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October 30, 2005

chez tomo (シェ・トモ)

We had booked in advance but when we arrived, there was a big group of people already seated before us and we were squeezed to the corner with very little space, which we actually didn't mind at all. But the waitor was nice and apologised to us and gave us the aperitifs for free!
Then the appetizer came and it was quite good but very small~~. Started thinking, "Oh no, it is one of those restaurants that you are still hungry after a full course." I was very hungry. ^^;;;
And then a salad came, which was boiled and grilled vegetables of many different kinds and they were very fresh and yummy! And a big plate as well!
And then the main dish....which was like this ONE small piece of pure fat!! Come on~~~!! -o-;;; The pork was confit(salted and fried) so it was already quite salty, yet it was drowned in beans and red wine sauce which made it even heavier. Probably one of the worst main dish I have had recently.
But the dessert came and it was a big plate and the caramel ice-cream was really really good.
So, it is one strange meal with each course fluctuating in quality...
フォアグラのトルション仕立て、リンゴのキャラメリゼ添え。

有機野菜の盛り合わせ。野菜は茹でか焼きで、とっても美味しい。
沖縄産地豚皮付きバラ肉の自家製塩漬けコンフィ、赤ワインソース。

キャラメルアイスは苦くて一番好み。
全部２８９０円のランチコースに入ってる。
chez tomo

Comments(3) [ french food | 白金・三田 ]

レトルダムール(Lettre D'Amour)

和栗のモンブラン。中に抹茶の餡が入ってて美味しい～。

Comments(2) [ cakes and sweets | 白金・三田 ]

Labyrinthe (ラビラント＠白金)

フォアグラサンド２種類と、栗のデニッシュ。
Labyrinthe

Comments(2) [ bakeries ]

October 29, 2005

リストランテ池袋文流

鶏肉と花豆の煮込みソースのリガトーニ。ロイヤルポークのソテーキノコのマルサラソース。ランチは２１００円。

Comments(2) [ 池袋 ]

フレンディ

さんまの塩焼き定食、１０００円。

Comments(0) [ 本郷・根津・湯島・上野 ]

根の津

揚げもち（力）うどん、７５０円。釜めんたいバター、７００円。鴨ねぎ棒、２５０円。うまかった～。

Comments(3) [ 本郷・根津・湯島・上野 ]

豚道楽

とろける角煮カレー定食、９２４円。

Comments(3) [ 池袋 ]

October 26, 2005

デフェール

モンブランドゥース（お気に入り）。サオトボ（中にチョコソースが入ってて、超お気に入り）。Gaudi。

マンダリンナポレオン（オレンジのリキュールが効いてて美味しい～）。
渋谷フードショーのイベントスペースで買った。

Comments(3) [ cakes and sweets ]

炭火ジンギスカン　おひつじ座

生ラムセット、野菜バイキング付き、１０００円。くせがなく、食べやすい肉だった。

ラムチョップ＆ロース、旬の焼き野菜ときのこ添え、９５０円。柔らかくて美味しい～。

ラムソーセージ、５８０円。キムチ羊湯茶漬け、５５０円。ソーセージはちょっとしょっぱいけど、お茶漬けと一緒に食べるとグッド。

Comments(3) [ 池袋 ]

ピラブカウ

タイアヒルのチャーシューかけご飯。タイコーヒー。

Comments(2) [ 池袋 ]

co-beau Sakai's deli 工房＠池袋ショッピングパーク店

秋刀魚おにぎり、３８０円。

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茂蔵CAFE＠池袋ショッピングパーク店

豆腐チーズケーキレモン、３５０円。
茂蔵

Comments(2) [ cakes and sweets ]

October 24, 2005

GUMBO　＆　OYSTER　BAR

巨峰グレープフルーツ。生ウニとワサビソースのオイスターシューター＆めかぶと飛びっ子、土佐酢のオイスターシューター。蟹とウニのスパゲッティカルボナーラ。３２６０円。

Comments(13) [ 池袋 ]

丸亀製麺

とろ玉うどん、３８０円。

Comments(0) [ 池袋 ]

Dipper Dan

スイートポテトジェラート。

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October 23, 2005

ル･スフレ

アーモンドとアマレート酒のスフレ、１０００円。ふわふわしてて、お酒すごく効いたソースと一緒に食べると、とても美味しい！今まで食べたスフレの中に一番美味しいかも。ガトーマロン。

Comments(3) [ cakes and sweets | 神宮前・青山・広尾 ]

スープカレーダイニングSHANTi

MOMOと野菜のスープカレー、９９０円。「ＭＯＭＯとは、チベットやネパールやタイなどでギョウザのこと」。この餃子もちもして美味しい～！大辛にしたけど、あまり辛くないので、今度は激辛をトライしたいね。
SHANTi

Comments(3) [ 神宮前・青山・広尾 ]

Restaurant Saigon Majestic （レストラン　サイゴン　マジェスティック＠錦糸町）

生春巻きと揚げ春巻き。
青いパパイヤのサラダ。

揚げ蟹。蟹チャーハン。

カボチャスープ。ココナッツアイス。
春巻き以外は、２５００円のランチCに入ってる。
Restaurant Saigon Majestic

Comments(6) [ other cuisines ]

October 22, 2005

おひつ膳　田んぼ　表参道店

鮭いくらおひつ膳、１６００円。美味しかった～～！！ご飯おかわりできる。友人が頼んだ秋刀魚おひつ膳、１２００円。
Salmon and salmon roe meal. Very delicious! The rice is exceptionally yummy and refillable. My friend ordered the Sanma(saury) meal, also good.
おひつ膳　田んぼ　表参道店

Comments(9) [ my favourites | good cheap eats | 神宮前・青山・広尾 ]

まい泉　青山本店

黒豚おろしとんかつ、１２６０円。美味しかった。
まい泉

Comments(7) [ 神宮前・青山・広尾 ]

Toshi Yoroizuka

栗とチョコレートのモンブラン、ラム酒風味アイス添え、洋梨ソース。
カシス（イチジク入り）。美味しかった～
Toshi Yoroizuka

Comments(5) [ cakes and sweets | 渋谷・恵比寿・代官山 ]

ラ・フェ・デリース

おお、ちゃんと火も写ってる～。

Comments(4) [ 神宮前・青山・広尾 ]

October 20, 2005

La Feve (ラ・フェーブ　九段下店)

サンマと揚げナスとドライトマトのペペロンチーノ＋オムライスのランチセット、１０００円。美味しくてボリューム満点～。サラダも焼き野菜が入ってグッドグッド。
Peperoncino with saury, fried aubergine and dried tomato + omelette rice. Generously portioned and good taste!
La Feve

Comments(1) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]

阿ら井

松花堂弁当、味噌汁付き、１０００円。カキフライ（１個）がグッド～。
阿ら井

Comments(4) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]

たけうち

新さんま定食、６００円。安い～！
たけうち

Comments(2) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]

Gumbo & Oyster bar

カキフライランチ、ご飯付き、９８０円。

Comments(4) [ 池袋 ]

咲くら

ばらちらし丼ニューヨークスタイルと京風うどんセット、９８０円。

Comments(2) [ 池袋 ]

春花秋灯

ランチ「葵」（蟹グラタンなど）、１５００円。

Comments(4) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]

October 16, 2005

カハワ

カラフルな階段裏。レンズ豆のサラダ。

モロッコ風春巻き。焼き野菜のマリネ。

おくらとえびのイエローカレー。
仔羊とズッキーニのタジン。

鶏のモロッコ風煮込み、バターライス添え。
メルゲーズ（羊のソーセージ）のクスクス。

シャラン産鴨のコンフィ　フライドポテト添え。
モロッコ風ミントティー。

ファーブルトン。いちじくとローズマリーのタルト。
雰囲気がとってもよくて、早めに行って、ソファ席をゲットできたら、きゃーきゃーわいーわいーと騒いでも、ぐうーぐうーとソファで横になっても、親切な店員さんに追い出される心配がないので、ややうるさいパーティにはもってこいお店。（そんなこと書いたら、店に大きいな迷惑だね、、、）
qahwa

Comments(6) [ 神宮前・青山・広尾 ]

韓国家庭料理ドランドラン

海鮮チヂミ。春雨炒め。

ゲジャン（生カニ）。カムジャタン。

カムジャタンとは豚の背骨とじゃがいもの鍋。スープが美味しくて、最後にご飯入れた。

Comments(2) [ other cuisines | 本郷・根津・湯島・上野 ]

浜伸

焼き魚（さんま）定食、７８７円。

Comments(0) [ 池袋 ]

Asian Kitchen

夜メニュー：　フォーのベトナム風焼きそば、７１４円。なかなかオイシイ！

Comments(0) [ 池袋 ]

Brasserie de l'institut

ポークフィレのサラダカシスソース。
クスクスロワイヤル（鶏・羊のソーセージ）。

スープアグリューム。ランチセット、デザート付きで、２１００円。

Comments(5) [ french food | 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]

Maison de la Bourgogne (メゾン・ド・ラ・ブルゴーニュ)

エスカルゴパイ焼き、ランチセットで、１２００円。

Comments(0) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]

October 10, 2005

HOKKAIDO DAY 7

なごやか亭　発寒店
友人オススメの回転寿司店。いや～～すごくいい店だ。
さんま、美味しいよぉ～。ウニといくら、期待してない分、悪くないな～と思えた、笑。

活ほっき。キンキ。

友達の一押し、炙りサーモン、すっごくすっごく美味しい～！
炙りさんまもいい味してる。

しめサバ。生のサバにしようと思ったけど、隣のおばさんが、青い魚はあたっちゃうかもしれないから、〆サバにした方がいいよ、って教えてくれた。でも、生も食べてみたいな、、、。サーモンが美味しくて、サーモンちゃんちゃん焼きもゲット。旬の魚やっぱり美味しいな～。これ全部で２０７９円。

北のグルメ亭（中央卸売市場）
飛行機の時間ぎりぎりまで食べるぞ。外の店もあるのに、この店だけがすごく込んでる。うに・いくら・毛蟹の３色丼、２６００円。イクラは今回食べた中に一番美味しい。蟹汁も甘くてグッド。ウニは悪くないけど、甘くてとろけるようなウニはまた今度ね、、、。

花畑牧場（千歳空港）
本当に最後まで食ってる、、、。夕張メロンミルク、３００円。美味しい～。メロンの香りが口の中に残ったまま（虫歯、、、）、帰路。楽しかった～！！

The first shop is really cheap and good, though it is slightly far from the city center, and they do this very light roasting(does 炙る mean roast???) to the fish, only the surface, that brings out the good smell. Oh I love it! The salmon was the best, had it twice! I ate 8 dishes and it was only 2000yen!! Before going to the airport, one last meal in a bigger fish market which is on my way back from the sushi place. It is much better than the small market I went on the second day, but still it is a bit touristy - had to wait for half an hour to get a seat - and the price is stiff. They claimed to have "no.1 ikura in Japan"...well the ikura was certainly the best in this trip, can't say I haven't had better though. The melon ice-cream in the airport was good too! Gosh, I ate so much!! It was a good trip though~~.

Comments(9) [ other parts of japan ]

HOKKAIDO DAY 6

カリー・サボイ(Curry Savoy)
サボイカリー（キチン）に舞茸となすをトッピング。チャイがついて、１５００円ぐらい。具は美味しいね～。しかし、これは結構ボリュームがあって、普段はうれしいことだけど、旅行中は、、、結局夕飯が食べられないぐらい、お腹いっぱい。（デザートはベツバラ、、、）

円山茶寮
いちごぜんざい、白玉入り。フレンチミックス（フレンチローストの味、美味しい～）。昔風の家の店構えには弱いよ～～。気に入った。栗ぜんざいもある、食べてみたい～。

ホワイトコージ　よつ葉
ご飯はやっぱり入れず、パフェ・オ・カフェ（６８２円）を夕食に。お酒とコーヒーゼリーが入ってる。グッドだった。
This day I was alone, also the next day. Soup curry originated in Hokkaido so of course I had to try! It has a huge piece of chicken and more chunks of potato, aubergine, mushroom in it, I was sooooooooo stuffed afterwards, that I even couldn't eat dinner!! But what bugged me a lot was the 3 big flies that hovered around my seat. I sat at the counter so the chefs were right in front of me and one of them saw me dodging the flies and apologised....rather than apologies I wish he would just do some cleaning...One of the fly landed on the rice that was to be delivered to other customers who sat on the tables away from the kitchen, I thought I was going to say something but I knew it was useless cos the shop people knew the flies were there but just ignored them! I just couldn't enjoy eating it when I had to dodge and chew and fend and chew, one of the flies landed on my chai tea...oh well. Though I was really full from the rather late lunch, I followed my sweet-loving friend's recommendation and went to this old Japanese-styled cafe, which was so atmospheric, lots of loner customers reading and having the same strawberry sauce and read-bean with ice-cream. It is this day that I had nothing to do and went to see Charlie and Sin City. The coffee jelly parfait was the 1 hour break between the two movies. ^^;;

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HOKKAIDO DAY 5

Today a friend who is a sweets-lover took me around...90% of the recommended places on her hand-drawn maps are cake shops or parfait shops!! The old building pic is taken inside University of Hokkaido - really beautiful place!! Must be stunning in winter covered in snow. Each of us had a chocolate cake in the shop very near to the university. Then my friend was just telling me this great chiffon place nearby but once I saw it I wanted to try - turned out it tasted fantastic in spite of its plain look! I am not a big fan of chiffon cake but I really thought it was one of best ones I have had. Then the third shop was caramel and nuts parfait, again one parfait per person! The beef and cheese curry was bad though - she had never been to that shop before but it is famous apparently so we decided to try. At least it was cheap. Then the last shop we went was parfait shop that opens only at night, and there is only one person making the parfaits, waiting customers, doing the bills and everything - super busy and therefore the parfaits came very slow. We didn't mind of course. The parfaits don't look good at all! But they taste good, especially the one heavy heavy with rum. It is amazing that I ate so much this day yet I was not suffereing so much from a bursting stomach, maybe because we walked a lot, chatted a lot, that burned calories I suppose. But the word "diabetes" did come across my mind...hahaha.

この日は札幌に詳しい友人に案内してもらった。とってもキレイな地図とオススメの店リストは友人の手書き。

スパゲティ＆ピザ　カラカラ(Caracalla)
かきのスパゲティ、１３００円。美味しい～！スパゲティの茹で加減といい、こってりしたクリームソースといい、丁寧な仕事してるって感じ。今年初のカキも美味しかった～。

北大を見物。とてもキレイな学校だね～。

フランス菓子＆珈琲　ププリエ(Peuplier)
かわいいお店。チョコケーキ美味しい～。

シオンハウス
友達のおすすめのシフォンケーキの店。ちょっと覗いてみるつもりだったけど、見た瞬間食べたくなっちゃった、、、。バニラとアールグレイ。バニラがふわふわしていながら、しっとり。すごく美味しい～。

イレブンケーキーズ・チェリーメリー(Eleven Cake's Cherry Merry)
キャラメルとナッツのパフェ。４軒目なのに、ペロリと食べちゃう美味しさ、、、。キャラメルクリームは苦味が効いて、大好み。ここの店員さんが愛想やや足りないってのは有名らしい。

クロック
友人も行ったことがないカレー屋に試してみることに。ビーフチーズカレー、９００円ぐらい。この店は結構取り上げられてたみたいだが、味は外れだった、、、。

ピープルピープ(People Peape)
夜しかやってない、込んでる時は一時間待たされることもあるという、穴場カフェ。パフェは一杯一杯ずつしか作れないので、シェアした方がいいという。
「クリームチーズパフェ：平日の暇な時間だけしか作りません」とメニューに書いてあった。
「ラム酒とカスタードのプリンパフェ：グラスの底にラム酒が入ってますのでだんだんきつくなります。」面白いコメントだね、、、マスター。
ラム酒のパフェは大の大の大当たり！こんなにラム酒の効いたアイス食べたことがない。酔っちゃいそう～～。
この日は血糖値がピークのまま過ごした、、、一日で糖尿病になったりしないかな、、、笑。

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HOKKAIDO DAY 4

この日からは札幌だけ。
The Euro building is a former government building, now there is a little history info center inside. The white cream thing is cheese with blueberry sauce inside - Hokkaido is famous for its cheese products. It is not tissue paper but a piece of cloth to hold the cream cheese. Hokkaido is a great place to eat seafood I think. But as a friend was telling me, the overall difference in quality and price of seafood between Sapporo and Tokyo exists, but the difference is slight. Afterall it is not in Sapporo that you do the fish-catching. ^^;;; So to have truly fresh and cheap seafood, you need to go to the sea. That's what I want to do next time I go to Hokkaido. Though you definitely need a car....and probably well research of the seasons beforehand.Anyway, this day my friend left, so I had the two cakes alone in my hotel....kinda sad.

味の三平
鉄火麺（味噌に唐辛子と胡麻油ととろろ昆布）、８５０円。うん、微妙、、、。

雪印バーラー
メリーゴーランド、１０００円。

五丈源
豚しおラーメン、６５０円。チャーシューおにぎり、１５０円。スープはあっさりして、食べ疲れた胃には優しいお味、、、だが、おにぎりがでかすぎて、死にそうになった、、、笑。

モン・ジェリ(Mont Jeli)
ブランマンジェ。シブースト。たまたま見つけた、ホテルに近いケーキ屋。テイクアウトのみなので、ホテルで夜食として食べた。グッドグッド。

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HOKKAIDO DAY 3

小樽　巽（たつみ）鮨
寿司屋通りをウロウロして、良さそうなお店を探す。このすし屋にしたのは、カニの刺身が食べられるからだった。カニの刺身は、前に札幌訪れた時に、一回食べたことがあって、そのうまさが忘れなくて。
懲りなくて一貫目やっぱりウニ、、、だめだった、涙。
珍しい「ぶどう海老」。

たらば蟹の寿司！！おおおおおいしい～～！！あま～～～い！！感涙！！今回はこれを食べに北海道に来たんだ！！
にしん。これはまた甘くて美味しい～。

ホタテ。いか。

さんま。いくら。

ブリは脂が乗っててトロみたいにとろける～。
ずわい蟹の寿司。すこし苦味があったけど、美味しいよ。

たらば蟹、リピート～。写真じゃ分かりにくいけど、前の一貫よりも２倍でかい、大サービスだ。うれしい～！ほっきも甘い～。幸せ度ピーク。シメはキンキ。会計は６０００円ぐらい。

北菓楼　小樽本館
ソフトクリーム、３００円。牛乳の味が濃厚～。こんなに美味しいソフト食べたのは初めて！

焼きトウモロコシ。
時計台の隣にある、サッポロ珈琲館。

ジンギスカン　だるま（札幌）
７時ぐらい行ったら、奇蹟にも、並んでる人いなかった。１人で２人前の肉を食べ（写真は一人前の量）、キムチとご飯は２人でシェアして、１人２０００円ぐらい。お肉は味付いてなくても、焼いただけでもすごく美味しい～。羊の癖は平気だけど、この店の肉は癖がなくて、食べやすい。自家製のキムチもグッド。お店出た時には、やっぱりすごい行列だった、、、。その後、バーを探しにすすきのの辺でウロウロしたら、「だるま探してるの？」とか、「だるまはあっちだよ。」とか、通りがかりの人に声掛けられた。すごい有名店なんだね、、、。
Last time I went to Hokkaido I tried crab sashimi for the first time and I was shocked how tasty it was! But you never see crab sashimi in Tokyo - the crab has to be super fresh you see. So this time since we were half giving up uni, we went hunting crab sashimi in Otaru. We went to a different sushi place first, my friend saw the show case and hinted to me "Let's get out". ^^;; So we were loitering along the "sushi restaurants street" and chose this place when it got late(lunch time) and we were really hungry. The uni was really bad, as expected, I wonder why we insisted ordering it...But oh my, the crab sashimi was really good~!! Better than the first time I had it. We tried tarabagani, the same kind of crab we had the previous night but this time raw, it was so good that I ordered one more later and the chef was so nice he gave me a big big piece. We also tried a different crab called zuwaigani, which was a little bitter but nice too. There was little piece of rice underneath the crab. We were very satisfied and went to have ice-cream again in 北菓楼 - which was definitely the best ice-cream I have ever had! So rich so milky! I bought a lot of souvenirs(cookies, cakes etc.) in this shop too. The BBQ is Genghis Kan(成吉思汗）, mutton barbecue, I have had it in Tokyo but it is more popular in Hokkaido. The lamb meat is not flavoured so it is just plain grill and dip sauce, but the meat is very tender and tasty and both my friend and I ordered a second round. The shop is super famous, always a long queue, but miraculously we went at the right moment that we didn't have to queue. We shared the kimchi and the rice and were really stuffed - as usual.

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HOKKAIDO DAY 2

どんぶり茶屋（札幌二条市場）
うに・いくら丼、２６００円。かにみそ焼き、５００円。もしかして、今ウニの季節じゃない？と思い始めた、、、。

近藤（札幌二条市場）
うに、たらば蟹、ホタテ、１９００円。さっきより美味しかったけど、なんか物足りない、、、。やっぱりウニ、季節外れのでは？という不安が、、、。

この日は札幌で遊ぶつもりだったけど、美味しいウニを求めるべく、予定変更。小樽行きの電車に飛び込んだ。

あまとう（小樽）
夕飯まではカフェでお茶。アップルパイ。クリームぜんざい。こってりしたソフトクリームがすごく美味しい～。

一心太助（小樽）
つきだしがサンマ！うまい～。
カニのむきみ。甘くて美味しい～。ずわい蟹か毛蟹かどっちかを聞くのが忘れた。
隣のおじさんが頼んだ、たらば蟹に目が釘付けになった、、、うぅ、、、、食べたい、、、鮭の親子丼を諦めて、たらば蟹を注文。わい～！でかい～！はさみで剥くのが大変だったけど、身が厚くて厚くて、足３本をむしゃむしゃ食っただけで、もうお腹いっぱい。サングラスのお兄さんによると、ウニの季節はすで終わって、後２週間ぐらいなら、別のところでウニ取れるんだけど、今はちょうどない時期、だって。ガーン！！
会計はドリンク２杯も含めて６０００円弱。

JRタワー展望室T３８（札幌）
入場料７００円もかかるけど、上にあがったら、セルフのカフェバーは結構安い。チャイナブルー、５００円。

The first two shops are inside a small fish market in town. The first one where we had uni and ikura rice bowl and grilled crab miso is supposed to have been introduced on TV and stuff, and the obasan there kept hard-selling us this expensive 2600yen uni rice bowl, claiming it to be good while we were actually planning to order the cheap 1500yen uni rice bowl. We trusted her and ordered the expensive one...gosh it was so bad!! The uni was so tasteless, one of the worst uni I have ever had. The crab miso was good, though it is not difficult to make it good I suppose. Then we went to a second shop in the same market, trying to redeem some faith in Hokkaido's seafood quailty. We had scallop, crab and uni. The crab was very sweet very good, the uni was much much better than the uni we just had in the first shop, yet it was still not the sweetest creamy uni that I know of!! Especially I went to tsukiji 築地 fish market in Tokyo a while ago and the "Hokkaido uni" I had was sooooo good and I couldn't help setting it as a "standard". We were so shocked, I mean it is the first uni we have in this trip and it is so bad...maybe uni is not the right season? We were planning to travel in Sapporo on that day, but we were just too traumatized that we changed our plan and took a train that goes straight to Otaru 小樽, which is a lovely town with a canal and is famous for seafood. We had apple pie and ice-cream - Hokkaido is famous for its dairy products so soft ice-cream is supposed to be good, and it turned out to be super good! The seafood place we went in Otaru for dinner was very famous and recommended by friends, so if the uni is not good in this place, then it is not good anywhere. It turned out that....the shop was not selling uni AT ALL because it is the wrong season!!!! Shit!!!! That's the fact then. We went in the wrong time!!! Sigh!!!! As we were feeling very stupid for not properly researching before we came, the free appetizer came and it was that big plate of Sanma 秋刀魚!! One fish for each of us as well!! It was so juicy so nice. Then we ordered boiled crab with shell already peeled. It was very sweet and yummy~!! And as we were going to order salmon and ikura rice bowl, which the friend who recommended this place had ordered and looked very good, we saw the ojisan x2 and a obasan sitting next to us ordered a huge huge crab per person!!! I knew it was a bad idea cos me and my friend were already quite full, but oh fuck it, we just ordered one to share. That is the giant crab in the picture, it is really so shockingly huge!! We used scissor to cut it, which was kinda scary at first but there was so much meat inside that we were silently eating and eating and eating and by the "3rd leg", we were both stuffed to our throats, and still there was the "body" we had to finish. ^^;;; God, I think I have eaten my share of crab for the rest of my life. ^^;;; Then we went back to Sapporo and went up to 38th floor of the JR train station tower for a panorama view of the city and had a cocktail there. An eventful day...

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HOKKAIDO DAY 1

支笏湖商店街
ひめます御膳、２０００円。姫鱒、初めて食べた。

丸駒温泉旅館
料理は微妙だけど、露天風呂の眺めはとてもよかった。

The first day was hotspring hotel, near a lake only an hour away by local bus from the Sapporo Chitose airport. The scenary was lovely, especially the lake view from the open-air hotspring. The dinner in the hotspring hotel was served in the room, but unfortunately the food was no good...err....I was expecting something delicous inside the hot plate but it turned out to be two sad pieces of hard and tasteless duck meat....err....

The grilled fish set was lunch in the little souvenir shopping street by the lake before we went to the hotel. That fish is the lake's specialty - a smaller version of salmon apparently. Hmm....salmon is much better. ^^;;

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