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… Old fashioned style American… izakaya? Stumbled across this place today in one of a good handful of old commercial buildings in Yurakucho. I think the words ‘American izakaya’ drew me to this place. Afterall, I’ve never heard of western restaurants calling themselves izakaya before.

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…izakaya restaurant in Shibuya.

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… a Chinese/Monglian restaurant in Shibuya (plus other places), which literally translates to ‘little fat lamb (小肥羊 - 中国火鍋専門店)’, specialising in lamb nabe/fondue.

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Went to China town in Yokohama yesterday (btw, there is no China town in Tokyo) since it was Chinese new year the other day.

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Chocolates featuring the bunny, ‘LOVE’ (designed by J-pop chick, Otsuka Ai), on the wrapper. They’re cute, aren’t they? That’s why I bought all five variations. Don’t wanna open and eat them…

Hot on the heels of the Sakura KitKat comes a new flavour, the ’salt white choc’ KitKat. It is white chocolate, contains French salt rocks, and it’s frikkin’ sweet (all-things-KitKat). And yes, you do taste the salt. Defo not my kinda thing, man…

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Have a break, have a KitKat. Is that still the catchphrase back in England? Anyway, here is this season’s KitKat - sakura flavour. Although KitKat is one of many foreign brands here, that doesn’t stop it from getting the exclusive ‘Japan only’ treatment (just like last summers Pepsi Ice Cumcumber).

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… Chinese restaurant specialising in Toshomen (Xi’an is a region in China). Toshomen in Chinese basically translates to ‘knife carved noodles’, you know, where you get the Chinese chef holding a lump of flour while the other hand is carving away at the flour with great accuracy (each strand is roughly the same size in thickness and length) and with each slicing motion, he/she is able to fly the noodles directly into the boiler/pan from a minor distance! That’s entertainment in itself, man.

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It’s that season again! Every year around this time, I always go on a Hokkaido Crab binge. For JP¥5,500 you can eat as much crab as you like within 90 mins. Not exactly the sweetest crabs around but it’s good enough considering the price.

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For those whom are looking forward to an onslaught of HK food pics here will be very disappointed because I didn’t take all that many…

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