Today is teamLab Borderless! This one was located on a basement floor of a train station. We were let in slightly before our 9am time slot. Compared to Planets, I like planets way more! And not just because I went to it first. It was just more interactive and 360. This was a corridor of a bunch of rooms. The other one felt more enveloped. But I still like it. The big room with the hill was most impressive indeed.
Right before that, we each had a beef and potato croquette from FamilyMart as a tiny breakfast snack before hitting the road. It was delicious. Lightly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. There were tiny bits of beef in it but mostly mashed potatoes.
After the digital museum, we went to eat tsukemen from the first place we had when we first got here. Instead of ordering a size small for noodles, I ordered a size large. I was super hungry and really felt like I could finish large. You can see where I’m going with this. I didn’t finish.. I am so sorry to admit and so ashamed! Not only did I leave behind noodles, I left behind most of my egg and pork chasu. Wahh!! I’m so sorry! I was just soooo full!! It was still really good though!! I ate all of the bamboo and drank all of the dipping broth.. I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!!
The original plan afterwards was to eat soufflé pancakes for dessert. However, both locations were walked to had long lines! There was no way I wanna wait in a long line. We skipped to Excelsior Cafe for the same iced uji matcha and hojicha lattes. They’re so tasty and milky; just like the other location.
After we left Excelsior, we were going to keep walking, but I was like, wait!! Can we walk back up one block to see if Flipper’s Pancakes the line was gone?? Since it was after brunch rush hour?? She said sure! And guess what!! Practically no line and we didn’t wait much to get seated. WOOT WOOT! I get to try my soufflé pancakes in Japan on the last day! More be my lucky day! Except I am soooooo full, there is no way I can stuff a bowl of ramen for dinner tonight. My mom and I might opt for a small bowl of soup from Soup Stock we’ve been eying in our train station instead.
We waited an extra 35min after we ordered and it was well worth the wait. Not only does it taste super egg and extra yellow from the yellow yokes, it was also so fluffy!!! Hands down, the best soufflé pancakes I’ve ever had!!! Way better than in the US!! It’s not an exaggeration. It’s one of those things that don’t ever be as good in America as in its homeland, like pad Thai.. boba…gelato.. sigh 🙂
Some education:
They call these pancakes Kiseki pancakes and are made of eggs, milk, flour, and butter. They say the most important ingredient is the egg, which is fed with bamboo charcoal, lactic acid bacteria and yeast.
We were still pretty full from dinner, but we still had to eat something for dinner! So the consensus was Soup Stock Tokyo. I did a little research online and YouTube and found out it’s been out for years and has multiple locations. Apparently, it’s very popular in Japan!!!
The two cups of soup I tried was the:
Atlantic Lobster, tomato and potherb bisque. This soup was a popular choice per menu and I really enjoyed it a lot. There weren’t actual bits of lobster in it but maybe very minced pieces. I did taste the flavor of seafood in the soup. It was creamy and tomato-y. I really enjoyed it. There was also a generous amount of crushed black pepper.
Hokkaido corn and chicken stew. This stew was very creamy, thick and comforting. My perfect kind of soup. There were minced bits of corn in the soup and the milky texture must be from the Hokkaido milk. Chicken pieces were tender. Broccoli and carrot were soft.
The small roll of bread that it came with was served warm, soft and fluffy. It was the perfect compliment to the soup. Both soups were delicious and I’m sure the rest are too. There are also pre-frozen takeout packets of all the soups you can buy, ready to eat after you heat.
And that concludes the last night of this round of Japan. I can’t wait until the next time!
