These guys would have had worn perfect colors for our wedding. π π
Even when there were many people about, Hubs and I weren’t able to keep ourselves from laughing out loud.
Kitkat green tea Air in
They don’t just come in different flavors. They also come in different….forms. This one’s the “air in” variety. Reminds me of sports shoes actually. π
Will update this post once I’ll have my snacks later and get a taste on the bubbles effect.
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Some update.
This is what I just love with buying Japanese food. You’ll know how many calories you are getting. This one bar for instance gives you 40kcal of energy.
Indeed, this variant has bubbles. Matcha and chocolate is much thicker than the wafer itself. But I ain’t complaining! It definitely is VERY good; not overly sweet at all. π
Let’s count our blessings shall we?
Hubs and I sort of count our blessings everyday as we talk about how our day went as we walk our way home.
This is indeed a very good idea! And one that we should do everyday of our lives. Back when I was doing the wedding preps, I specially count my blessings when something disappointing happened. By doing that, I forget about the bad thing but just focus on the good one.
Today, I guess I should be counting my blessings because there are a couple of things that were a bit of a let down – one of which was i was late on our project meeting because I forgot it was today. π I didn’t turn on the reminder function.
But I shouldn’t dwell on it. Let’s focus on the blessings:
– thankful for Atsushi
– thankful for the great conversations we are having
– thankful that the client approved my proposed design change within a much shorter time than my boss expected
– found a way to solve my recent headache with a deliverable
I should remember those. And not the misses.
And oh, one of today’s verses:
Psalm 118:1 Give thanks to the Lord who is good.
Indeed! π
Ginza Tenkuni
This place I’d probably always remember as a “happy news” place. π And of course IT IS a good food place!
A tempura restaurant, what is probably unique with Ginza Tenkuni is that they have their own (great) tempura recipes that you’d hardly find in any other restaurants.
This kakiage was my first favorite in the restaurant. A tempura of mixed shrimp and scallops flavored with Japanese soy sauce.
The other day though, we tried the Yuki set, which we considered almost a feast.
First came in the sushi with the chawanmushi.
Didn’t realize how much I missed sashimi. It’s been almost two months! The chawanmushi, supposedly an appetizer, I set aside for later. Yes, I’m the type who sets aside their favorites for later. Delaying gratification, yes.
The salad, dressed in a Japanese sauce that was a mixture of sweet, salty and sour was just so light and perfectly blended you’d want to have another serving. This one goes to the favorites column.
The main Yuki meal.
Their miso is not your usual kind of miso. It leans on the soy sauce taste and is a bit bitter-salty. Taste and smell is strong too. The meal also has a cold pork side dish, in sesame and onion.
They had the usual shrimp/fish/vegetable tempura.
But they won me with these two unique tempuras – scallop wrapped in seaweed and shiitake mushroom stuffed with shrimps.
Don’t mind the grease though. Ginza Tenkuni fry their tempura in sesame oil. Sossy.
The chawanmushi served as my dessert. Chawanmushi (θΆη’θΈγ) is actually an egg custard usually served as appetizer. Served hot, the custard (which is of course not sweet at all) is stuffed with mushroom, shrimp, chicken, ginna (ginkgo seeds which hubby absolutely loves especially as yakitori) and peppered with some herbs.
I giggled when I saw the saucer they used for the chawanmushi. A definite place for the cup and the convex of the spoon. A place for everything and everything on its place.
Located at Minato Mirai, Landmark Tower, Ground floor, left side if coming from Minato Mirai line.
All photos were taken from my iPhone cam.
Shake Duo
Hubs requested that we drop by Book Express for his book shopping fix on our way home from office. It was a good thing this duo was doing a performance in the open space in front of JR Sakuragicho Station. They were pretty good! Hence I had a good time as I waited for hubs. I noticed though that most of us who were watching were women.
(sorry for the shaky cover on the first minute. I dropped my PET bottle and had to retrieve it haha π )
They were giving away flyers for their upcoming concerts; their first album is selling at Β₯2500 yen.
In fairness the vocalist’s voice was good and blending with the backup was good as well. Beatbox man was pretty good too! No wonder many were hanging around to watch them instead of the usual handful of watchers for other singers on other days.
Hope to hear more from you guys.
autumn on November 30
We’ve been so busy lately that we haven’t really been to the countryside to experience autumn. Here in the city, I feel like autumn took a long time in coming. And even when it came, the visit was so short. Short though it may be, yet still beautiful.
