Dinner at カフェソラーレ Tsumugi, Isetan Yokohama

Yokohama light up for Xmas~

Dinner time at カフェソラーレ Tsumugi, Isetan Yokohama.

Website: https://www.cafe-tsumugi.jp/menu/

They have really good food and tea here.

It was our first time here and we are loving it/

This here is the duck sukiyaki which according to J was super delicious.

Meanwhile, I had this pasta, with seafood and green tea pasta.

The pasta was super yummy and that yuzu hot sauce went super well with it. Since discovering this yuzu hot sauce, I have been a fan and it is a must have sauce at home since then. It goes well with pasta, salad, pizza and fried food.

We also had this kakiage. This was surprisingly big and it was good with the green tea salt.

For dessert, we had this green tea cheese cake tart that has black beans in it.

We also ordered this sweet potato brulee which was a super heavy dessert but sooo good!

We also ended the meal with some ice cream. We got them in green tea and hojicha flavours!

Such a satisfying meal. The food was delicious and different from the usual. It was also good that the dessert were delicious. We will definitely be back for the food

Weekend date at Minato Mirai

We had lunch at 美食米門 横浜. We had an early reservation for 11am.

We had a washoku lunch course.

First up was the appetizer which came with tofu and wasabi. Not a fan of tofu but I do like the combination of tofu with wasabi. 

Next up was the chawan mushi. This was a super slow lunch as the gaps between each dishes were really long.

Assorted tempura which was luckily served hot. I was super worried that it was going to be cold as there were some tempura sitting on the side table waiting to be served but I guess those belonged to other guests.

Not sure if it was a lack of servers but the service was extremely slow here.

At almost 2 hours into lunch, we finally had the main dishes. The steak was a bit too raw for my liking. Then there was a mini chirashi don with shijimi soup.

Soon after dessert was served and we were finally done with the meal, which took about 150 mins. We were mostly waiting majority of the time, along with the other guests. Not very good for a course meal because you want to have a good rhythm. When the gap is too long, you are either too hungry in the beginning or starting to feel full before the end as your hormones has kicked in to tell your brain that you are full. 

After that we did some window shopping and walked around the area.

We walked past this hk cafe (糖朝カフェ) at Yokohama Landmark Tower, which served wanton noodles and egg tarts and we decided to stop by for a tea break. It's been a long time since I had a wanton mee and I was happy to see that it was served here. The egg tarts were good too.

Later in the night, we stopped by Ichiran for ramen before heading home. I have this about 1-2 times a year and I always finish the soup because it is not that salty or oily compared to some tonkatsu ramen.

Weekend in Yokohama

Weekend ramen at 丿貫 (へちかん) again.

The menu for that day.

I wish they would let us take away the dry noodles! 

After that we went to Yokohama's Chinatown in search for desserts and found that there is a Yokohama Chocolate Factory and Museum there.

We ordered the chocolate dome and a chocolate tart to share.

We also ordered this hot chocolate tasting set which came with cacao from Ecuador, Brazil and Arriba. I definitely prefer the first two.

Later in the evening, we walked to Yamashita Park to have a look at the snow rose garden illumination there.

Work night dinner

We  found that there is a Sushi Ro that is somewhere in between both our offices and we decided to go there for dinner one night after both of us ended work late.

I'm so happy to be able to reward ourselves to some yummy food after a busy day.

Sadly, it is quite a distance from the station and we still need to take the train home again after dinner.

Sushi Ro, you need to build more franchises and one that is nearer to the station!

If you don't like raw seafood, there are many cook food there too, like these fried shrimps or tempura.

But I guess, it was a good thing that it is quite a distance from the station. As we tend to overeat, we get to burn some calories on the way home too.

B'day dinner

Birthday celebration at Cova.

After a very busy day out and shabu-shabu buffet for lunch, we managed to make it here for our early dinner.

Happy to be back here again for dinner. I've only had dinner here once before with Mish.

While their dinner is more expensive compared to the lunch course, you do get more dishes.

First up~ love the savoury macaron. I think it's the first time I've had a savoury macaron. The other one is a savoury crepe with truffle.

This here is my 1st appetiser.

2nd appetiser. I wasn't expecting such an interested plating. The crab essence or flavours in this dish were superb~

Pasta time. I'm glad that it was a small portion as there were more dishes coming and we were served bread too.

I'm touched that the Chef remembered that I don't like my meat rare, despite it being a year ago that I asked him to make it medium well for me. This time he made it medium well for me too.

Besides red meat, we also had fish! I always enjoy how crispy the skin is.

Finally, it was time for dessert. By that time, I was already full but as they say, you have a separate stomach for desserts!

They very nicely left a Birthday message on the plate for me too.

To end the meal, we had tea with some caramel and canelle.

Super happy with the course that night. I can't wait to return for another dinner course!