reminiscing

(photo: the other morning...brr!)

not much to write about today, so let's do a reminiscing...

One year ago, we were celebrating....

Four years ago, we were trying a new combo for musubi

Six years ago, they were building "that" condo

Nine years ago, we were trying Kujaku Curry's katsu sandwich

Twelve years ago, we were trying biscoff spread

Fifteen years ago, we were rounding up a trip to Hawaii

mos burger

MOS Burger came out with these tiny sweet potato mochi thingies.

I think it is similar to the ones that Jenny tried.

The outside is a chewy mochi and the inside is a sweet potato paste.

They deep fry it before serving...260 yen (tax included) for 3 pieces

I was surprised these were not hard after they were fried.

Would get this again.
 

saison bakery & coffee

Went to check out Saison Bakery & Coffee.

The owner lived in California for awhile and when he came back to Japan, was disappointed that there weren’t any “breakfast” places

(Most places open at 10:00 or later, and serve “breakfast”)

Saison opens at 7:00!

Everything is a la carte, order from the QR code, nice that they have WiFi too

I ordered the avocado toast with poached egg, wish they toasted the bread but I still enjoyed this...1100 yen (tax included)

Their coffee is delicious and served in nice sized mugs..400 yen (tax included) each.

Satoshi ordered the breakfast burger, and also a fried egg not realizing his “burger” was an omelette...1300 yen (tax included)

On the way out, we picked up some baked items for breakfast the next day...

mentaiko (spicy pollack roe) on french bread

cinnamon roll, super flaky!

kouign amann, a little dry

curry pan, Satoshi said this was ono

We'll be back whenever we are in the area.

Saison Bakery & Coffee

2-8-3 Gotanda, AS Bldg 1F

Shinagawa, Tokyo

Open daily 7:00-19:00

this and that

Been enjoying this imo kenpi made by Shibuya Foods.

Imo Kenpi is from Kochi Prefecture, sweet potato is fried and then candied...so ono!
 

Love the money conversion thingy on the calculator...with the latest iPhone update.

Tokyo People: this guy (with the green! hair) was so tall!

Loved this guy's shirt

Weekend before Halloween

the Halloween festivities near the train station, so many little ones dressed up as well as the adults too

Bought some cake from Vanni for Halloween...this was called Amande (Almond), I think the beige colored cream was almond, the darker cream was chocolate...delicious!

Tokyo People: not sure what these 3 were doing but since they were walking so slow, I was able to capture them :)

The sunrise yesterday

Life hack: I put wax paper/parchment between the slices of bread before freezing, so if I need to take out 1 slice, I can.

Sorry it was quiet around here, I was watching the Dodgers in the World Series,then after the game running (walking really fast) to physical therapy before they closed for lunch...Congratulations to them! what a roller coaster the games were.

It’s the start of a 3 day weekend, hope you have a safe weekend!

matsuya curry

Matsuya Curry has been around in Kamata since 1963

It closed in 1993 and then was reopened in 1996 as Kamata Matsuya Curry.

The kanji (chinese characters) were similar to the beef bowl Matsuya, so they changed their kanji.

Buy your ticket from the machine, I ordered the Matsuya curry which was a pork curry...600 yen (tax included)

Give your ticket to the waitstaff, they'll ask you how much rice you'd like.

I ordered my curry with less rice.  

If you choose less rice (200 grams), they will either give you soup, an egg or 50 yen back.  

I chose to receive 50 yen back.

The fukujinzuke that they use is from Shuetsu, you may or may not remember that Shuetsu was apparently the first to make fukujinzuke in Japan.

The other condiments, if you need to make your curry spicier

Each order is made after you buy your ticket, so be prepared to wait, they have lots of manga and magazines...

Satoshi ordered the katsu curry...900 yen (tax included)

He had the normal amount of rice (250 grams)

we enjoyed this and look forward to trying other items on their menu.

Matsuya Curry

7-5-4 Nishi Kamata

Ota, Tokyo

Hours: 11:00-23:00 *earlier if they run out of rice

*cash or Suica only

boulangerie sudo

Boulangerie Sudo has been on my “to try” list from back when we lived in Osaka.

Since moving to Tokyo, we've passed by this bakery several times and it always had a line, especially on weekends.

And then the pandemic hit, now they don’t have enough workers, so they had to cut back the days they open.

Which means they now have lines all the time.

Recently they posted on IG that they would start taking orders for their stollen.
 

You could order online, but there would be additional costs.

So I decided to go stand in line… I got there a little before opening time and there was at least 40 people in front of me!

They only allow 7 people in at one time, little did I know that it would take me almost two hours to get into the shop!

By the time it was my turn, pickings were slim.

I chose their potato grilled chicken tartine, chestnut financier, coconut sable & curry cube...1425 yen (tax included)

FYI this was the line outside the bakery as I was waiting for the train, hope everyone still had something left to buy.

The chicken tartine was delicious!

Large slices of potato and grilled chicken with bechamel sauce and cheese on a crisp toasted baguette...love!

side view

Chestnut financier, this had a whole chestnut in it.

Curry cube was super savory and coconut sable had lots of coconut in it

Would definitely try to go early to be able to try other items.

Looking forward to trying their stollen which I’ll go pick up in a couple of weeks.

Boulangerie Sudo

4-3-14 Setagaya

Setagaya, Tokyo

Hours: 11:00-19:00

*only open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays

*cash only

nicolas seiyodo

Nicolas Seiyodo is a tiny bakery that has been in business since 1912.

They not only sell cakes, pastries and baked goods, but they also sell bento!

As I was about to enter the shop, a grandma stood next to me asking if the daily bento was already sold out.

It was not.

So, she was able to get some for her lunch. 

They had so many baked items on their shelves and cakes in their showcase, it was hard to make a decision.

After circling several times, I bought a curry pan and kuromame cream cheese bread...330 yen (tax included) for both!

So reasonable!

When I got home, I "refreshed" these in the toaster.

The curry pan was filled with spicy curry and was not greasy and the kuromame cream cheese bread was filled with cream cheese and several kuromame (sweetened black beans)...delicious!

Would definitely like to check out other items, I'll be back.

Nicolas Seiyodo

3-19-4 Wakabayashi

Setagaya, Tokyo

Closed: Sundays

Hours: 8:00-18:00

*cash only