I returned from Canada; surely I over ate.
I made a glass of juice (carrots, apple, parsley and lemon.
Hopefully, this will cleanse my body.
In the afternoon, I went to beauty salon and a bodywork.
It was a maintenance day.
Tonight, the rainbow bridge is lighted in rainbow colour. Lucky.
Today I spotted this experimental project (Ha:mo) at Marinouchi, Tokyo.
This is an eco car (low CO2 emission, saving energy and saving space) developed by Toyota.
Ha:mo shared system is currently experimented at Tokyo and Grenoble, France.
It is ideal for ride and drop concept to be used at cities and sightseeings.
Designated car parks for Ha:mo are available at office, shopping, hospital, etc.
I wonder how’s the ride like..?
At Tokyo Station, I had a bowl of tendon at Keyaki, Tokyo Station Kitchen Street for lunch.
And I had a Santa cup cake at Fairycake, Tokyo Station for dessert.
It’s so cute!
For dinner, I had my favorite Big Mac!
There isn’t any MacDonalds in my area so it’s nice to have it once in a while.
I’m full and still tired from yesterday; I plan to go to bed early tonight. Zzzzzz
I went to Roppongi Midtown (shopping complex) to buy thermal shirts at Uniqlo.
Before I do some shopping, I thought it’s better to get a point card.
I was informed that it takes one hour to prepare a point card cum credit card (free annual membership with benefits).
Fortunately or unfortunately, there is a free and charged wine tasting area.
While waiting for my point card to get ready, I tried a ship of numerous wines…
And nice (charged) wines.
This is a glass of Corton Clos Du Roi 2010 (USD 80 per bottle).
and Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2013 (USD 430 per bottle).
The price for tasting these two wines (20 mil each) and a pair of wine glasses to bring back for USD 30.
It was fun.
Did I go to Uniqlo? No…decided to go for dinner.
I found a nice Ramen shop: Ichiran.
It’s been there, but I’ve never tried this one.
After buying a ticket from the vending machine (not much of choice, either simple ramen with char siu (sliced of porks) and negi (leeks) for JPY 710/USD 7.1 or with hanjuku tamago (half boiled egg) for JPY 910/USD 9.1), I had to wait to be assisted.
According to a board, the store was full house.
Then, I was led to my cubicle and asked to fill up how I want my Ramen to be prepared: strength of flavor, oiliness, amount of garlic, with or without leeks, with or without char siu, secret recipe spicy sauce, hardness of noodle and any additional request such as more garlics and secret spicy sauce for additional cost.
This is how my cubicle looks like.
A half boiled egg was served first.
It’s hard to see a store staff over a cloth curtain, but after serving my Ramen, wooden curtain was closed to give me a total privacy. hahaha
If you like Tonkotsu Ramen (thick pork flavoured Ramen), Ichiran is highly recommended.
If you like a spicy ramen, you can request secret recipe spicy sauce to level 10 for free.
I tried 1/2 for a beginner.
This Ramen is very gooooooood!
I went to an interesting restaurant: Ton Ton in Hibiya.
This restaurant is situated under a rail way.
The restaurant has the taste of Showa Era (1970s…?).
I ordered a glass of red wine and was served as if it is a glass of sake. hahaha
Ate varieties of Yakitori (skewers).
The restaurant is reasonable; a glass of wine is USD 4.00 and one skewer USD 1.60.
English menu is available.
This restaurant is highly recommended to go!
Today, cooked Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes) at home.
This is sauce flavor.
And this is soy sauce flavor.
These go very well with beer: Premium Ebisu Ebisu Amber Beer.
After dinner, I went to Apple Store Ginza.
Apple is recalling a battery for iPhone 6S.
My phone is subject for change, based on my serial number.
No wonder my iPhone shut down when it still has over 20 percent, sometimes 50 percent.
It took about 2 hours to change; therefore, went to a cafe: Cafe de Ginza Miyuki-kan.
It’s a cozy place to chat.
Now my battery is new! Yeah!
Today, I received a parcel from China.
China…?
I opened with a doubt…it is my iPad case.
Now I understand why I needed to pay for shipment (not much about USD 3.50. A total cost is USD 19.00 so it’s still okay) for this product.
It must have directly shipped from China…?
To be honest, I didn’t expect for the quality for this price; but to my surprise, this is not bad at all.
I’m actually satisfied.
There was another surprise for me today; went for a late night movie: Jack Reacher Never Go Back.
It was a funday!!!
Oyasuminasai
Catching beautiful moment in Tokyo.
One of my colleagues is retiring in December.
We organized a gathering at her favorite lunch place: SAL (buffet lunch at the Imperial Hotel).
It’s nice sunny day and the town is in nice Autumn color.
I’m going to miss her; we promised to keep in touch.
Lunch was great.
I knew my gym trainer gets upset if I skip a session tonight after overeating like this.
Well, he tortured me tonight.
I knew my body is stiff, but he concluded my tendon is stiff after stretching my body.
He kept on pushing the point and it hurt so much!
But after the session, my legs feel light…hummmm
If my body is stiff; I should take a nice bath.
I like KNEIPP Gute Nacht.
I found this set.
The package includes a small bottle of Sakura bath salts which is not available in the Japan market and rose organic moisturizing oil for the price of one KNEIPP.
I tried Sakura bath salts tonight and I feel relaxing now.
Oyasumi
I couldn’t have enough rest after returning from the Shikoku Pilgrimage because my former boss was in town (Tokyo) and I had a Year-End gathering to attend.
Grilled Dinner at Inakaya (Roppongi)
All food is nice and serves in unique way; very active and vivid.
Afternoon Tea at Imperial Hotel (Hibiya)
Year-End Gathering @ Green Spot (Yoyogi)
I learned that going for nice food can be a torture. hahaha
Didn’t want to miss this movie: Inferno!
I want to read the original novel…; better check Amazon…hummmmm
After the movie, went to Sushi Goto at Roppongi. hehehe
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