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We just had to have coffee from one of many vending machines.

Yakisoba for breakfast. Drunk salaryman at 8:30 AM did not seem to pique locals’ interest but was very entertaining to us.

Bakery truck. I like that concept.

It’s going on my shitlist

It looks gorgeous. How did you cook neck squash?

Yes, it is the shop where I bought the knife. There is another one right next to it where the photo was taken, it is called Kama-Asa.

Turns out, DH took a photo of me looking at the knives.

https://www.eater.com/2018/11/19/18102599/how-to-microwave-turkey-mom-prank my answer is: cook it in the original packaging for easier disposal :). it is a prank, please don’t get too serious. Jose Andres apparently fell for it. https://www.eater.com/2018/11/19/18103470/jose-andres-microwave-turkey-prank-thanksgiving

Random sushi at 1 AM. Insanely delicious. We have a fancy sushi dinner planned on Thursday, how much better can it be? Love that sake set. You pour sake into a larger container until it fills up a serving cup.

And if one takes nap in the evening, they can walk the streets of Tokyo at night and end up at New York bar at Park Hyatt. “For good times, make it Sunttory times”. Bill Murray was not there to my disappointment.

The real reason we went to Asakusa was to buy me a knife on their famous Kappabashi street that has multiple kitchen related stores that cater to restaurants and also are open to general public. And now I am a proud owner of hand finished Santoku! And they engraved my name in Japanese characters for free, it took only couple of minutes.

Tempura Donburi was not what I expected. It was not crispy. The place where we had it was full of Japanese people so may be it is just a different style. Here is description from the web. “Daikokuya tempura Honten” has tempura that you might want to eat in Asakusa. They have established more than 100 years but you can visit this place without being too elegant. Their tempura that fried with only sesame oil has the pride original delicious taste.

Okonomiyaki for breakfast. My first time trying it and it’s delicious.

We arrived to Tokyo last night and had no problem getting to our apartment in Shinjuku by Skyline and Metro. A ‘quick” nap took a few hours and we woke up feeling very hungry. There were recommendations for restaurants left by landlord. We went to Hakata Furyu ramen place. I don’t know how good the best Ramen places are in Tokyo, this small chain Ramen tasted divine to me. And they would give up to two free noodles refills. Less than 8 dollars a bowl! Condiments include pickled ginger, pickled mustard greens, garlic, “soup sauce”, red pepper, sesame oil.

My husband travels a lot for work so ve use miles and upgrades to go on vacation. Especially for long flights.

I like it too. Also my first time for mezcal and I liked it a lot. They used Del Maguey Vuda

Flying to Tokyo, there was an option for Asian meal. and regular meal for DH

Really good especially the Smoky negroni.

@ElsieD I have never seen anything like this while traveling.

The bar. The Paper Plane and Smoky Negroni.

glassware is beautiful

First time in United Polaris club at Newark airport. Wow! The menu looks amazing. Food was delicious. Wine list and drink menu will do a lot of restaurants proud.

Elbow macaroni, chicken, slow roasted tomatoes, cheese. Magic of CSO!

Dinner will be at home, flying home tonight. Last night’s dinner was at Le Bernadin. My daughter in law is livid

Visited my son and went to NYC, bought Waguy beef and dry aged beef, a bottle of Barolo, chanterelles in Eataly. Beef and beef for lunch. Decadent.