Autumn in Shibuya

Early in the morning, we decided to drop by Aoyama before going to Shibuya for lunch.

As there weren't many people there, we were able to snap some nice pictures.

While many leaves have fallen, the scenery was still beautful.

After that, we headed to Shibuya Scramble Square for lunch with friends at La Coquina cerveceria.

Website: https://www.huge.co.jp/restaurant/spanish/lacoquina

We had a nice corner seat that overlooks the entre restaurant.

First up were some ham, marinated sardines and tomato salad. The marinated sardines were surprisingly very good.

Next up, garlic toasts with prawn and mushroom ajillo. I love garlic toasts with prawn ajillo! This did not disappoint as it was full of flavours!

This squid and potato dish here has got to be the best dish of the day! The squid was soft and went so well with the flavourful sauce. I wished that there were more!

And lastly we had clams cooked in vine and iberico pork paella.

We ate everything as all the food was yummy.

After lunch, we stopped by ocha room ashita ITOEN for some desserts.

I ordered a green tea and houjicha ice cream parfait while J ordered the seasonal maron tea.

SW had the green tea pudding.

And Nat ordered the seasonal cold maron tea.

It was nice to still able to catch up with friends during this pandemic.

Caravaan Tokyo

Visiting Caravaan Tokyo again!

Website: https://tokyo.carvaan.jp/

As their afternoon tea set was too good, I brought J here.

J had their lunch set which comes with a sprout salad and a plate of different hummus with pita bread. The different types of hummus were sooo good! I absolutely enjoyed the paprika one.

 I had the hibiscus tea again, which is slightly tart, but goes so well with the sweet deserts.

J's lunch set, which came with briyani!

There are 6 different dishes, which included a chicken skewer. There is also a chicken curry, which is not pictured here. The spices were on spot and went so well with rice.

Finally, the falafel that I had ordered arrived. I really like this and recommend this with the afternoon tea set.

Greek yoghurt with nuts and scones. :)

The amazing afternoon tea seat!

This hanamitsu stollen is hot, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.

Dates and cacao cake. This was rich and delicious.

Maron flavoured ice cream which was rich and creamy.

Berry and rose vegan mousse. This is a tart and tangy mousse. But it is refreshing when you want to taste something different.

Baklava which is sweet but so good!

Carrot and walnut cake is one of my favourite because the cake is super light.

Another favourite is this arabian cheesecake which is rich is flavour and has an interesting crunchy texture thanks to the thin strands on the cheesecake.

Everything from the lunch set to the afternoon tea was amazing. I can't wait to revisit again!

Carvaan Tokyo

Met up with Mish for lunch at Shibuya. 

We came to Carvaan Tokyo.

Website: https://tokyo.carvaan.jp/menu/

This is a halal restaurant and according to their website, they use natural ingredients such as natural rock & sea salt, palm sap, agave syrup.

This fancy set here is the hibiscus tea that we ordered. Slightly acidic but goes so well with desserts.

We each ordered a Falafel Shawarma for 550 JPY because I cannot resist falafel and hummus. 

This here is an Arabian roll sandwich with falafel and hummus made from chickpeas and herbs and salad. 

This is super delicious and I recommend getting this with the afternoon tea because it is always nice to start off with something savoury.

We had their Arabian Afternoon Tea plate, which costs 3,190 JPY.

This comes with 7 kinds of desserts using Arabian ingredients and Arabian scone with spices.

Arabian scone with spicy nuts, served with fruit confiture and Greek yogurt was delicious As the figs are already sweet, you might not need to add too much honey if you do no like things are are too sweet.

The beautiful platter of  7 desserts.

The one in the center is the Berry and rose vegan mousse which is sweet and sour and super refreshing.

This is he Seasonal Arabian gelato, which was chestnut when we were there.

Dates and cacao cake was moist and thick.

Hanamitsu Stollen. I am not sure what it is at the bottom, but everything just goes so well together.

Arabian cheesecake here is the bomb and one of my favourite. Love all the crunchy bits that they topped the cheesecake with.

Baklava with nectar and pistachios. As usual baklava are very sweet but I really like the texture.

Lastly, the Carrot and walnut cake was also light and super yummy.

As we were there after lunch time, the place was pretty empty, which was good.

This is one of the best afternoon tea that I have had and will definitely return for more.

 

Last day in Tokyo

Mum and Dad are flying back home tonight, so I thought we'd spend the last day exploring Tokyo for food and some last minute shopping.

For brunch, we went to 茶鍋カフェ kagurazaka saryo. It's the first time I've brought my parents here.

I was super glad that my parents enjoyed the meal. It's such a nice comfort food for winter.

Best of all, you can get a dessert lunch set.

The cakes here are always good. It was my first time trying the sweet potato cake and I LOVE it~!!!

After some shopping, we stopped by Ichiran ramen for tea break. 

While many who live here argue that there are many ramen that are better than this and that's true. But it's undeniable that their tonkotsu broth is delicious and is really easy for foreigners to accept as they're not too oily as some of the local ones. Also, it's great that you can customise it!

I think many also feel that the pork slices served are too thin, but one can always order extra meat.

Personally, I enjoy it once in a while.

heehee.....at the salaryman waiting area!

Haneda airport has a nice open area on their top floor that  gives you a nice view of the planes.

Dad and mum flew with ANA here and back this time. They said that the seats were very comfortable.