Today’s blog marks the last full day in Japan!! This makes me so sad! I can’t believe a week went by so quickly. But today also marks one of the best or most successful food adventure yet! (Not that nothing before today wasn’t good. It was so amazing)!!!
Early morning we dropped by a 24/7 Kitchen Origin across the street from our Airbnb. Decided to try what a fast food japanese joint tastes like. It’s pretty nice!!
Got some hot Hojicha latte and miso soup.
Udon sigh vegetable tempura.
Chicken cutlet with egg over rice.
Potato croquette.
Then it was time for omakase. We looked up a hole in the wall restaurant that wasn’t a yelp nor tripdvisor hype. We wanted an authentic quiet atmosphere with no line, no wait and no foreigners.
See that building in the middle with the white sign? That is it! The door is in the middle and it’s very discrete.
I’m so excited!!
Everything is in unison and perfect in the same way.
Unlimited miso soup and green tea.the waitress kept taking away our current cups and giving us new cups of fresh hot green tea.
Miso soup.
We got the 12-piece omakase for 3200yen.
Squid.
Barracuda.
Scallop.
Sweet shrimp.
Mackerel.
Tuna.
Uni.
Seared Kimi-dai.
Roe.
Conger eel.
Seared salmon.
Tamago.
Orange peel ice cream.
Each piece was perfect. Each piece was fresh and tender and soft. Certain dishes that stood out to me was the eel, salmon, tuna, uni and deep big-eye fish. I really, really enjoyed this omakase experience. It truly is different from any other omakase experience in America.
Our chef spoke some English and was very kind to us. He was smiling the whole time while preparing the sushi pieces and making conversation with us. He told us to relax.
He said nigiri in japan is like hamburger in America. It isn’t supposed to be formal. It is just a snack so relax and enjoy yourselves.
I wandered into a nearby grocery store and found another dessert haven.
Decided to try one of their circular donut-like desserts. I see it everywhere and have a feeling this is a generic Japanese pastry. It was good! Lightly sweet and sugary.
Time for some Japanese bbq and wagyu beef in Shibuya!
Beef tongue. The beef tongue was surprisingly really good. We kept getting orders of beef tongue nonstop with each new order of wagyu.
Japanese premium wagyu beef.
It was very good! For the price, very good. You can never get a good deal like this in America. It would be overpriced.
Japanese wagyu beef.
Kiwami beef.
Pickled in a pot beef.
And off for some Japanese coffee and dessert in what appears to be a very upscale tea room.
Chocolate cake.
Last meal in Shibuya is some tsukemen!
I like their ends of the chopsticks!! Makes it easier to grip onto the noodles.
Gyoza. The gyoza was very soft and juicy on the inside. Very crispy and thin on the outside.
Tsukemen.
Look at these monstrous noodles. The noodles were big and firm and just carried all of its thick dipping sauce with each lift. Everything was so spicy and salty and savory.
Wandering around the Shibuya subway market one last time. There were just so many patisserie shops everywhere with all kinds of desserts unimaginable and all so pretty.
I opted for a sweet green tea chocolate. I have never tried green tea chocolate before. It was rich and good. Smelled strongly of green tea. It was good. Ugh I’m so sad I’m going back tomorrow.
