Shinjuku gyoen

For lunch, we had the cup noodles that we made at the cup noodle factory.

Our designs~

This is how mine looked like on the inside. I chose a seafood soup base, topped with garlic, prawns, hotate and fish cakes.

The cup noodle was super yummy because there were just so many different toppings. I will definitely wanna go back to make another one!

After lunch, we went to Shinjuku gyoen. It was my first time there and we were lucky enough to catch ume.

There is a greenhouse in the garden and we visited it too. It was definitely a nice place to enter to get some warmth on a cold winter day.

There we saw many familiar tropical plants and even this gigantic lemon that's bigger than J's fist.

It's my first time seeing cocoa pods.

Even though it was only late February, there were other flowers such as pansies which has bloomed.

After visiting the garden, we were hungry....but it wasn't time for dinner yet, so we stopped by a gyoza restaurant for some gyozas to fill our tummy first.

I love the gyozas and eggplant appetiser here. It was super flavourful.

This is my first time having sui gyoza in Japan and they were surprisingly good too.

For dinner, we went to a korean bbq restaurant at Okubo.

Absolutely love the seafood pancake here as it was stuffed with seafood and veg.

We also had the grilled pork belly which went super well with the side dishes.

Wolfgang's Steakhouse, Marunouchi

We went for a fancy dinner at Wolfgang Steakhouse in Marunouchi.

Website: http://wolfgangssteakhouse.jp/marunouchi/en/

As usual, illuminations there are pretty at night.

For starters, we ordered a seafood platter which came with lobster, prawns and crabs. All the seafood was super fresh and delicious.

Of course, we wouldn't expect any less for such a fancy restaurant. It's the most expensive dinner I've ever had since I moved to Tokyo.

At the door, there are ladies who will take your coat and give you a number for it and there's even a red carpet there. Lol~

We ordered a steak to be shared and it was huge! The steak was sliced and served onto your plate for you. While I've not eaten that many steaks in my life, this was definitely very delicious. I'm not a fan of beef but I enjoyed it.

I only had 2 slices as I was already full from the appetiser and bread itself. 

We also ordered a platter of asparagus, just so that we have some greens in our meal. These asparagus has got to the biggest and softest ones I've ever had. Never had such yummy asparagus before.

While at the restaurant, we realised that almost every single table were celebrating a birthday. I guess it makes sense to come to such an expensive restaurant just for special occasions but I didn't expect it to be that many!

Valentine's date at Flowers by Naked

First official date and we're having chicken rice for lunch because I have been craving for it for weeks! heehee....

Received this cute little bouquet of flowers.

Super happy with the meal as my cravings were satisfied.

Yup, describes him perfectly.

We went to Nihonbashi for this exhibition called Flowers by Naked.

We were asked to pick one photo of a flower and this was the one we picked.

It's an interactive gallery, so we used the photo to create more light illusions.

Along with the lights, there were live music and dancers dancing around us and interacting with everyone.

Love the projections~

I like how they used lighting and music to perfect harmony.

The place looks a lot better in person.

It's really hard to capture it's beauty in a picture.

You really have to be there to feel it for yourself.

At the exit, there were roses for sale too.

As well as many other flower decorative items.

After that, we got a bit hungry...but ti wasn't time for dinner yet so we dropped by Din Tai Fung for some light snacks.

We ordered the raddish cake, a savoury xiao long bao and this......sweet, chocolate xiao long bao. Lol.....didn't really know what to expect with this one. 

While it was interesting to have melted chocolate flow out of the xiao long bao, I prefer the savoury ones more.

KFC & Cup noodle museum, Yokohama

Went for KFC for the first time in Japan with J.

We ordered 5 pieces of chicken for the 2 of us!!! Along with a biscuit, wedges and a chicken fillet.

Other than that, we also have 2 coleslaw and drinks!!!! There's definitely too much food for the 2 of us. J ate the majority of it though....and no food was wasted.

After lunch, we decided to walk to the bay area. Along the way, we walked past the Nissan showroom.

There we spotted this cute little rental car that sits only 2 people.

They're super tiny but it definitely looks interesting and I want to ride one too.

This here is the back seat, heehee.....

After that, we went to the cup noodle museum.

It was interesting to see the different instant noodles that were invented over the years.

This here is the hall which houses all the packaging of the different instant noodles.

After exploring the museum, we went to the hall that allowed us to make our own cup noodle.

We paid 300 yen for a cup which we get to decorate on our own.

Here's my design~

After decorating, we get to make our own noodle. We can pick up to 3 different toppings and select a soup base for our instant noodle.

After making our cup noodle. we found out that there are actually stalls that serve noodles from different countries and we spotted Malaysia!

We will definitely be back next time to try the laksa here.

For dinner, we went to Chao Thai, a Thai restaurant.

We ordered the glass noodle salad and tom yum soup to eat with rice. It was definitely a heavy dinner after a very heavy lunch!

Xmas illuminations were still up in Jan.

Here's how my cup noodle looks like. After we made it, we placed them in a plastic bag that has holes to allow us to pump air into it to protect the cup noodle.

Overall, I think that the experience of making your own cup noodle is fun and I would love to make another one!