いちりん

おっぱと私のお気に入り。
いちりんというお店に
久々に行きました。

トマトがちっちゃくて可愛い！

…と話していたら

板前さんがサザエの隣に
トマトを添えてくれたり、

伊達巻のはじっこは
捨てちゃうのかなー、
美味しそー

…と言っていたら、
サービスで出してくれたり。笑

思う以上に
カウンターの話は中に
聞こえてるのだと
恥ずかしかったです。

こちらのお店の名物、
ウニしゃぶも食べられたし
満腹！

ご馳走様でした。

神戸

神戸に来ています。

ずっと仕事で地方へ行っている
おっぱとは
約一ヶ月ぶりの再会。

一緒に出張なので、
遊びではないけど嬉しい。

日頃は食べたいものは
あまり
リクエストしないのだけど、
どうしても生牡蠣が
食べたかったくて…。

神戸ってオイスターバーは
あまりないらしいです。

2軒目は、
おっぱの先輩のお店
北野 双へ。

そこで、運命的な再会をしました。

先日の家族旅行で
訪れた勝沼醸造所のワイン！

あまり多くのお店では
取り扱ってないようなのに、
凄い偶然。

一杯ずつにするはずが、
結局ボトルで入れました。

お刺身もお料理も、
どれもこれも
大将のこだわりが
感じられて美味しかったです。

美味しいご飯と
お酒と
おっぱのいる
嬉しい一夜でした。

両家顔合わせ

今日は父の日でもあり、
姉と姉のじき旦那のご家族と
初めて揃って顔合わせをした
特別な日でした。

場所はラマージュ南青山
ビルの5階という事を
忘れてしまうような、
素敵な造りのレストラン。

シャンパンもワインも
お食事も全て大満足で、
会話も弾みました(*^^*)

雨も上がったので、
みんなで大家族写真。

別れ際の
「末長くよろしくお願いします。」
が、なんだかくすぐったかった。

でもそうだよね。
これからは、
いわゆる「他人」では
なくなる訳だし、
結婚って不思議、そして
温かいな、と思いました。

沢山笑って、沢山食べた後は、
もちろんヨガ♡
ヘッドスパにも行けたし、
夜は父の日を皆で
お祝いできたし、
今週末も花まる(*^^*)

今日の日にありがとう。

akagi cafe

Oh my peach….!!

So juicy!!
Peaches in Japan are so so so good.

family, friends, good food and good wine

Have I told you about

my family’s  favorite restaurant?

The place is called Capriccio,

a little tiny neighborhood restaurant.

Last night

we had a little welcome party for my father’s

co-worker and his family who returned to Japan

from Shanghai.

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I hope this place make it through this hard time.

Lots of people are feeling hesitant

about dining out

so restaurants are having difficult time

ever since the earthquake has happened.

I was feeling the same too

(…and I still do in some ways.)

How could I go to a nice restaurant and have fun

when lots of people are still suffering?

That was my initial reaction

during the first 2 weeks or so.

Now, the attitude in Japan is starting to change.

People still care and think about the event

but more and more,

the industry and the society

are encouraging people to dine out

so that the economy

will still be alive

and still be moving.

When the event happened,

I never imagined that the influence would stretch out so much

as to affect out little neighborhood restaurant.

(Of course the party has to end with a cake…!)

Anyways,

family, friends, good food and good wine

(yes, we opened a lot of bottles…)

we had a lovely time together!

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If you come visit me,

and if you are taken to this place,

you know that I love you. Hehe.

Peter Pan

 

Peter Pan Bakery

727 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Mon-Sat: 9 am – 8 pm

Sun: 9 am – 7 pm

Once in a while,

it’s good to treat yourself

to a HUGE donuts that is covered

with frosting.

Right?

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Support local businesses!

I will go support one tonight

here in Tokyo.

 

Once, a bagelholic

Have I ever told you?

I used to be bagelholic.

I used to keep a thing called

bagel journal in which

I would rate and write comments on

the bagel I had each day.

I say each day

because I used to eat a bagel

every day.

Always.

Without missing even a day.

….Well, that is a lie

but I sure did have a lot of bagel

from the age 19-21ish.

I even ordered bagels from NY

when I lived in Seattle.

…and I got so angry at Fedex because they

messed up the delivery and my bagels got

kept in a storage and by the time I got them

they were kind of stale.

I even had bagel dolls

which I got through ebay.

(I was the only bidder…..hooray….)

It was a bagel with a face and limbs.

Back then,

they seemed so adorable

I thought I was going to love them forever

but something happened

and they just started to look silly and icky.

I think I sold them at a garage sale.

So, enough about the history of my bagelholicness.

Now?

I still enjoy having bagels.

I prefer bagels over donuts

but…

I wouldn’t rate

how chewy the bagel was

using five stars

or

I wouldn’t collect

a smiling bagel with arms and legs.

Anyways,

I did go to a few bagel stores in NY

and I wish I got to go to other ones too!

(Next time, I will.)

Anyways anyways…..

I really liked

Bagel Smith so if you are in Williamsburg area

and if you want to grab something quick and yummy,

try it!!

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Bagel Smith

189 Bedford Ave
(between 6th St & 7th St)
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Open daily

Open 24 hours

Cravings

five spiced pork belly

This weekend,

pretty much all I wanted to eat was

Sandwich and chocolate.

(oh, and cookies.)

…and my cravings were satisfied just right

because I had a very tasty Cambodian sandwich at

Numpang.

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21 east 12th street, new york, NY 10003

M-Sat 11-10PM

Sun 12-9PM

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If you are in the area,

I think it’ll be a nice place to go.

Mellow Sunday…

I couldn’t finish the post yesterday

but it was supposed to be posted on Sunday.

Ooops.

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Finally the snow has started to melt

and we could almost walk everywhere

without being trapped in puddles.

My leather boots are not happy with all the water

and salt on the street and I’ve been polishing them

everyday once they are dried.

Oh well…I guess they add some characteristics.

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Today I got up and walked to Green Point

which is like 20 min. walk from where I am staying

in Williamsburg.

I met up with Matthew and we went to

Peter Pan Bakery to have some doughnuts and coffee.

Yum yum.

They have very yummy doughnuts.

I am kind of glad that I don’t live near

Whole Foods, doughnuts or a bagel shop.

It would be so dangerous.

In the night, I went to Pinkerton wine bar

to hear Matt

(…I hope you don’t mind me linking it to your site!)

play jazz.

Good music, good people, and some wine.

Life is good.

He will be playing there every Sunday night from now on.

If you are in the area, you should stop by

and have a glass of wine.

Little cozy bar with nice atmosphere,

I wish I could go there every Sunday night

but alas, I have to leave for Port Washington on Sunday nights.

Today I will go to East Village again

to pick up my photo.

Getting kind of hungry, but first…

shower time.