Mogami

...so I met up with my friend in front of Sanno Park Tower to grab a quick after-work champagne on the 26th floor. Right next to Shunjyu, there is a nice quiet bar there. (Here is Shunjyu's link. Great place for dinner, but just OK for lunch... http://www.shunju.com/ja/restaurants/tameikesanno/)

After a drink each, he and I had to head out to this kushiage restaurant in Akasaka to meet up with our friends.

It was kind of weird because my male friend made comments about me a few times saying, 'yeah, you know how she is.' I just thought it was strange because he didn't know me too well, but he acted like he knew me super well. I was thinking, 'dude, we only saw each other 4 times before this meeting, and it was 5 years ago!' Yes, guys, he and I went on dates 4 times 5 years ago...and honestly, I looked great last night, but I was a bit surprised to see how fast he aged. (OK, now I am a big 'B'!)

Kushiage was great. I think I did 11 or 12 kushiage. I am sure other kushiage restaurants are the same, but this restaurant, Mogami keeps serving kushiage until you tell them to stop. We could pick our sweets at the end, I had edamame ice cream...not bad at all.

I like to give ★★★for this restaurant.
I could put extra star for Mogami, but you all would wish if the location was somewhere else...us girls feel uncomfy to be right in front of Pachinko place!!!

Mogami
http://www.kushi-mogami.co.jp/

Harem

Spring has come~. Lovely season, isn't it?
Oh, I wish I could say that honestly. I am having this terrible pollen allergy that I am crying with runny nose. I am hoping this beautiful spring season to end as soon as possible...sigh.

Since my throat is itchy as hell, I somehow crave for anything with bubbles...
I had this urgent craving for champagne last night, and I just wanted to have a glass of it over nice dinner.

So we did. My gal pal and I ended up walking out of Nine West VIP Family Sale without a single pair of shoes, but we decided to spend the shoe money on our dinner and drink. The restaurant was full of older man (50s?) and we (somehow) found a Japanese actress, Hisako Manda...very pretty for her age. Maybe because they have a dance show on Tueday and Thursday at 8:30pm, the place was packed. We were so lucky to have out table without a reservation!

The food was so exotic. I loved them all. Of course, having my urgent champagne helped me to rate this restaurant with more stars, but I would definitely go back to this place to try other things on the menu.

We ended up leaving before the dance show...next time I'd make sure to be there at 8:30pm on Tuesday (or Thursday.)

Great restaurant...simply loved it.

Harem
http://www.harem.co.jp/

Karo

I haven't updated this blog for a while...oh, no...not that I hadn't eaten outside..., but you know how it could be when you were heartbroken...I didn't feel like doing anything.

Tell you the truth, my ex and I are communicating again. (But we are not back together...fyi.)

Last night my friend decided to take me out for this 'cheer-up' dinner. Well, I told him I wanted to go to this Spanish restaurant in Meguro, but it was full before 7pm. (I knew it, I knew it...I was disappointed that he didn't make reservation!)

So he ended up taking me out to this Japanese izakaya on Gonnosuke-zaka Street near Meguro station. I was a bit surprised that the place was more spacious than I thought. The food was good; it was better than regular izakaya. I had sashimi plate, deep fried Taro potato and grilled vegetable along with glass of beer. They had a full menu for sashimi. I guess it could be a good place for sashimi lover. (Sorry, I am not a big raw fish digger.)

Izakaya price but fresh tasty food...that's what it was.
My verdict? It might be a good place to hang out as a group. But I wouldn't pick the place for my date...Just perfect casual hang out with great Japanese food.

Karo
http://www.gonnosuke-karo.com/