The last 24 hours and lunch at Yonemura @ Ginza
>> Wednesday, July 28, 2010
In the past 24 hours:
- The masseuse said to me "You eat a lot of sweet food, don't you?". Wow, if she could tell that just by massaging my legs, I wonder what else she knows?!
- I took a few photos with my first ever SLR camera! Hurray!
- I was at the airport and wished I could fly to San Francisco instead of Sydney
- The airport officer at the Taipei Airport laughed my Chinese signature on my passport and said "What kind of writing is that?" ;)
- I sat next to a girl who had a fever throughout the flight and they had to look for a doctor passenger to examine her. I was glad for a second that I wasn't a doctor so I wouldn't have to 'work' in the middle of the night, but then I caught myself with that selfish thought and wished I was a doctor. Then I fell asleep.
- For probably the first time, I said 'no' to plane food
- I made 2 goals for the next couple of months - to sleep at 10:30pm every night for no one likes a baggy eyed girl and to learn Japanese! Sugoiiii!
- I started missing my parents badly!
- I day-dreamed of Tokyo and wondered when I'll be back again
- I baked a banana cake...I missed the simple and humble things like that.
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Being in the city with so many restaurants (160,000+ to be more specific according to the trusty Wiki), it's definitely hard to pick a place to eat at during my stay here. Too many choices and limited stomach capacity. One must choose wisely, no?
After some googling around, it seems like the one Michelin-starred Yonemura in the posh Ginza has some raving reviews and I was planning on indulging on sweets in the surrounding shops anyways.
Yonemura is located on level 4 of Barney's New York department store off the main street of Ginza and we were an half an hour late for lunch because we were lured into the nearby 11-stories Abercrombie & Fitch as they had super strong air-conditioner (plus we were forced to take polaroid photos with a topless boy as a souvenir. Fact. I really don't know what this world has come to if you ask me.)
Lunch is Y6,000/Y10,000 per person (you can also get the Y3,800 set if you don't have a reservation).
We all had the Y6,000 set while my dad tried the more expensive option.
Anyways, here comes the food photos...
7 comments:
Chilled pasta with octopus and sea grapes
whoa sea grapes! Omg I am very curious! I dislike super rare duck.. :(
One of the main reasons I want to go to Japan is to try the amazing food there. Your pictures have got my mouth watering like crazy! That's creepy that the masseuse knew you ate a lot of sweets...since sweets are my life I probably just look like a walking sugar block lol
Congrats on the SLR! I could've sworn you had one already... your photos are always top-notch and totally mouthwatering. But now they'll be even better? Crazy.
I'd be eating tons of sweets too, if I had that stuff in front of me... Jesus. That cheesecake with the camembert is teasing me. Hope you're having a good time! Looks like you are =)
Wow, what a day for you and to end it all with those foods is such a treat! I'd hate to think what my massueuse would say about what I eat! lol :P
What beautiful food. And it must have tasted as good, as well. You're lucky to have that opportunity. Thanks for the really nice photos that depicted your whole adventure. I particularly like your photo of the chilled pasta with Octopus.
wow you sure ate some wonderful food in japan! the vegetable soup is like a flower garden! so bright and colourful
This food is truly a feast for the eyes especially the humble pumpkin soup!
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