OH MY GOSH!!! I am so happy there is frozen yogurt now at Rustan’s!! It makes it more convenient for me as I am always there. YUMMY!!! They opened last Friday and I saw them while doing my grocery
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Erica Chao, the owner and Marketing Manager, was there. He has great visions for the brand and franchising it not only here in the Philippines, but all over the world. More power to you Eric!
Nice seating area
A long time favorite of the family… We always make sure to go here when in Japan. We went for lunch. They have a different menu for dinner
website: Seryna Tokyo
Crab Shabu Shabu
Beef Shabu Shabu
Beef Ishiyaki Steak- I remember it being cooked on a real stone like this:
So I do not know why they used a regular cooker…
The steak was still very good!!
We go to the one in Roponggi
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When trying to choose a restaurant in Japan, it is not like in Manila where you can go to a Japanese restaurant and find all the kinds of Japanese food all in one place. In Japan, most of the restaurants specialize in one kind of thing so it will either be a tempura, unagi, ramen, soba, shabu shabu, etc etc restaurant. So there are times where it is difficult to choose a place that will please a big group of people
Rice Bowl and Soba
Unagi
Tonkatsu – this restaurant was recommended by our friend Mykie who studies and lived in Japan. This is no ordinary tonkatsu because it uses the highest grade of pork – KURUBOTA PORK
Ramen
and gyoza!
Soba – this restaurant had quite an assortment and it had soba to go with mostly everything. They show how the noodles are made outside the restaurant to attract customers
What was nice about this place was that they showed the calorie count of every dish in the menu
Only in Japan!! We normally see photos in the menu, in Japan, you can actually see mock ups of the dishes which look almost real from afar! So this helps us tourists since we can’t speak Japanese, we just point when we order! 🙂
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Pepper Lunch, Tokyo January 15, 2009
An Italian Cafe and Restaurant in Harajuku January 16, 2009
Tsukiji Market January 16, 2009
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A popular brand in Japan now! BAPE!
I wouldn’t have known until my son and my brother showed up in these very colorful shoes! Apparently, they lined up in the SALE and were able to buy things at 70% off!!!
Website: Bape.com
This is my first time to go to the Tsukiji Market. We went in the evening so it was not as busy as it should be. It is a good thing we found a good restaurant which we all enjoyed!
Some photos and material taken from their website: Tsukiji Market 
There are many restaurants in the area…hmmm….
A few vendors still open….
Until we finally decided to eat here…
Prices are much more reasonable!
and so FRESH!!!
I am not a sashimi person, so I ordered the Unagi which was cooked… WOW!! Still YUMMY!!
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The main reason we were in the Harajuku area was because we wanted to see the flea market by the Togo Shrine
Things are not cheap in the market…like this helmet which I spotted and knew my Dad would like…It was going for around 60,000 yen! The black one was 47,000 yen!
Togo Shrine “Antique Flea Market”
If it is rainy, the market will be called off
Time: 5:00AM to 1:00PM * Visiting in the early morning is recommended
Place: @Togo Shrine Address: 1-5-3 Jingumae Shibuya-ku Tokyo
Tel 03-3403-3591
about 5 min. walk from Takeshita Exit of JR Harajyuku Station ( the JR Yamanote Line)
Shops: 90- 100 vendors
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We were hungry and did not know where to eat and we saw this Italian place at the tip of the street in Harajuku
Dad read “Ostriche” on the menu board so he recommended this and we just followed. Only to find out “Ostriche” meant oysters and not Ostrich like dad originally thought 🙂 Though the oysters we ordered turned out to be our favorite dish!
This was our not so private dining room which fit us perfectly
Here is the owner and general manager of the restaurant. I was watching him and I noticed that everytime a dish would come out, he would go to this table and start garnishing the dishes
I found that an interesting touch by the owner…here is his working table
with oils and garnishings
Mr. Makoto Miyajima said that his restaurant is the oldest Italian restaurant in Harajuku
I found another use for cork… as a spoon/fork rest
2 pages of the menu were in English, the rest were in Japanese. Good thing we always have our brother, Paul, with us who interprets for us and helps us communicate with the Japanese
Salad- and of course the tomato is so fresh!
We were so scared to order because we have not heard nor eaten in this place..so we ordered very little dishes. We tried to order oysters and WOW!!! IT WAS SO GOOD!!! And they served it with a small toasted bread and mushroom on the side of the shell with this really delicious creamy sauce then sprinkled with parmesan cheese on top!!!!!!! We all loved it! THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!! We ordered again some more!!
Calamares!! WOW!! Also very good. The owner said that he uses everything NATURAL and ORGANIC!
The pizza was also very very good!! We felt so bad ordering very little because the food was taking quite some time to prepare and if we ordered again, it would take more time again…but IT IS WORTH THE WAIT!
ALL THE PASTAS WERE VERY GOOD!!!!!
Here is our second batch of oysters!! YUMMY!!
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We went to Harajuku and is a first time for me. Wow!! I love the place!! I was able to take a few photos of some shops…but regret not taking photos of Harajuku looking people! My niece Gabbi and I wanted to take photos but we were a bit embarassed to do so…plus there were so many people. It was difficult to stop and move. We went early morning and it was quite pleasant with very few people in the street, but after eating lunch and went out of the restaurant, we could not believe it… the street was soooo… tight! This is how it looked from the top of the street! I was hoping I could go back in and take more photos but it was just too tight
Because it is so cold, when I see this store, I want to buy everything! 🙂
Happy Hearts!! Heart2Heart likes the name! They sell kinky lingerie though 🙂
I am beginning to suspect Japanese like hearts! Angels Heart crepe place! Looks yummy! Looks empty but when we went back, there was a very long line already
Another crepe place…
Oh my gosh!! I like this shop!! Pink!!!
My niece Danni told me to take this and dedicate this to Edward Cullen 🙂
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This is dedicated to my friend, Cecile and her husband Jeroen who own and operate Pepper Lunch in the Philippines
I made sure we tried Pepper Lunch while in Japan so that we could compare. Good thing there was one near our hotel. According to Dinky and Dondi who were in Japan too, they ate in Pepper Lunch 8 times! They were a group of 18! 🙂
Of course just looking at the photos makes us hungry! Take note that the Beef Pepper Rice is 680 yen which is equivalent to P 384.00. In Manila, Beef Pepper Rice is only P 198.00 which is half the price! So go and eat all the Beef Pepper Rice you can here in Manila!! 🙂 
In Japan, it is self service. They have a machine that looks like a vending machine and you already choose what you like and press the buttons and pay! What an invention!! They have many of these machines around Japan
We ordered our favorite the Beef Pepper Rice 🙂 The difference again is that here in Manila they even have nice paper around the plate so that it won’t splatter on you and with instructions on how to cook it. But the taste is the same!! YUMMY!!! Of course, I asked James to ask for extra butter. James said ” battah”! butter with japanese accent 🙂 Finally they understood after pointing several times at the butter. Then they gave us so much. They did not have a button in the machine for extra butter so it was FREE!! Yay!!! and I am probably the only customer they encountered who asked for EXTRA BATTAH! 🙂 
The style of eating in the one we went to is like a bar….I guess it is for people who really just want to eat in a hurry and go. Many places are like this in Japan. They are not like Filipinos who eat in batches of 14 people like us 🙂 ( but not that evening )
and we face the kitchen while eating…
Conclusion: We are spoiled here in Pepper Lunch Manila. So enjoy it here!! No need to go to Japan to eat Pepper Lunch!
They even provide cologne when exiting the store so you can spray yourself after 🙂
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From Malu Gamboa who is part of the Asian Cultural Council ( ACCP ) Foundation Inc. of the Philippines
What happens when the HULA meets HIP-HOP?
Come to “I Land” and find out. This is Manila’s first must-see show of the year. It was a big hit off-Broadway and its run has been very well-received by critics. The CCP and the Asian Cultural Council Foundation Inc. of the Philippines are presenting “I LAND” for a limited run on January 22, Thursday (Gala Night at 8 p.m.) with regular performances on Jan. 23, Friday and Jan. 24, Saturday (8 p.m.) and Jan. 25, Sunday (3 p.m.) at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (The Little Theatre) of the CCP.
In the New York run, audiences came back to see the show more than once! Get a sneak peak in You Tube and see why!
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The one-man show stars Hawaiian-born actor and dancer Keo Woolford. Keo starred in the London production of “King and I” as the King a few years back!“I-LAND” is Woolford’s semi autobiographical search for the meaning of his Hawaiian heritage in a post-modern world. In a tale woven from traditional Hawaiian hula and Hip-Hop routines, Woolford chronicles how he first learned to dance from his idol, whom he dubs the “Hula god,” before a fleeting brush with fame as a member of a boy band that almost hits the big time. His subsequent descent into a world of drugs and partying culminates with his rediscovery of the dance that connects him to both his culture and to himself.
Ticket prices are P3,000. (Gala – Orch. Center), P2,000. (Gala – Orch. Side), P500.00 and P300.00 (Regular shows). 50% discount for students with I.D. and 20% for senior citizens. Call the CCP Box Office at 832-3704 or 832-1125 loc. 1409 or call Ticketworld at 891-9999.
Your support will be much appreciated! Proceeds of this fund raising effort goes entirely to provide grants and further education to the brightest among our Filipino artists through the Asian Cultural Council Philippine Fellowship Program and the Philippine High School for the Arts in Makiling.
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