Roppongi Illumination & スギモト

Dinner again at Sugimoto (お肉の専門店 スギモト) in Roppongi with Kheng.

Cute Xmas tree with many Santas on it~

Two shot~

Really enjoyed the illumination. If only it wasn't that cold that day.....it wasn't just the cold temperature but the wind was super strong too!!! It was soo cold to the point that it's painful on the skin!

Love the view of Tokyo Tower~

One can never get tired of this view

Finally had a good look at this illumintion. It wa raining the last time I was here and hence, I didn't really get to enjoy the view.

Shibuya 鳥貴族 & 青の洞窟

 Went for dinner with Kheng at 鳥貴族 (torikizoku) whereby every item on the menu costs 280 yen.

Our orange casis drinks and the daikon salad.

Edamame

Chicken kamameshi which was simple and delicious

Fried chicken which was not very good

yakitori~ which were of course delicious

My favourite kuromitsu kinako ice cream~

After dinner, we went to check out 青の洞窟 (Ao no dokutsu).

Website: http://shibuya-aonodokutsu.jp/

It was beautiful~

I love the blue lights but it made me feel super cold~

I'm not sure if they have this every year. They have already taken down the lights on 9th of Jan.

It is always nice to catch up with an old friend~

Nagasaki gotouchi sakaba at Nihombashi

Walked out from Bellesalle Nihombashi to this cute illumination.

It's my mission to snap a pic of pretty Xmas trees~

Met up with some friends for dinner that day and we went to a gotouchi sakaba from Nagasaki.

ご当地酒場長崎県五島列島小値賀町

Website: https://r.gnavi.co.jp/3prabww00000/

Nagasaki paripari salad 790 yen

Yummy crunchy salad~

A very special and interesting looking lemonade bottle, 490 yen. Luckily, it's not just looks and tastes good.

Ojika akahamachanpon 890 yen

Doesn't this look like a Malaysian dish? hahaha.....it was sooo good! I like that it was slightly spicy. and that it's packed with veg an seafood! I will definitely be back for this!

Goukai kaisen sara udon 790yen

This too reminds me of a chinese dish in Malaysia. Packed with seafood and veg......super good! I think the next time I miss Malaysian food, I'll just come here! hahaha

No kidding, I was seriously super happy when I first saw and tasted the chanpon!

It's a nice place too as they have small rooms if you want a little, private space to chit-chat while enjoying food with your friends.

Sukiyaki & Roppongi Xmas Illuminations

Dinner at Onikunosemmontensugimoto (お肉の専門店 スギモト 東京ミッドタウン店).

Website: https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1307/A130701/13118965/

Mish & I both ordered the sukiyaki set, priced at 3000yen.

My first sukiyaki set and it was delicious~!!!

Wefie with our food~

Look at the beautiful marbling on the beef~ <3

After dinner, we went for the Xmas illumination

We're both crazy and I'm so thankful to Mish for doing it with me because it was cold and it was raining!

Love the lighted paths, really good for a date night on a day with a good weather

I was here in Spring with S for sakura which were lighted pink back then and now it's all blue. Just goes to show nothing is stagnant and everything can turn a 180 degree on you.

The blue was really pretty and I will definitely be back again in Spring!

If only it wasn't raining....

Nonetheless, I enjoyed the illumination

After that I bought some pastries from Maison Kayser but lunch the next day~

The croissant was good....if only, I could heat it up in an oven before having it. I especially like this pretzel looking thing at the bottom~

Konakara (こなから 新丸ビル店) & Aoyama Itchome autumn leaves

Lunch date with A san at Konakara, which is a restaurant that specialises in oden in Shin-maru building (こなから 新丸ビル店).

Website: https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1302/A130201/13038498/

They have this grand set up in the centre.

I ordered their lunch set that came with 4 oden of choice and chicken soboro gohan.

While the daikon was delicious, I made a mistake by ordering the wrong chikuwa. I wanted the yaki chikuwa and not this soft non-chewy one. I have another seafood ball behind the daikon which was also soft and non-chewy.....not exactly a texture that I like.

My last one is this really dense dango which tasted like there's pumpkin in it.

The rice, which I though was the only other delicious item.

My pretty lunch partner

Overall, I prefer the oden at Oden Kashimin (おでん かしみん) at Marunouchi Iiyo that I visited a few months back. (http://melissa1311.blogspot.jp/2016/12/nihombashi-and-marunouchi.html)

Website: https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1302/A130201/13136068/

Spotted this Xmas trees after lunch

As the weather was lovely that day, I decided to head over to Aoyama Itchome to catch the beautiful yellow leaves from the ginko trees there.

There were sooo many people there as it was a Sunday

So glad I made the trip because the view was absolutely breathtaking.

Yup, one day, I shall return with a special someone.

Even the fallen leaves look beautiful

A super long queue in front of the Shake Shack

After that, I took the train to Yoyogi and managed to catch some Autumn leaves there too :D