restaurant savy's

We tried a new (to us) place called Restaurant Savy's

 

they have mainly counter seating and one or two tables in the back of the restaurant

I tried their tomato omurice...delicious! 1000 yen (tax included)

Their tomato sauce is homemade and not sweet

It also came with a small salad and I requested no soup

Satoshi had the Savy's set...1600 yen (tax included)

This had a baked chicken with hamburger, fried shrimp, crab cream croquette

This also came with a small salad and soup

We enjoyed their food and look forward to trying other items on their menu.

We'll be back

Restaurant Savy's

4-5-6 Kamata

Ota, Tokyo

Hours: 11:30-23:00

*irregular days off, check their Instagram

chilling coffee and bake

Been wanting to check out Chilling Coffee and Bake for some time now, and finally got to the other day
 

This cafe is super teeny with only 7 seats.

Order and pay at the counter then have a seat

Glad I was able to get a seat, other customers had to wait outside (in the heat!) until a table opened up!

I tried their blueberry crumble bar and cold brew

Love that this had lots of blueberry in it!

And their cold brew was smooth

I want to try their carrot cake...I'll be back

Chilling Coffee and Bake

5-6-10 Hatanodai

Shinagawa, Tokyo

Hours: 11:00-17:00

*check their instagram for days off

regario

tried a new (to us) restaurant, Regario

Their menu is mostly Spanish and Italian cuisine

we ordered the Galician octopus...950 yen (plus tax)

The octopus was so tender! and the potatoes were perfectly cooked

The garlicky sauce was super tasty

I also like how “fancy” they made drinking water look

we ordered baguette so that we (Satoshi) could mop up the sauce from the octopus...400 yen (plus tax)

an order of their spicy seafood arrabiatta...lots of seafood in it and lots of kick! 1800 yen (plus tax)

bolognese...super peppery and meaty 1500 yen (plus tax)

We're glad we tried this place and want to come back for dinner...we'll be back

Regario

8-1-10 Nishikamata 2F

Ota, Tokyo

Hours: 11:30-14:30 (lunch), 17:00-23:00 (dinner)

hodaka beef

Host Mom messaged me the other day whether we would like beef or grapes

I told her whatever she chose we would be grateful to receive

Then she messaged and asked thinly sliced or bite sized yakiniku meat

I told her thinly sliced

So that is what she sent to us

8 beautifully marbled slices of wagyu from Hodaka Beef, a butcher counter in the shopping arcade down the street from where Host Mom and Dad live

with 4 of the slices I made rolled beef with Japanese tartar sauce

I rolled iceberg lettuce and some shiso from the freezer in these

for the tartar sauce I used takuan, rakkyo and shibazuke

the beef was so tender!

then with the other 4 slices I rolled them with iceberg and onions

And used some kalbi sauce

I should've drizzled some sauce as I was cooking this and also served some to dip in

The piece of tallow that came with the beef, I cut and put into the freezer to use whenever I make fried rice

Thank you Host Mom & Dad! we appreciate your kindness

komeda coffee

Komeda Coffee opened in our train station while I was in Hawaii

We tried to eat here at lunchtime but the line was kinda krazy

So on a Sunday, we went when they opened at 7:00 

It took some time for us to figure out how to order on the tablet 

But at least it wasn't too busy yet

Satoshi ordered the mix sandwich

I ordered the egg toast

While eating we realized that these sandwiches are quite large, so in the future will order one to share or just order off their breakfast menu

We are glad we tried this place and plan to come often for their morning service

Well, we already went back, but their morning sets are a little "too teeny" for us, though we did find a larger cup of coffee on their menu.

And it seems like this shop’s menu is a little smaller than what they show online

Anyway, we’ll try another combination of items the next time we go

Komeda Coffee

Etomo Ikegami 3F

Ota, Tokyo

Hours: 7:00-22:00

seiryumon

We got together with friend Hiromi and her family.

The last time we saw them was last year in Kyoto.

This time, her son has moved to a new job in Yokohama.

We had dinner at Seiryumon.

We've eaten at the Universal Studios Osaka shop (pre-blog) many many moons ago

The interior is still as krazy 

The portions seemed small and it seemed like we had the whole place to ourselves

Anyway, it was nice catching up with everyone and we hope to see them more often in the coming months

Thanks for today!

Seiryumon

Cross Gate Yokohama 3F

Yokohama, Kanagawa

Hours: 11:30-15:00 (lunch), 17:00-22:30 (dinner)

change

Changed our curtains since it has been so blazing

These curtains were from when we were living in Osaka because Satoshi had complained that even with the curtains we had back then, it was too bright.

Well, we got these the other day and boy does it shut out light!

The left side is the new curtain, the right is the old

They are too long because we measured wrong, not sure if I will cut and sew them...too lazy! (though it does irk me that they are too long, so I’ll probably hem them)

I don't know if it will make things cooler but at least the sun won't feel like it is laser beaming into the apartment

UPDATE: I hemmed up the curtains (by hand!) feel so much better about them now...ha!