Oct 11
Die Voltarensalbe ist schon fertig und die Ferien noch nicht…. aber es gibt sie auch in Japan. Die Dame im Shop packte zielstrebig diese Verpackung und streckte sie mir hin (und siehe da, es steht sogar noch ganz klein oben drauf). Bin schon gespannt – vielleicht riecht sie ja nach Wasabi!
I have to admit once in a while it is nice to have some western food… or better said… finally a good glass of wine! Friday evening was a candidate for it and i enjoyed every sip and every bite….. entrecôte, cheese, du vin rouge 🙂
p.s. i think this name is grammatically not correct – but it is the correct name of the place!
Onitsuka Tiger store…. we were there and were reasonable… but yes i have to grab the chance… puuuh it was so hard to decide though….
we had so much fun tonight at this tiny Japanese restaurant…. before entering we reassured each other it will be fine… because all written only in Japanese. communication was difficult if you don’t want to admit inexistant ha ha. we spoke english, the lady japanese. but hey we got lovely chicken yakitori, edamame, french fries (we admit after such long time in asia for me it was a treat!!), pork tomato skewers, shitake – she was so happy i knew the word – green chilies (in spain this would be pimientos padron) and some other skewers. also we asked for the funny schnaps in the bottles right in front of us. still don’t know what it is… but we told her that my father also makes schnaps in Switzerland and she was excited.. did she really understand?? i suppose not but doesn’t matter 🙂 so even though we didn’t really understand each other the bottom line of tonight: we discovered again new food which tasted great and encountered again nice friendly people – we love Japan!
The difference between buying cats in Japan and China is tremendous. The ones i mentioned in my earlier post when visiting the farmers market were packed by the dozen in one tiny cage. Here in Tokyo they are in these nice glass boxes and the price difference must be sky-high.. as these fluffy cuties here are being sold for USD 3,000!
After all the traditional Japanese dinners – we admit that we went for Indian dinner one night. Interestingly, we just fancied some simple food as the Japanese kitchen is so overwhelming. Well was it a good decision – i cannot say. For sure all the Japanese was better than that.
Thus 2nd night in Kyoto back to square one… as we were kind of helpless with google maps in Kyoto, we went to the concierge to ask for help. She was totally excited and took all the time in the world to recommend us a restaurant, called them to reserve a table, wrote us a reservation slip, then drew a map with explanation for the taxi driver… ha ha it took ages. in fact we wanted to ask her something else too.. but then thought this would take too long as other people were queueing behind us ha ha.
Thus taxi got us swiftly to Itoh Dining which is one of Nobu Matsuhisha’s restaurants in Gion. What a treat this place was – both for the eyes and the taste! We sat in front of the chef who was cooking for us the dinner. First we got sashimi, then a soup followed by some kind of salmon carpaccio, then fish with veggies from the hot plate and as main course Japanese beef cooked to perfection right in front of us. Ah yes and for desert some freshly baked chocolate cake with ice cream and panna cotta… wow wow wow hmmmm in Japan i am really getting into troubles with the meal of the week as basically almost every meal could get nominated for it!
Juhuuuuu mit dem Super Azusa raus aus Tokio und mit dem Highland Shuttle ab in die Berge.
Yes, Japanese girls are usually not that tall… but they do everything possible to appear bigger by wearing sky high heels and short skirts which doesn’t make it easier for them to keep walking elegantly…
My wardrobe needed some upgrading with regards to trousers – trekking pants plus 1 pair of jeans was simply inappropriate. So off we went to uniqlo the famous Japanese budget clothes store. However after checking the sizes available….. i started to feel very big. They regularly don’t have jeans bigger than 25”…. which is i believe a EU 34. After making my way through all the floors I found some chinos from the uniqlo special edition designed by French designer Inès de la Fréssange and luckily the biggest one of them was size 67cm which was just a perfect fit! So if you need trousers in Japan, make sure you don’t eat too much tempura beforehand… unless you do fit comfortably in a EU 36!
Sometimes you feel this buzz and sometimes you just don’t. Hongkong is definitely a city that conquered my heart just upon arrival. Despite the fact that the taxi driver made a little detour… pretending he couldn’t find the right street number… and if he really did – it is ok. I am happy to be here. Also happy with my choice of hotel http://www.ovolohotels.com. The room is very stylish but a bit small which is as apparently everywhere in this city. I good a cool view and just a few steps from Soho to go for a drink or dinner. Plus this place has a laundry room – so you can do the laundry yourself in a very casual way… fantastic for me who just sweated through half of my wardrobe in 3 days 🙂 Apparently there is also a gym but i am pretending that i haven’t seen it… yet!! Maybe i should go for a quick run at some stage… i must be totally out of condition already! Vilicht doch echli meh carbon in Zukunft ha ha. Anyway this is just a check in report… more to come during the next couple of days. By the way, yes i am in HK and not Paris… in case you are irritated by the first pics.. but hey that was just on may way for a drink tonight… there is more to come i can assure you!
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