SHIKIMIKIE: Japan 2020

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Wednesday, 8 April 2020

What I ate in Japan 2020

Volk’s Japan April 08, 2020 0

I had this at Volk’s at the first day we got to Japan. I think triple cheese burger is the name for this. It was so delicious by the way.

Fresh salad! I missed this because you can’t get a salad this fresh in the Philippines. Japan is just home for fresh vegetables.

Not good! I mean, it’s kinda good but it has bones in it which get stuck in between my teeth and my brackets so yeah not that good!

Disneysea’s smoked turkey! Always a win.

Yas! I enjoyed this. It’s not as hot as I thought it would be because it’s so perfectly hot and spicy. I finished. Ordered this from Hidagaya. Or Hidakaya?

Melon Soda! I’ve had melon soda enough for me not to miss it for a year. Melon soda is such a blessing.

This one! I missed this. I will never get tired of this. Yummy! Chicken Filled tenders with cheese! All of this and the one below is from Saizeriya.

This one!! Also soo yummy!

Cakes! I wish I was able to taste Strawberry Shortcake once again but yeah Japanese cakes are just delicious!

Curry rice and Chicken Namba. The best bento I’ve had in a while. This one was from 7/11.

Giant spicy chicken fillet in Asakusa. It was served hot!

The picture above are the plates we had at a Chinese buffet in Chinatown. It was awesome!

Delicious! Revenge for the boney fish tempura we had. This one is a proper ebi tendon.

Warm and delicious niku udon we had at a mini stall inside a supermarket in Sanwa. In Harataima.

The carnivore in me! This was in Hungry Tiger. This is just so delicious! We had the double steak something which has the famous burger steak and sirloin I think. Delicious. Delicious!

Mentaiko cheese takoyaki from Gindaco. This is just so delicious!

Sunday, 29 March 2020

Disney Sea | Before Lockdown

Tokyo DisneySea Lockdown March 29, 2020 0

So...as you know, when I go to trips, I can’t not visit Theme Parks! This should have been my full time job! PS: Not even my part time job but maybe someday!

iPhone X

When we bought ticket, we were already discouraged by the lady at the counter because she said that the park was crowded. Oh well. My mom said we should have left the house at like 5am or something. We left around 7 I guess? And arrived around 10. We were only able to avail 3 fast pass attractions I guess and we weren't able to use 1 because we were 5 minutes late for it. I love Japan.

Me and my girl Shella

Can we just take a moment and appreciate mom's red outfit? Just sayin'

Tower of Terror

My sister Shella went with us because my mom can’t really ride rides so she was a little bit worried I won’t enjoy as much. But! I’m so glad my mom came because it’s her first time, right? My philosophy in life is you have to do everything at least once. Obviously not everything but you know what I mean.

I think this is just the second time Shella and mama met and it's an easy day to be honest. No awkward moments, no bad vibes whatever so it was awesome. I mean, it's not like we're at the same age, I know. But still! If you don't click, you don't. You just don't. AND WE CLICK!

I'm no way a photographer, right? But with a DSLR camera, photos turn out to be a lot nicer, don't you agree?

DISNEY SEA is just nice

WHERE DREAMS DO COME TRUE INDEED

My mom ate turkey. She didn't eat last time because she said she didn't like it or something but when she ate this, she finished eating in like less than 5 minutes. Amazing. It was a lovely experience hanging out with my mother and also to have spent my day with my long time sis.

We were able to ride quite a lot in my opinion. Indiana Jones, Railways, 20,000 Leagues, Ship thing, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Tower of Terror. We were also able to watch the show. Nice! Also watched the night parade. That’s like ticking three things we missed last time.

My mom didn't ride as much and she didn't really enjoy the night parade as much too lol but yeah I think she was able to have a full grasp of the park and yeah that's the purpose of the trip for her I guess. I had fun though! I mean, I can't wait to be back here with the OG DISNEY babies and just have a different perspective than the last few times. No regrets! I would have loved for mom to ride the Venetian Gondola though and for Shella to ride the Toy Story ride but maybe that's for next time! Yay! Or you know, Fuji Q is always nice. WHO knows maybe there will be 4 of us there next time! Or 5. Hi mom!

Okay so Japan didn’t undergo lockdown of some sort but these mindful companies did close for the sake of many. Hello, Philippines. Anyaresayo? Anyways. That’s what happened. I’m sooo sooo glad I was able to go to DisneySea again! It’s been a wild while! Hope you enjoyed!

Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Corona Virus and China Town

Wanderlust March 25, 2020 0

Diamond Princess

Minato Mirai

This day we spent with dad’s friends and they took us to China Town. But before that, they showed us the Diamond Princess. The cruise ship that carried a lot of COVID-19 positive individuals. It’s quite a sight. Also very irresponsible of us but yeah we were nowhere near of course but I can’t say the same for the people around us.

We also took some pictures along the way. It was awesome. Can I just say that I took some photos from my dad’s CASIO EX-ZR70WE.

It was okay so maybe I should get something small of a camera to carry everywhere and just leave my DSLR for like huge photoshoot or whatever which I rarely do TBH. But yeah still nice to have them both too so maybe I’d get something small.

So I didn't know how to properly eat this yeah? I ate 1 of the wrapper on its own because I didn't know that it's for that 2 peking duck skin so no wonder it doesn't taste like anything lol.

After the long walk, we went to Chinatown to chow at this All you can eat Chinese Restaurant. It was lovely. Although they really take a while to deliver orders. I remember an article that says the longer you chew your food, the better because our brain recognizes we're full at a certain amount of time so yeah or something like that. Maybe that's a technique they use.