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Ginza Sushi Marui (銀座寿司処まる伊)

Posted on March 12, 2017 by yummyventuresco

Overall taste: 8.75/10 | 2016 | 3 104 0061, 3 Chome-8-16 Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tōkyō-to 104-0061, Japan

We love this place! This is located in Ginza and we waited around 30 minutes to get in. They provide an English menu so it’s perfect for tourists. We found this better than the food we had in Tsukiji fish market. That being said, we didn’t try any of the famous restaurants in Tsukiji that would have taken hours of wait to get in.

IMG_20170307_223252_629 — **Tokusen Nigiri –** assorted special sushi, 16 pieces (Yen 1,800) [This is so good. When people tell you the sushi they had in Japan was much better than the ones they tried anywhere else, they’re telling the truth. The rice tasted a lot better and the proportion was just right. And look at how well-marbled the tuna was (top left)!]

IMG_20170311_184138_547 — **Dukeana chirashi-zushi** – assorted lean tuna and coger eel (anago) on rice (Yen 1,500) *[This is the first time we both tried anago. It’s similar to unagi but the meat tasted slightly sweeter and the texture was more fish-like.]*

Tsukiji Fish Market

Posted on February 18, 2017February 20, 2017 by yummyventuresco

Overall taste: 8/10 | 2016 | 5 Chome-2-1 Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan

If you visit Tokyo, you must go to Tsukiji Fish Market. We only went to the outside market of Tsukiji; it was really crowded even on a weekday. There were lots of small restaurants and stalls selling mouth-watering food (sushi, ramen, snacks, desserts). Definitely come on an empty stomach!

Note: This Tsukiji location will close and be moved to Toyosu sometime in 2017/2018.

For some of the food we got, we attached a picture of the stall next to it since we can’t read Japanese.

Tuna, ikura and uni don (900 yen) [The portion was smaller than we expected. We really loved the sushi rice and the freshness of their ingredients]

Sushi shaped candy [We didn’t try this but we thought they were incredibly cute!]

Giant tamago

Lineup for this stall!

Tamago (100 yen) [Look at the size of that tamago! This was on the sweet side but we liked that it was incredibly fluffy.]

**Matcha soft-serve** (300 to 400 yen) *[It was summer when we visited and this was perfect for a hot day! Good matcha flavour and not too sweet]*

img_20170218_132610_022 — **Grilled scallops topped with crab and uni, then torched** *[We don’t remember the price of this. This was pretty good, all the ingredients were fresh but the uni tasted a little fishy]*

20160521_103030 — **Grilled unagi** (600 yen) *[This tasted quite similar to regular frozen unagi]*

Noix De Beurre

Posted on January 30, 2017February 12, 2017 by yummyventuresco

Overall taste: 8/10 | 2016 | 3-14-1 Shinjuku | Isetan Shinjuku B1F, Shinjuku 160-8011, Tokyo Prefecture

This bakery is located in the basement level of Isetan Shinjuku. There are so many good food there! Unfortunately, there is no seating area. There are even “no eating” signs everywhere. It’s meant for you to buy it there and bring it home to eat. Luckily, we found out that Isetan has a beautiful rooftop garden with seats.