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Exiting the ferry port, Aqua City is just right opposite hence it’s the first place we visited in Odaiba. And also, the main reason why we went in was the “Local Ramen Festival” !!!

Hello tourists

Didn’t, and still don’t understand a single thing but very very excited.
*forever possessed by hungry ghost wtf*

My silly friend here trying to jump and tap the signage.
It’s good to always have a child in our heart.

Ramen oh ramen, here we slurp!

Vai excited because she finally found a ramen that the soup base (broth) is vegetarian enough for her.

SL’s.. very oily tantanmen covered in red ra-yu.

Mine!

Gyozas

Map.

As you can see, it’s more like a mini food court that sells the same type of food (but different in their own ways). I wonder if Brunei can do a “Nasi Katok festival”, gathering all the nice nasi katoks around and let the people decides which one they love the most.

 
Very eksen group…

Then we had a little walk outside, taking picture with the statue of liberty, passed by Fuji Television and later, GUNDAM!

New Yok New York.. eh salah, Tokyo Tokyo~

The very cool looking building at the back of Aqua City is Fuji Television.

The super famous landmark to take photo with, NEXT!

Misato – Teppan Grill
Unit 203, Mabohai Shopping Complex, Simpang 99, Jalan Kebangsann Lama,
Bandar Seri Begawan BA1111
Tel/Fax: +673 2241331
Opening hours: 11 AM – 10 PM (Mon – Sun)

Le husband and I decided to give Misato Teppan-grill a try because it’s near to his working place and there’s definitely no traffic to beat and also, less crowded.

Located at the second floor of Mabohai Shopping Complex, just next to Savy.

From the outside of the restaurant, you can tell that it’s pretty big and spacious inside. Walking in, the restaurant is separated into two main area, the main teppanyaki area where you sit and watch the chef in action, and the tatami area at the window side. They also have 2 private rooms for bigger group.

The main teppanyaki area

The tatami area

The menu.

I’m guessing the official one is not ready yet because the menu handed to us is just printed papers in a folder.

To save our brain cells from over-thinking what to eat, we just picked the Tokyo set which is made for 2 person. We chose lamb and salmon.

Soup and green tea.

Our food awaiting to be cooked.

I told Bobby I like it when I can see the chef cooking in front of me because I’m very impatient and if I have to sit there and wait for my food while not knowing if my food is being prepared already, I feel I wait very very long. So ya, I like it when I get to see my food being prepared because I know it’s fresh and definitely cooked properly.

And one more thing, there wasn’t much smoke while cooking and also the smell of food didn’t really cling on to our bodies when we left the place. Yay to that!

Agedashi tofu and ebi furai that comes with the set.

Salmon

And lamb

Salmon and lamb.

HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA. Captain Obvious approved.

Mixed vegetables.

It was a pretty good meal, balanced and something different. Apart from teppanyaki, they also served ala carte food like assorted sushis and tempuras. We’re pretty eager to try their desserts but the one we wanted was not available. Of course, if I have to compare the menu from their KB branch, Misato Teppan-Grill seems like they serve less food but hey, if you’re not keen in teppanyaki, might as well go to their Kiulap or KB branch right?

The price list of taking the rickshaw ride in Asakusa.

Asahi Beer Hall from a distance. Somehow reminds me of Chibi Maruko’s classmate, 花輪.

Double decker spotted in Asakusa.

Walked and walked and walked to reach our destination, Kappabashi.
It’s also known as the “Kitchen Town”, where there’s 170 wholesale specialty shop that you can find all sorts of kitchen ware, restaurant furniture, knives, oven and even plastic display food!

I’ll sure go there if I’m going to open a restaurant seriously!

See what I mean?

You name it, they have it!

How is it for a souvenir? TOO BIG AND HEAVY FOR MY LUGGAGE!

Cool traditional stove!

 
Taking photo with the street mascot statue, Kappa the mythical creature

Head back to our hostel for a mini break before taking the awesome boat ride to Odaiba.

My ticket! And saw that awesome boat that looks like it’s from anime?
We’re going to ride it, ride it, ride it~

Love her dress and socks matching with her shoes.

So cool right!
http://www.suijobus.co.jp/cruise/line/as_od_line.html

Now boarding!
The captains welcoming the passengers.

There’s no seating arrangement so just grab any seats once you board else you’ll have to stand the whole journey (50mins to Odaiba)

Or, you can sleep like this fellow.

It’s quite spacious and sure damn lot of tourists. I was eavesdropping the HongKong family’s conversation sitting next to us.

Group photo in the Himiko.

 
Camwhoring

The other type of boat ride.

Characters from Leiji Matsumoto’s past work

Not bad, I quite tall also ah. HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA

The story of this photo is….

SL went to the food stall and bought himself an ice cream and this girl over here was drooling all over it. She’s actually not allowed to eat any cold stuffs (by herself. cramps. geddit?) but this girl ah…. die die bought that honeydew ice cream (which was really really yummy actually), savoured it and later warned SL that she’s going to blame him if she’s gonna suffer any tummy cramps later because he ate ice cream in front of her.

Hence, that kanasai expression on her face. 

Epic flyover!

And here we are, Odaiba!

Last photo with Himiko before we went explore Odaiba.

Bye bye Himiko, see you again. Maybe?