Apologize for the long delay post on the Tokyo Must Eat Part 2 as I need some time to get through the numerous of photo that we snapped during the trip =). Hope you enjoy Tokyo Must Eat Part 1. As promised, below is the list of food that not to be missed when you are at the Land of Rising Sun! Hope you enjoy the photo.
List of Must Try & Eat
4. Yakitori
I guess everyone shall familiar with yakitori which also know as grilled skewer. It is a popular food among the Japanese especially as a snack with beer after long hours working in the office. There is a alley in Shinjuku with many small eatery shops selling yakitori and other small snacks. The alley was named as "Shinjuku Yakitori Alley". You could find different type of yakitori at this place ranges from different meat, seafood and also vegetables. Please bear in mind that most of these shops do not have any English or pictorial menu. It is truly a typical Japanese after work eatery area. Fortunately the shop that we went have a English menu and they charge a small amount of 200yen per person as entrance fees. We ordered a combination of 5 skewer and a yakisoba. Price is not cheap but worth a try. We enjoy the food with surround by the locals.
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| Yakitori - Chicken heart, meatball, gizzard, thigh meat, skin |
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| Yaki Soba |
Takoyaki is also one of my favourite Japanese snack. I used to buy these balls from Jusco Mid Valley when I'm back in KL. Thus, I would never miss this snack when I saw this Takoyaki chain near our hotel. Made fresh, these balls really really yummy with generous of bonito flakes and mayonise on top of it. You could choose with different fillings. Typical fillings is with octopus, FRESH small octopus. Takoyaki is common in Japan and it can be found at any eatery stalls along the street. Worth a try!
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| Takoyaki |
Ramen! Ramen! I still miss the ramen that we had near our hotel so so so much. It taste so good and I remembered the first night we arrived at Tokyo, we immediately went straight the this ramen shop for a hot bowl of "char siu" ramen. It was so warm as the night was chill and after that we had a good rest after a long haul flight. For a nice bowl of ramen, it is not only the soup base and ramen play an important role. The char siu and the soft boiled egg are equally essential. Not many ramen shop could produce a good and tasty piece of char siu. Not in Malaysia nor Singapore. Char siu at Japan really taste different! The ramen shop have been my regular visit whenever I stayed at the hotel at Ninggyocho. I"ll post another post on the hotel we stayed in Japan, hopefully will be a helpful guide for one who plan to visit Tokyo soon.
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| Ramen |
If you a steamboat / hot pot fans like me, then you must like oden. Oden is a Japanese winter dish that contains different type of ingredients such as fish cakes, shells, eggs, konyaku, daikon and more boiled in a soya based dashi soup base. Oden can be easily found at any 24 hours convenience store such as 7 Eleven or Family Mart. They are sold in food carts with skewers of the ingredients simmering in the broth. Don't underestimate by its look. It really taste much more better that it look.
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| Oden at Food Cart |
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| Oden - Skewer of clam shell, konyaku, round fish cake. Yummy! |
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