foodie saturday

Saturday I went to Ebisu to see this pop up...

I've been following Sakura Hanafusa for some time now, she carves cats from pieces of wood

It was something to see up close.

Ebisu...never noticed the beer lamp posts before...

or the sakura lights

the JR Ebisu station had cyclamen alongside the people movers (the flat type of escalators).

Lunch: provencale sandwich from Le Grenier a Pain...tuna, olives, tomatoes...loved this

tried Maison Landemaine's pain au chocolat, nice chocolate ratio

Nihonbashi Eitaro's sakura daifuku...so pretty

Also picked up dinner garlicky chicken from Big Oven, these were meaty and the outside super crispy...love!

The fries were meh!

It was quite cold but nice to be out and about

friday

Friday we met up with Satoshi's friend O.

Since he could meet us from 14:00 for lunch, we had something small to tide us over...a medium boiled egg with furikake.

Lunch (number 2) was at Konpira Chaya...an udon shop whose most popular dish is beef curry udon.

I ordered their tomato beef curry udon which came with some parmesan cheese.

Super filling with a nice amount of spices.

Satoshi ordered his “spicy” and was perspiring profusely after eating his beef curry udon with a raw egg.

From Meguro we walked to Ebisu (only a station away).

Super skinny driving school building.

I've only seen this building from the front, as the Yamamoto train passes it, so it was cool to see it from the side.

Mask up!

It was amazing to learn how close stations along the Yamanote line are from each other.

Through Ebisu Garden Place, past the Baccarat chandelier.

We stopped in at San Tropez where O and Satoshi had glasses of wine and I had a blood orange mint soda…so good!

After talking story we said our goodbyes and walked to Nakameguro to catch the train home.

12221, it was nice to meet up with O and we hope to meet up again next year.

We'll be back to Konpira Chaya too.

Thanks for making time for us O!

Konpira Chaya

3-3-1 Kamiosaki

Shinagawa, Tokyo

Phone: 03.3441.2491

Open daily 11:00-23:30

ps you may or may not have heard about the deadly fire in Osaka on Friday.

The building was quite old so it may not have had any alarms or sprinklers.

Most died of carbon monoxide poisoning. 

The building was near Umeda, a place where we often went to when we lived there.

Hope they caught the guy and we pray for the families of those lost.

sora to mugi to

When I went to the Pig and the Lady, I also stopped in at a tiny bakery called Sora to Mugi to (literally sky & wheat &)

Their breads are the hard type.

We tried their gorgonzola walnut (long) and their nut bread (roundish).

I loved that their breads are packed with nuts.

We ate these toasted with meat sauce for dinner on Friday.

I hope to try some of their sweet baked goods...I'll be back.

Sora to Mugi to
2-10-7 Ebisunishi
Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03.6427.0158
Closed Sundays & Mondays
Hours: 10:00-19:00

grey friday

Last night they shut off our water from 23:00 until 6:00 to work on the water mains in our area.

Just before 6:00 I heard everyone in our building using their water, so I knew that the work was done and we had water once again.

I usually wake up at 5:30 to make Satoshi's bento, but since we couldn't use the water until 6:00, I got to sleep 30 more minutes...whoo!

Today was grey and cold..single digits..9C (49F)...there is talk of maybe some snow or flurries this weekend.

I went to check out the new Pig and the Lady restaurant that opened up in Ebisu.

I was asked if I had reservations upon entering.

I didn't and was glad I was able to get a table for lunch.

The menu has some of the popular items that the Hawaii restaurant has, but since it was fahreezing, I ordered a bowl of pho ga (chicken).

It was delicious, the chicken tender and hit the spot.

Hope to bring Satoshi here, so he can try their food too.

I noticed this line of ginkgo trees near the station.

The yellow really brightened up the grey and gloom.

Hope you have a nice weekend.

Pig and the Lady
1-4-15 Ebisuminami, Ebisu Ginza Cross 2F
Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 050.1743.1650
Hours: Weekdays lunch 11:00-14:00, dinner 17:00-23:00, Weekends & Holidays 11:00-23:00