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Fussa (福生)

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A day trip to a place called Fussa where the Yokota Air Base is located - hence slightly Americanized. Somehow we didn’t see any foreigners on the day we went.

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La Fougasse (ラ・フーガス)
First we went to this famous bakery, used to be in Tokyo but have moved here, and bought loads of bread before heading for lunch.

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DEMODE DINER (デモデダイナー)
Well there is nothing more American than hambugers.
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Onion rings and French fries with cheese.
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My “Deluxe burger”. Steak sandwich.
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福生バーガーClub sandwich is actually fried chicken sandwich! A basic burger.
Scary “tower burger” is availbale on the menu too…

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Cafe du Jardin (カフェ・ドゥ・ジャルダン)
After hanging around the main street and checking out some antique shops, we were ready for cakes.
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Strawberry Mont Blanc.
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Blue berry cheese cake. Best of all the cakes. The cookie base has walnut in it and is super delicious. Strawberry rollcake.
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Ciboust. Caramel something. Chou cream.
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We drove to Ome and walked around the streets with a retro feel(great review here). The billboards of old Japanese movies are actually newly painted. Passed by Tama River. There were people fishing.
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夏への扉 (Natsu e no Tobira)
A really cool cafe but we didn’t have time(or stomach space) to go in.
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鳥福 (Torifuku)
Dinner at a restaurant specialised in chicken.
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若鶏のゴボウ巻き。皮せんべい。
Chicken and gobo(burdock root) roll. Chicken skin senbei.
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焼き鳥。手羽のから揚げ。
Yakitori. Fried chicken wings.
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いももち（じゃがいもの餅）。ギンダラのミソ漬け。
Imo-mochi(potato cake). Miso-marinated Gindara(silver cod fish).
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もものから揚げ。
Fried chicken thigh. Free fried fish snack.

The chicken might not be the best quality I have had but really good for the price. This dinner was so cheap that at first I thought the price on the bill was for one person(turned out it was the total for four ^^;;).
Menu(J): 1, 2, 3.

こんや (Konya)

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This izakaya is opened by four chefs who all own their own restaurants in the same area. Though not them but someone else is cooking in this place. The front door looks like someone’s apartment! It was a dinner party and we had the 4000yen dinner course, plus endless additional orders from the a la carte menu cos we were all pigs. Buri and radish is complimentary appetizer.
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お造り(ヤリイカ、平目、メジ鮪)。塩漬けレバ刺。
Sashimi(Yari-ika, hirame, mejimaguro). Salt-pickled raw liver.
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女のだし巻玉子。（男のだし巻玉子。） セロリのはちみつ味噌漬け。
Female version dashi-maki tamago(Japanese rolled omelette), which tasted the same as the male version, only sweeter.
Celery pickled in honey and miso. (Pic shows only the messy leftover ^^;;)
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スモークチキンときのこのサラダ。
本鱒（ます）の石狩鍋仕立て（味噌）。
Smoked chicken and mushroom salad.
Honmasu salmon Ishikari-nabe(miso based). Very fatty salmon very good!
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太刀魚の変わり揚げ。
大山地鶏の炭火焼き：もも荒塩焼（柚子胡椒）、つくねタレ焼き、ササミ焼き（わさびと梅じそ）。
Somen-coated fried Tachiuo(Scabbard fish).
Charcoal-grilled chicken: thigh with yuzu-kosho, Tsukune with sauce(comes with raw egg too), sasami-yaki(chicken breast) with wasabi and umejiso(sour plum and shiso).
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白ばい貝の海女さん煮（a la carte）。
穴子と里芋の柚子あんかけ（a la carte）。
Simmered shellfish.
Anago and satoimo(taro) in Yuzu ankake(starchy) sauce.
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洋風まるごとトマト煮おでん(a la carte)。
カキの天ぷら海苔あんかけ（a la carte）。
Western style whole tomato oden.
Oyster tempura in seaweed ankake sauce.
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こんやまぜごはん(味噌汁付き)。
Pickles and rice. Comes with miso soup.
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酒盗チャーハン(a la carte)。 本日のデザート：柚子大福、ガトーショコラ。
Fried rice with “shutou”(salted bonito guts). Dessert from the course: gateau chocolat and Yuzu Daifuku.

The food is generally good in a standard izakaya sort of way. A bit salty to keep you drinking. Maybe not a reliable reference since I went with a huge group but (a lot of) food+drink is about 8000yen.
Menu(J): 1, 2.

こんや (Konya)
Add: 2-22-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku
Tel: 03-5423-5820