kepo bagels

Yesterday, Satoshi had a dentist appointment, so afterwards as we were walking to the train station, I noticed this bagel shop, Kepo Bagels

Apparently this brand started back in 2008 in the Kamikitazawa area of Tokyo

The owner enjoys chewy foods so she makes NY style as well as Japanese style bagels 

I bought the plain (210 yen (tax included) and fermented butter (440 yen (tax included) bagels for us to try....

please label them...I couldn't tell them apart!

upon opening each package, I realized the "oily" one was the butter

We only ate the butter one and it could have been more chewy

I have the plain one in the freezer and look forward to trying this one

Not sure I'll be back, but am glad we got to try these

Kepo Bagels

2-25-1 Senzoku

Meguro, Tokyo

Closed: Wednesdays

Hours: 8:00-17:00

nihonbashi

back in 2024, the area near Tokyo Station had all these walls with artwork on them

they were building a high rise

 

The other day, I was surprised to see the artwork gone and the building almost finished

Apparently it is part of the Bus Terminal in the area 

Love that there are places to sit, look forward to exploring this area later this year

Love the art work in the window of Nihonbashi Takashimaya

There were all sorts of sea creatures and they had the sounds that they make running on a speaker

Lunch was at Brozers...if you look at the katakana for the name the phonetics sound like it is Brothers

anyway, the daily burger was their Chili Burger...slightly spicy chili with tons of pepper on the burger!...1550 yen (plus tax)

the pepper caught me off guard which made me cough

Overall the burger was beefy, juicy and delicious

I'm glad I tried this place and look forward to trying their pastrami sandwich, I'll be back

Brozers

Nihonbashi Takashimaya 7F

Chuo, Tokyo

Closed: when Takashimaya is

Hours: 11:00-21:30

this and that

Gelatle's (apparently they combined the words gelato & turtle) blood orange shiroan gelato was more like a sherbet.

This had blood orange juice, shiroan (sweetened white bean paste), and also used some kiyose honey....different but super refreshing!

FYI: Kiyose is a city in the northern part of Tokyo

we kinda woke up to watch "parts" of the Japan vs Brazil soccer match...the broadcast was at 2:00

I fell asleep at half time and woke up just in time to see Japan lose (sorry!)

I always like seeing how this electronics store will dress up its mascot for different events during the year 

This is him cheering for the soccer team

Godiva and Shirokuma are collaborating for 7-eleven...chocolate shaved ice topped with lots of fruits, hope to try this soon

saw someone make an espresso tonic with elderflower water tonic

since I found some at the market I tried

the elderflower tonic water was bitter 

instead of espresso I did mine with coffee

I enjoyed the combination and am glad I got to try this

Tokyo People: she had this huge umbrella, and at first I thought she was protecting people from the drips of the window washer, but I think it was to protect her!

peach season!

we've been having rain, there is a possibility of another typhoon (maybe two?!) coming

even if it is a little cool, it is still gross & humid

have a safe weekend!

jack in the donuts

June 11th, Jack in the Donuts opened in our train station

The line was krazy (and still is on weekends) so I finally got to try them the other day
 

We actually tried them awhile back in Akihabara so I was also leery because at that time it wasn’t too tasty

Coffee Fashion...cake style old fashion with coffee glaze

Galaxy Doughnut...the texture was like mochi donuts

Except look how "thin" they are!

and dry...meh

Disappointing, should’ve trusted my instinct, won't be back

onigiri marutoyo

wanted to try Onigiri Marutoyo but every time we've gone to Tsukiji they were closed...so I finally got to when I ran an errand at Tsukiji on Monday

Luckily there wasn't a line when I got there
 

the kari kari (crunchy) ume shirasu (whitebait) musubi/onigiri had bits of nori and Japanese mustard cabbage too...383 yen (tax included)

Their musubi/onigiri are kinda large

their karaage (fried chicken) was a bit too greasy...270 yen (tax included)

They also have sashimi bowls and rolls but I want to try other onigiri/musubi and their noriben...I'll be back

Onigiri Marutoyo

4-9-9 Tsukiji, Tsukiji Outer Market

Chuo, Tokyo

Closed: Wednesdays & Sundays

Hours: 7:00-13:00

*cash only

back to yakiniku king

after being cooped up since Friday, we wanted to get out on Sunday

I wanted to go to Yakiniku King because they are having a Shin Okubo fair, with all sorts of Korean street foods that will end soon

we tried the huge piece of loin 1290 yen (tax included) and dragon harami marinated in a tsubo (pot) 790 yen (tax included)

We tried the dragon harami before, it was just as good as before

the chef cooking....tan (tongue)...790 yen (tax included)

sanchu...comes with a sauce, I think it was miso-ish, it didn't seem to be spicy 190 yen (tax included) for 3 leaves

assorted kim chee

Jongno's fried cheese thingy...this is what I wanted to try...

Like a corn dog except all cheese.

good! I'm glad I tried this...390 yen (tax included)

Nene Chicken's yangyneom chicken...this was kinda junk...the sauce was too sweet and there was more breading than chicken...390 yen (tax included)

harami (outside skirt/bavette)...390 yen (tax included)

thickly cut kalbi...590 yen (tax included)

hitokuchi reimen (one bite cold noodles) 290 yen (tax included)...this was actually enough for both of us

I'm glad I got to try the items from the Shin Okubo Fair that I was interested in, since they were limited

I'm glad we didn't have to wait long for a table and that we were able to get out after the typhoons

so

the typhoons turned out to be lots of rain

thankfully no wind, just lots of rain

that in itself did its own damage in several areas, we were okay though

Friday, we did have this big earthquake from the area around Mount Fuji

dunno what we've been doing but I think Mother Nature is pissed at us...so many earthquakes and other natural disasters lately.

Hope you have a good week