moon cafe & moon eyes

Lunch was about a 20 minute walk from Sankeien at Moon Cafe

I love the wide sidewalks and trees in this area!

 

Go around to the left side of the building to put your name on the waiting list 

You can choose between the counter, a booth or outside, we just told them whereever opened up first

While you wait you can check out the vintage cars 

And check out Moon Eyes, which is part museum, part knick knack shop and they also sell car parts too

It was blazing, so we were lucky to be seated inside

Satoshi had the small loco moco...he said this was close to the "real deal"...1430 yen (tax included)

1 scoop rice (under the patty & egg (look at that yolk!)) with brown gravy and mac salad

The reason we were eating here was because I saw their Honolulu Chow Mein on Matsuko's show ("Matsuko no Shiranai Sekai") which is similar to Fried Saimin...1540 yen (tax included)

I ordered this without rice or soup

A bit greasy, this had lots of spam, kamaboko & green onions...delicious! I love when the noodles are on the dry side

Kat had a lemonade with her lunch...495 yen (tax included)

Love the interior!

Satoshi had a cream soda....990 yen (tax included)

I showed Satoshi how to get a straw from the canister on the table

counter seating and condiments

the fortune cookie was junk...but the fortune had an important message...

Their butter mochi was similar to what we have in Hawaii, though I think this one was that butter mochi mix version not from scratch...770 yen (tax included)

The bathroom was something to see

Everything was a bit pricey...our total was 5225 yen (tax included) 

Still, I'm glad we got to try this place

If I'm ever in this area again, I'd like to try their mochiko chicken or their burgers

Moon Cafe & Moon Eyes

2-10 Honmokumiyabara

Naka, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Closed: Thursdays

Hours: 11:00-20:00 (weekdays), 10:30-20:00 (weekends)

sankeien

Saturday, we planned to have lunch in Yokohama, and since we were nearby Satoshi suggested we check out Sankeien (Sankei Garden)

But first, snacks...

we were kinda hungry when we arrived and decided to get a little something to tide us over until lunch

I chose a custard filled bread...so cute

Satoshi chose a katsu sandwich...so much for "little something", yeah?!

Clair is a tiny bakery on the way to Sankeien...glad we got to try these baked items

Lots of hydrangea and beautiful houses along the way

Even an interesting looking Korean restaurant...

Sankeien (Sankei Garden) is 175,000 square meters (43.24 acres) which was built by Sankei (Tomitaro) Hara, a successful businessman who built his fortune trading silk

Sankeien is made up of an Outer Garden and Inner Garden

The Outer Garden was opened to the public in 1906 and the Inner Garden was used privately by Sankei, now everyone can enjoy the property

Scattered around the property are historical structures which Sankei gathered from Kyoto and Kamakura and moved to this garden

Yokohama feathery people...short video here

Yokohama people...the garden keeper

Huge historical buildings

Beautiful views!

Lots of stairs

Even a 3 story pagoda

Lots of flowers and foliage to enjoy throughout the year

Even people taking photos for their wedding

It was a beautiful garden, I'm glad I got to see this

I think cherry blossom season might be beautiful too

I'll write about where we had lunch tomorrow

Clair

17-23 Honmokusannotani

Naka, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Closed: Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Hours: 7:00-18:00

*cash only

Sankeien

58-1 Honmokusannotani

Naka, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Open daily: 9:00-17:00

*admission

this and that

we saw these cuties at the big intersection outside of Tsukiji
 

their parents let us take photos of them

took a photo of this tall apartment building back in 2020

just learned they will tear it down soon...sad!

since there was a typhoon on Satoshi's birthday, I wasn't able to get him cake, so I took him to Cafe Vanni's this past Sunday

Danshari-ed (purged) my Hello Kitty collection (there were too many to upload)...Eco Ring bought them for 100 yen a piece...

this was the chili I used for the potatoes

It was made in Spain

I like the flavor of this but it was a little too salty

I halved the can with Satoshi but think maybe I should add some water to dilute it next time

found another bag that lets you tear it midway I prefer crispy apples, these weren't but happy that they were from Aomori prefecture

found this camembert cheese that has bleu cheese in the middle, tasty!

pikake (jasmine) season

and gardenia (kuchinashi) season

haven’t bought ketchup in many years, used some when we ate our hash browns, will use it to make hoisin sauce chicken/pork soon

checked out a new (to me) food court near my dentist

they had Pizza Slice, the pizza I enjoyed when friend Val was in town

This slice wasn't as crisp as the one I enjoyed but was still tasty

I want to go back to try the other vendors in the food court

Sunday, Tokyo started rainy season. Apparently this year is La Niña so we started rainy season with rain

The gloomy clouds has been a bit depressing, but the cooler weather has been nice

Hope you have a safe weekend

potatoes

been trying to use the potatoes we received from Mayumi quickly because whenever I buy potatoes they always turn green…here’s how I used them

hamburger stew

vichyssoise

hide the weiner

a batch of Maangchi’s braised potatoes

hash browns 

roasted potatoes topped with chili, a little kale & cheese

and scalloped potatoes

Do you have a favorite way to eat potatoes?