Betelnut Thai Vietnamese Dimsum, Newoman Yokohama

I have passed by this place several times but it is the first time I am entering.

Booked the Betelnut Thai Vietnamese Dimsum's afternoon tea set, which costs 3,850 JPY per person.

I am very happy because we got a very nice corner seat.

As the name suggests, they serve dimsum in their afternoon tea! And these steamed dumplings here were delicious.

Look at the amount of food on the table!

I like the way the food was presented in a South East Asian way and the colours are all so pretty.

Other than just looking good, they were all flavourful and tastes yummy.

Even the dessert platter looks good!

Other than the food, the tea served was also fragrant and nice. The staffs were also attentive. I think I will return again for their afternoon tea set.

That night, after shopping around, we went to grab gyukatsu for dinner before heading back home! This place is fast becoming our favourite place for gyukatsu! We have been here several times now.

 

Flowers & Chocolate

Met up with ST san after a long time due to the pandemic. Our first time meeting in 2 years. The pandemic really separates people.

We went for Malaysian food in Chinatown.

Since we are already there, we went to explore the nearby English Gardens.

On the way there, we reached an observatory with this view of the Gundam Factory.

The garden was pretty busy when we got there as it was after lunch time.

But it is still possible to take some nice pictures with only the flowers in the background. ;)

After that, we took a long stroll to Hammerhead for desserts at the Vanilla Beans Cafe. ST san was the one who introduced me to this cafe many 6 years ago.

J and I ordered a chocolate cake and the chocolate journey, whereby you got to try a piece of chocolate that is made from beans of different regions with different intensity of cacao. I like the tasting sheet so much that I brought it home with me!

I like that you get to taste the different types of chocolate. It is really good for identifying the kind of chocolate that you like or don't like.

Meanwhile, ST san had the big chocolate partfait that J and I had tried before. As it is really big, I would not dare to challenge having this all by myself.

After identifying the chocolate that you like, you can buy it from their shop right next to the cafe!

After dessert, we walked around a bit and spotted this caramel shop called Caramel Labo,

When we were there, they were having this caramel tasting plate for only 110 JPY. It was too good to pass on so all 3 of us ordered 1.

The caramel was nice and I liked that they served it with a cup of hot tea to help dilute the sweetness in the mouth.

After that, we continued walking to Yokohama Station. J and I decided to grab chicken rice and laksa there for dinner as it was already late.

We also ordered this tsukesoba, which was surprisingly very yummy!

 

ブリル飯店, Lumine Yokohama

Lunch at ブリル飯店 at Lumine Yokohama.

I made a reservation at Ikyu for a 2,800 JPY lunch course/ pax.

Website: https://restaurant.ikyu.com/116608/?ikgo=2

First time here and I like how spacious and comfortable the seats are.

First up, was the tea that came with our course. I like that we each get a pot of our tea of choise, so we are not limited to just sharing 1 type of tea.

Our lunch course came with 2 small appetisers - the steamed chicken and the  pickled vegetable. 

Then next is the shrimp spring roll which had whole shrimps in it, char siew tart and the pork siew mai.

So far so good as all the dishes served to us were delicious!

The we have the vinegar pork with steamed man tou. The vinegar pork was very flavourful and you can definitely taste the vinegar in it. You will definitely need to pair it with the steam man tou to even our the flavours.

We also get a mini bowl of shrimp wonton. The noodle and soup was soso but the wonton was nice.

And lastly, dessert which were annin tofu and sesame ball.

I like that the sesame ball had a flavourful sesame filling. I only wished for the skin part to be thinner.

Overall, I really liked the atmosphere and the pace of the food served here. Good for when you want to have a relaxing meal.

 

Spring flowers #3

 

Another day, chasing flowers. But first, brunch at cafe de lento.

Website: http://www.addresslento.com/

This place here is a very popular small cafe located in Motomachi, which means there is already a queue outside before the shop is opened and as time passes, there are more and more people queuing outside. As you can see, there are not many seats inside, so you might have to wit a bit to get a seat.

I ordered the salad nicoise, tart and drink combo for 2,200 JPY. Meanwhile, J had the beef stew, rye muffin with ham & cheese and drink combo for 2,207 JPY.

The salad was beautifully presented and tastes good, but the beef stew was the bomb! 

It may not look like much from this picture but it was really flavourful and delicious. The rye muffin was yummy it's own but went very well with the beef stew!

Here is my delicious strawberry tart. I enjoyed it's tartness with the sweet ice cream. I will re-visit again for more desserts.

After brunch, we visited the English Rose Garden (イングリッシュローズの庭).

Another free garden in Yokohama that I enjoy visiting.

It is nice to just walk around to view the beautiful flowers after a meal.

Really like my pinkish brown hair. I think this is a hairstyle that I will try again in the future.

:D