Our family loves Tsukiji!
Fresh sashimi
Hon toro – Fatty Tuna Belly 
Gindara
Yakiniku- Ohmi Beef Karubi – super Special rib eye
Kurobota Tonkatsu
Tempura
We are so happy you can order from the other restaurants in the building 🙂 Halo Halo and Ginumis from Milky Way 🙂
Melon Kaki Gori Japanese Shaved ice
After eating, it’s a must to stop by Pops Candy Store!! Spotted these – Chicken Chicharon!!
We bought all flavours!!
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Yakiniku by Mom 🙂
Wow!! How nice the presentation. This was done by Mom’s staff – they are very creative
Wow!! Foie Gras yakiniku!!! Only my Mom will think of this! YUM!! 
It needs to be breaded to be cooked properly in the grill
Pork belly
Lobster! 
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We finally tried La Cabrera!!! So delayed 😮
Super love the interiors of the place 🙂
2nd floor
There is a 3rd floor which can be a private room
View from the 3rd floor
We wanted a light meal only so we were not able to try much but whatever we had, we liked it all! From the bread to the dessert
We had the Pollito ( Pronounced poshito 🙂 )Grillado 
This is the grill which has an oven beside to heat the charcoal
Before our grill came, this long platter arrived!! Lupa or cold sides for the roast. Shiitake with balsamic vinegar, roasted garlic, black olives tapenade, artichoke purée, string beans with corn and bbq, chimichurri sauce, shiitake with chimichurri, couscous, green olive tapenade, mini caprese, coleslaw with radish, cherry tomato with almond and alfalfa – all yum ?? It’s refillable!!! James said we can cancel our order na haha!!
Pollo Grillado which was half a chicken and we shared it. It was so good!!! It came with hot sides so you can have it with the cold and the hot sides all together. We were so full! 🙂
Rogel de Dulce de Leche which was so rich and so yum! La Cabrera is known for this! All the portions in the restaurant are very generous
Torre de Chupetenes. Love these small gestures that cap off a great meal
The restroom 🙂
The wall of chopping boards 🙂 with messages from famous people and friends
President Noynoy
Rajo Laurel
And Heart2Heart haha!! We will definitely be back to try the rest of the menu!
The bill came in this box!! Love it!! 
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New Years Day is a very important holiday in Japan. “New Year (shogatsu or oshogatsu) is the most important holiday in Japan. Most businesses shut down from January 1 to January 3, and families typically gather to spend the days together.” ( Japanguide.com ) So it is hard to book a restaurant – either it is closed or full. But you can always rely on hotels to have something. At Andaz they had a New Year’s Day Countdown
Fantastic dinner. Blessed for 2014 and welcoming another fruitful and blessed year
What a dessert!!! It did not only look nice but it tasted good too
Jayde Bhattachraya, the restaurant manager
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We wanted yakitori so we are happy we found a place with the help of the concierge at Andaz and it is so near Andaz! Its called Teketeke haha!! 🙂 There’s no name outside 
Heart2Heart loves appetizers! 
Cold sliced tomato
Thick cut french fries ( not really thick 🙂 ) 
Fried Potatoes with Anchovy butter- now you know why I have acid reflux – everything is fried!! :-O
Karaage ( fried chicken)
Japanese chicken wings
Red- Red Chili Pepper
White – White Pepper with Teriyaki sauce – It’s like Bonchon 🙂
Chicken gyoza!! First time for me to try Chicken gyoza like this and it was really good!!!!
Double Smoked bacon – expected more but it was okay 🙂
Smoked rich cream cheese – same with this
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Tsukune
When this arrived we did not know what it was – we thought it was complimentary appetiser haha!! They don’t speak English so it was quite difficult. So we all ate cabbage and dipped it in the sauce!!
Apparently it is for display haha!!! When the yakitori came they rested it on the cabbage 🙂 LOVE! Negima was very popular!
Chicken skin
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We all love tempura and I am sure many of us grew up ordering tempura and it comes to you in a bamboo plate and we would just gulp it down 🙂 But in Japan, tempura is a serious thing 🙂 We tried 2 last trip
Previous entry: Tsunahatchi January 14, 2014
and one new one this trip
In Japan, they serve your tempura one by one – so you get to eat it straight and fresh from the pan. If you get the bar seat – you see them preparing and cooking it right in front of you
Chef Fumio Kondo a Two Star Michelin Chef
His wife who is also in the restaurant
Shrimp head
Shrimp tempura – squeeze the orange 🙂
Scallops – this was my order 2 pcs. of this. So big, so fresh and so yummy
Squid
Preparing the ingredients
Kisu and Aubergine
Asparagus
Uni
Megochi ( Flathead fish )
Anago
One of their specialties – Sweet Potato – it took them 45 minutes to cook this. I was watching the whole time 🙂
Kakiage- also one of their specialties. It can served two ways – pouring of tea and pickles or served as tendon – soaked in sauce, on a bowl of rice
Even Obama had a hard time getting a reservation here 🙂
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James has been talking about this place for many years and finally we were able to get a reservation! JC Bernardo told us about this and about the pigs that look like sheep 🙂 They are called Mangalitsa, Mangalitza or Mangalica ( photo from www.becuo.com ). It’s a natural breed of pigs from Europe that are descended directly from….wild boar populations. The Mangalitsa pig is unusual as it grows a hairy fleece akin to that of sheep. It was a pity they did not have it that day we ate there. A good reason to come back because we love Butagumi
It’s in a residential area which felt secluded but later on I found out it is by Omotesando area- just keep going straight up to the road of Omotesando. So you can say it is nearby a favourite Tonkatsu place, Maisen 
There are plenty choices of Tonkatsu, around 50 kinds, but not all are available everyday. They have Tenderloin-taste light, flavourful, taste rich or taste super rich. Or Sirloin- taste light, flavourful, taste rich or juicy and taste super rich 
Love the collections of little pigs by the entrance of the restaurant
More pigs around the place
cute ones on top of the cash register 🙂
Piggy nose logo all over 🙂
Tomatoes which were very good with al the condiments for tonkatsu – Himalayan pink salt, mustard, and two sauces
Love the appetisers!
The sausage which was so tasty!!
Roasted Chicken and potato salad
Caesar salad
Croquettes
Getting ready for the tonkatsu
Only those with green marks are available for the day
They all came together, they explained each one and then after we ate it, we could not identify anymore because we just ate it as soon as it arrived haha!! They were all good and of course the one with more fat you can really tell tastes really good compared to the lean cuts
Brown Sugar Jelly syrup
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Heart2Heart loves this place 🙂 It’s like Europe in Japan 🙂 the interiors atleast. We were happy to get a table since last year we were not able to get a booking
They have a shared teppanyaki table
Or private rooms for different groups depending on the number
Starter – Tofu with Back Truffles
Seasonal sashimi appetizer
Ox tail consomme soup
Lobster
Kagoshima Wagyu Beef 
WOW!
Delicious! 🙂 Oishi!
This was not part of the set – Crab cooked on salt
They moved us to this area for dessert
There are several choices
Creme Caramel
Marron Glace dessert which is one of their signature desserts – seasonal
Petit fours
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Last trip to Tokyo, we tried an unary restaurant and we really enjoyed it
Previous entry: Nodaiwa January 14, 2014
There are two One Michelin Starred unagi restaurants in Tokyo – Nodaiwa and this one, Yamanochaya. We love unagi because it is healthy and not fried yet it tastes good
A nice and peaceful location
With two floors
Love these miniatures on the wall
This was a set meal or degustation 🙂
Tofu
Putting sancho on the Unagi liver 
Half an eel grilled on charcoal with salt
Miso
Main dish – Unagi
dessert 😉
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