Monthly Archives: January 2010

This trip, we went to Tsukiji market ( Tsukiji Market January 17, 2009 )early in the morning.  

Be careful of these guys going around in these motorized things!  They just come out and move so fast 

People lining up for the restaurants 

Finally we get a seat!  The restaurants are so small so it can only fit around 10 to 12 – so we got in as customers finished until we finally filled up the place 

You can never get prices this cheap in regular japanese restaurants… 

The chef lays a leaf in front of you where he will put all your orders  

This was the most popular order of the family –  Around US$7.00 for a piece of Otoro. Mom says that is already cheap and you cannot get it at that price anywhere else.  So you can imagine how the family just ordered it!! 🙂

Heart2Heart is not really a sashimi eater so I ate the safe one which was cooked – the unagi 🙂  YUMMY! 

I am happy my sons are adventurous and eat sushi and sashimi 🙂 

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Dad and Mom took us to this restaurant where they enjoyed with their friends before in Tokyo

An interesting concept.  We came in and we saw this – it was a whole table surrounding these two chefs and there were ingredients in front of us 

in front of the chefs is a griller where they grill everything you order in front of you

Then you tell the chef what you want – we just pointed to the ingredients.  Then you will hear the chef shout what we ordered and then the other waiters in the background shout it as well!  Hilarious?  🙂  

And they cook it and then they serve it to you using this wooden stick 

There are photos on the wall with stars that have been to their restaurant 

The food was very good.  

We were not given any menu and we got surprised with the bill.  We felt we paid too much for what we had, thugh Dad and Mom said that the Japanese are very honest and honorable people and will not cheat us.  I guess it was our fault for not asking for the menu also.  So, make sure you ask for the menu!  

Anyway, I found this in their website: 

This was the branch we went to:

Visit their Website for more information:  Inakaya

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Last year when we were in Osaka, we ate in this crab place which we really enjoyed. ( Crab Resto in Osaka  February 6, 2009) We were happy to find out there was a branch in Tokyo.  After eating all the beef, we were happy to have some crabs.  This is one of our favorites now and especially for Dad.  It was so near our hotel ( Dai Ichi Hotel ), around two blocks walking distance.  Looking forward to going back here.  

I came late for lunch so most of the food was already gone, so the portions on some of the photos are already reduced.  Please refer to the menu pages for more accurate portions  

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A restaurant recommended to me by Tippi Tambunting and we all love it! Tonkatsu ( breaded pork cutlets ) YUMMY!  We were lucky to get a table for all of us because the restaurant was full and when we finished lunch at around 1:30 pm – there was a long long line of foreigners and Japanese waiting still.

The dishes more or less all look alike when it comes to the pork tonkatsu- you just choose if you want the fillet or the loin ( more fatty ) and of course there are different grades of pork. 

Love the sauces and spices  

website translated in english:  Maisen

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