology Centre: Nagoya/Chubu Area Aerospace Industrial Cluster) at Italian Restaurant Al Porto, Tokyo Big Sight.

I returned to Tokyo Big Sight at the evening.

First, I was hesitated to attend alone but it became a fun evening.

I watched a free projection mapping show when I arrived Tokyo Big Sight.

Then I enjoyed talking to aerospace players from Nagoya (Japan), Germany, Singapore and Malaysia with nice Italian wine and food.

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28 November 2018

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I attended Opening Reception of Japan International Aerospace Exhibition 2018.

The event received many people in uniform (military) and they all wearIng many stars. hahaha

The scale of event was rather small because the event was squeezed in 2018.

The next event supposed to be held in 2020 but we won’t be able to host any event there because Tokyo Big Sight, the trade fair venue, will convert to the press center for Tokyo Olympics 2020.

I managed to meet all contacts that I wanted to follow up at JA 2018.

At the evening, I participated a wine lesson on Champagne at Enoteca Marunouchi.

I tasted following champagnes:

Philippe Glavier

Nomine Renard

2008 Henriot

2012 Louis Roederer

C’est si bon!