marugame seimen

Wanted to try the summer version of Marugame Seimen's udon bento

I looked at my archive and realized I tried it but this year's version was different and had 3 variations:

One with more veggies and buta shabu (poached pork)...690 yen (plus tax)

Another variation is buta shabu with ume…690 yen (plus tax)

And another variation is daikon oroshi with ume...430 yen (plus tax)

I tried the one with the veggies and buta shabu...

I added daikon oroshi (90 yen plus tax) and added my own ume because I wanted to try all the different versions at once...bu bu! (sound of a pig in Japanese)

I enjoyed this, besides the eggplant, okra and pork, there was kinpira and tamagoyaki…lots of food!

I was going to get Satoshi the same thing but then I saw their special for the summer...cold shio seafood udon...920 yen (plus tax plus 50 yen for the container), so I got this for him instead.

The broth that they give is shio (salt) based...they also give you green onions (not pictured)

Satoshi said he enjoyed this.

I'm glad we tried these.

Marugame Seimen

Le Front Kawasaki 2F

Closed when Le Front Kawasaki is

Hours: 10:00-21:00

ps Tokyo's rainy season ended yesterday, which leaves us with blazing weather and maybe typhoons here and there

this and that

not sure but think it was my 1st time trying City Bakery's brookie (brownie cookie) super chocolatey! love!
 

This melon ice bar was junk...way too sweet and no fruit juice in it at all.

Satoshi liked it though

Loved this choco mint  cup...that chocolate circle goes all the way down to the bottom of the cup! 

Zunda (sweetened edamame) anpan from Yashi pan...different but delicious!

Tried a new (to me) musubi from Family Mart...ume okaka, this was delicious! ume filling on top and okaka (bonito) on the bottom...would get this one again

while looking for ice cream at Family Mart, I stumbled on these frozen fruit thingies by Aohata, the company that makes those cool jars of jam.

Bummed that they didn't have "pairs", so we could both try each one, but these were refreshing!

Found these new (to me) furikake by Hagoromo, which makes canned seafood, especially tuna...looking forward to trying these.

Found these again!

As the post uploads, Tokyo is still in rainy season...and boy did it rain this week.

The gross part of it was it was still super humid.

Lots of places flooded because they had these "bands" of rain that only fell on the same area for a long period of time.

It's the start of a 3-day weekend, have a safe one

tsukune

Tried these pre-made tsukune the other night.

Just cook in a frying pan, no need oil (lots came out while cooking!)

7 pieces...299 yen (plus tax)
 

We ate these with chive sauce and a little black vinegar

Would definitely get these again!

finished

the reno guys made a bench for people to sit outside...

that table is tied down with cable...hoping no one steals it.

and a little nook near our lobby

They are still renovating the empty apartments in our building, so it is still noisy, but I think the bulk of our renovations are over

 

confirmed

the other day, I confirmed that the feathery one...
 

comes to check on the bugs

though I also think it might be one of our ancestors in another form...

sounds of summer

Sunday I went to check out the furin (wind chimes) at Ikegami Honmonji.

Apparently there were 500 of them hanging from different areas on the temple grounds

But first, gotta climb up the stairs...

Was surprised to see cosmos...usually we see them in the Fall

There was still some hydrangea here and there

Here's a short video of the wind chimes...

The semi (cicada) were chirping too

Usually when the cicada start it means that our rainy season is over...

That hasn't been officially declared, so we'll have to wait to see what the weather dude says in the coming days.

The other night we had a major downpour...flooding all over Tokyo

Then the temps dropped 10 degrees...that was nice...

We're back to humid and hot...

There is a typhoon approaching...#5 (Nari) hope there won't be too much damage if any

Have a good week

kanno seimenjo

In our neighborhood, we have a noodle maker, Kanno Seimenjo.

In business since 1949, they supply over 3800 restaurants in Japan

Not only do they make ramen noodles to match different types of soups, but they also make some dim sum items like gyoza, shumai, spring rolls and nikuman (pork bao), oh and pasta too.

I had no idea they were very popular.

Over the years, the factory that makes the noodles was relocated from our neighborhood to other areas of Tokyo.

What’s left in our neighborhood is their office and distribution hub.

In the mornings, you can see their tiny trucks lined up in front picking up their orders of noodles to be distributed.

Will try to see what things they sell to the public so we can try.