Danbo at Akihabara!

Very nice plants outside my neighbours' houses ^^




This seems to form the number 8.


They had a branch of sakura sprouting flowers. I didn't know you could plant cherry flowers from a branch.



Discovered a one-coin (Y500) lunch place at Akihabara. We were there to change my phone! Yay. Surprisingly, the restaurant was quite empty even at lunch time. Or was it after lunch hours =_= Only a few otaku looking guys at a table and some old people at other corners. Probably all were here for the cheap food, and not to mention the free flow rice and miso. Eat full full, last whole day. Kinda sad to see the old people eating like this to survive. Where's the family to cook for them. Anyway, food was not 半端 (hanpa) at all! Shall put this in my list of cheap-and-good-places :9




Forgot what this korean actor's name is.


As usual, he likes fried stuff :x Jumbo chicken katsu or something, iirc. I stole the crispy end when he offered :p


My ginger pork. Seems like the only thing i eat….


Breaking my egg into a bowl before mixing into my rice to make TKG or "Tamago Kake Gohan" (rice with egg placed on it). Yes it's raw and fresh!!


okay this looks bit weird. Like onna :x


Fanboys queuing up to enter AKB48 cafe downstairs.


With Danbo!!!!! :DDDD I want to take her home!


Oh! His [three] Goddesses!


Many small tanks, but i don't understand.


Is this like erm.. Gundam? :x

Enough of these otaku activities which we spent the whole day doing. Want to buy but will end up as dust collectors eventually. Hungry for dinner already.


Decided on something light: soba. See the fried tempura behind again lol.


And a plate of gyoza (again!) to share.

Halfway through the soba, i bite into something plasticky and we called the waitress over coz he insisted on changing. I thought just throw away can already :x

The waitress was very apologetic and then the manager(?) also came over to say sorry and say they would give me a new bowl. (not free meal? HAHAHA) Not enjoying the fuss over a piece of plastic, but at least it wasn't like discovering… half an insect in your food.


And so I ended up with more soba to eat =____=

ふくみみ餃子館

Went to this gyoza shop that Fujita san recommended while she was cutting my hair. Supposedly ranked 2nd best in Nakano. (I'm curious which is the shop ranked top now!) Since I was hungry, I thought why not go find it and oh my, it was really good, i'm also recommending it to anyone reading this!

The shop is narrow and small, and only can take 6-7 people, seated along the counter. It's not a place for you to sit down and stay long or chat with friends. Meal ticket machine is just beside the entrance when you enter. Water is self service.


Entrance with the takeaway window (not my pic)

When the gyoza arrived, they were HUGE! Each 40g, stuffed with juicy meat that dripped with every bite. I used my rice to soak up the juice to eat ^^b Best of all, they were very cheap. The five gyoza + rice and miso set I took cost only 380 yen!! Takeaways 5 pieces = Y250, 10 pieces = Y500. Definitely falls under the definition of cheap "one-coin (=500 yen) meal" that everyone seems to be always looking for nowadays in this "declining economy". Another plus point is that they are non-smoking! Usually eateries like this allow smoking so I don't like to go. It was a pleasant discovery ^^;


Menu

So if you're looking for something cheap and delicious in Nakano area, head over to ふくみみ (Fukumimi). Just along the レンガ坂 (renga slope) behind(?) the DVD rental shop Tsutaya, outside the 南口 (south exit) of 中野 (nakano) station (on 中央線&東西線). Opens from 11.30〜14.30 and 16.30〜20.00 OR when the gyoza sells out.

By the way, fukumimi or 福耳 "fat earloop" is so named because the gyozas are big, according to Fujita san. For good luck and wealth? haha.


Stolen pic :x Four different kind of sauces which I didn't use. Prefer the traditional la yu and vinegar/soy sauce.


My five-piece gyoza set. Oishikatta!

Twenty Six of Them

Mid-long entry ahead. These were random photos, a selected 26, taken after the day of the trip down to kameari until today, and tweeted :x But tweeting doesn't look like it stores for reference. So might as well post them up. Wanted to entitle it "A normal week in Tokyo" but it's more than a week. Argh. forget it then lol!
And I still have a day of bbq pics not done yet. Sighs.


Spotted this when i entered the restroom. Plucking your head off and kicking it. Fun.


One of the typical lunch sets I have everyday. i get so sick eating them all the time T_T So cold and hard...
I know it's nice. But try having it for weeks or months.


Was too lazy to copy so I snapped a pic of this. It's crazy.


Free music as I was going home. Stayed around for a while coz there was some cutie among the audience and i was looking in that direction instead :x


New tea shop opened at my place. Opening discount! I love tea!


Sad一人ご飯@Mac. Is there prawn burger in your local McDonalds? The prawns quite puripuri!


I tried one of the two teas i bought. Really good. Must go get the mango oolong tea when i finish.


Luggage + Hamamatsucho station = Feeling of going back home.
But too bad it was empty. I was just there to collect some food stuff dad got his subordinates to pass to me. Supposedly 10kg of them. They felt extra heavy when you have to carry them up and down stairs!


Ippudo's 2nd flavour instant ramen out! This time a collaboration with another famous chain. I didnt post pic of the 1st flavour right… Will remember to do so.


Jojoen, a famous yakiniku shop often patronised by famous tv people, came out with their own bento! Packaging looks like an eki-ben right? (eki-ben = bento one buys at train stations and eats on trains)
I love my sugarless gogo no koucha red tea. Only in japan (and perhaps china) they can sell real tea and still earn money and not sugared water labelled as tea.


The sauce + meat. Heavenly.


This. Please try if you see it selling. VERY GOOD. Suntory's sweet plum drink. Very refreshing. This was my third bottle :x


Someone left this box in one corner beside me. I wonder what instrument's hiding inside. Mysterious boxes make me imaging nasty stuffs.


Coco Ichibanya's takeaway lunch. Really good. Does the Coco Ichibanya in singapore provide takeaways like this?


Drunk man posing for the morning at the station after a night of drinking. Probably took the first train home and knocked out already. He's the best already. Some look worse. But still, みっともない. Seriously, there's too many such cases here. Donno what's the problem.


I am LOL-ing this. A real recording company. It does leave an impression though, at least for those who understand.


Bought kit-kats since i was peckish. And i couldn't resist trying the marron one!! Kitkat seldom goes wrong. Unless it's the chili or wasabi or soy sauce ones… :x


One of the days where i wore my favourite robot out.


Accident at station. No go. Waited for 1hr inside train and still stuck.


So took taxi coz there's no other train that goes home nor did they provide alternate bus for us! The wait made me missed my gym wtf!


Passing by the second last station to my apartment. I hesitated to look at the fare.


Final fare. *Ting Ting Ting!!* About $91 gasp! :x


Cabbage patch outside my window across the road growing fine.


Was having cravings for ohsho gyoza. This diy ohsho gyoza shall do.


It didn't look too bad right?


Bought pumpkin roll cake and pumpkin soy milk (no pic) in "celebration" of Pumpkin Day.
The pumpkin soy milk was weird but the cake wasn't bad! And i feel pathetic I'm at home and not dressed up for some party hur hur.