ambulance

Did you know that if a train is coming, the ambulance also has to wait until the train passes?

Sometimes the crossing area stays closed for some time until the train passes and whenever we see an ambulance waiting there we always worry that it won't be able to get to the person in need in time...

Another thing I noticed is that whenever they come to an intersection, they stop to make sure other cars know they are coming.

Oh and they also have speakers, so they can tell you "to move" or "thank you for moving"...(the police also have this)

What kinds of rules/actions do the ambulances in your area have?

le petit mec

I thought I posted about Le Petit Mec before but I guess I didn't

I first learned about this bakery when we lived in Osaka and I would visit Tamakikat in Kyoto.

They mostly have shops in Kyoto and in some areas of Osaka.

Back in 2019, when I went to see a movie in Hibiya, I had lunch at Le Petit Mec at Hibiya Chanter (their only shop in east Japan).

Fast forward to yesterday, I bought some items from them for lunch and dinner.

This saba (mackerel) sandwich...the bread which I think was supposed to be foccacia was too chewy/sticky, I probably should've toasted it also, but eating it as is, the texture wasn't too nice.

The fish though was perfectly cooked and seasoned simply with salt…delicious

The marron glace with coffee filling was delicious in this hard style baguette.

The base of the filling was coffee flavored cream, with bits of marron glace and walnuts here and there

And their currywurst...it got koge (burnt) because I had it in the fish grill on a timer and was doing something else...

Aunty Marialani style cooking...ha!

But I loved the snap! the curry was a little spicy and the ketchup a little sweet

It was nice to reconnect with this bakery and I'll be back whenever I am in the area.

Le Petit Mec

Hibiya Chanter 1F

Chiyoda, Tokyo

Hours: 8:00-20:00

Closed when Hibiya Chanter is

ginza hibiya yurakucho

Ginza, Hibiya and Yurakucho are relatively in the same area.

I had an errand to run in Ginza, so I also checked out Hibiya and Yurakucho

This tree was in front of Ginza Six
 

3 meter (9 foot) cat in the Nissan showroom

pocket park in Ginza

Hibiya Park's ginkgo trees were beautiful

And these other types of trees too

Near Matsumotoro, a restaurant inside Hibiya Park

The pond that Satoshi used to eat his lunch at when he worked near Hibiya

another angle

Glad I was able to see some Autumn colors

reconnect

Been reconnecting with places since it is way cooler these days...

One place is Alice, a small bakery in our area.

Their donut is a brioche type filled with blueberry cream.

I loved how this wasn't too sweet and had lots of blueberry preserves mixed in their whipped cream filling.

Their pain au chocolat had lots of chocolate...not too flaky but still delicious

Their tuna tartine has gotten smaller but at least they kinda adjusted their price to match...at one point it was nearing 400 yen! now at least it is under 300 yen...

Hope to try other new (to me) items soon

super big choco

The other day, I was out looking for these Sanrio Ziploc containers

We have many drug stores, supermarkets, DIY shops in our neighborhood, so it is sometimes easy to find things like this

After checking several places, I finally found them at one of the two Don Quixotes (Donki) that we have in our neighborhood.

Can you believe one Donki was selling them at 100 yen more?!

Anyway, when I was just about to enter Donki, a guy was outside eating this huge chocolate bar...

I couldn't find it inside the Donki I was at, so when I was at a different location, I managed to pick one up

Satoshi and I shared this...it was huge! like 10 inches long

The inside is like an airy a little salty corn snack...it reminded me of ka-ru (cheese puff minus the cheese) covered in milk chocolate

Dunno that I would buy this again, but I'm glad we got to try this

reconnect

Reconnected with Sachifukuya

When we lived in Osaka, we used to eat lunch here sometimes.

I think the menu has changed over the years

As well as they now have a robot that distributes your food...

Satoshi ordered their salmon chazuke

Kat ordered their chirimen sansho hime (princess) donburi

This came with mentaiko (pollack roe) and tororo (grated chinese yam)

Not realizing that my meal came with these two items, I gave them to Satoshi because they are not my favorite

Will order chazuke next time I'm here instead of this hime donburi...

We're glad we reconnected with this restaurant...we'll be back.

Sachifukuya

Kawasaki Azalea, B1

Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Hours: 11:00-23:00

Closed when Kawasaki Azalea is

this and that

Peanut Butter Brookie from City Bakery...peanut butter cookie on top of a brownie, love this version too
 

Satoshi received this from a co-worker...Whittard's Mango & Bergamot is a green tea base with mango and bergamot flavors...love

I spy soondubu (tofu soup) canned soup in the vending machine

MOS' avocado burger & chicken nuggets...delicious!

Marugame Udon is coming to our neighborhood...probably in January or February-ish...

been quite gloomy and cloudy, so I got a dahlia from the neighborhood flower shop

Another tea that Satoshi received from a co-worker...Whittard's Piccadilly Blend...black tea base with fruits & floral flavors...this was similar to the tea Satoshi brought back from Azerbaijan.