Yamato

Saturday evening took a walk around downtown, was a beautiful walk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally after sunset

 

 

Went to have tonkatsu for lunch

 

 

 

Here comes lunch

 

Grinding sesame

 

 

My special tonkatsu

 

Yummny

 

Savoury soup

 

My last day in Sapporo a Saturday, found an electronic cigarette shop IQOS in downtown Sapporo.

 

Beautifully decorated, like Apple shop

 

 

IQOS latest model Iluma on display

 

IQOS accessories

 

 

Consumables

 

 

Other models

 

Latest colour

 

 

Bought 3 IQOS Iluma models as gifts

 

Sofas for customers to test products

 

Cosy and comfortable area to try IQOS products

 

More areas to chill

 

One night went to a yakitori shop

 

Beef

 

Egg salad

 

Sake

 

Pork belly

 

Chicken wings

 

Bacon over scallop

 

Pork

 

Minced chicken with egg

 

 

 

 

Egg plant

 

While taking an early morning walk in Sapporo one day I had a very nice breakfast here

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that I chanced upon a McDonalds I decided to try their chicken nuggets

 

 

 

 

Very delicious

 

 

There was a summer festival at central Sapporo

 

The sing and dance over this song over and over for almost an hour, was fun

 

 

 

 

 

Beer garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the best ramen I had is in Sapporo. One morning went to this shop for breakfast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite Japanese gyoza is found in this city

 

 

Inside the restaurant which is narrow

 

Kitchen narrow as well

 

Chef preparing my order

 

Assistant getting my drink

 

Highball

 

My meal arrived

 

Lovely gyoza

 

This is how it looks on the other side

 

After 3 highballs I decided to change to Suntory gin

 

And ordered a prawn gyoza

 

Friday had a very special grilled pork lunch.

 

The restaurant

 

Small and narrow restaurant

 

 

Grilling the pork

 

 

 

Beer

 

Our lunch was served

 

My set

 

The soup was fantastic

 

Saw this beautiful GTR on Sapporo road one afternoon

 

 

This is Sapporo JR Station

 

 

Visited the Nijo Seafood Market. I actually bought lots of things for cooking.

 

 

 

One noon we walked to the Diamaru at Sapporo JR Station for a very nice unagi rice meal

 

The restaurant

 

Drinks for lunch

 

 

Starters - fish

 

Pickled vegetables

 

Japanese calligraphy for unaji or eel

 

Lunch arrived

 

Beautifully presented

 

So fragrant so soft simply delicious 

 

Thursday had a sukiyaki lunch at my favourite beef restaurant in Sapporo

 

 

Starters

 

 

 

Vegetables and tofu and noodles

 

The beef

 

 

Fruits

 

Best meal in Sapporo

 

 

Ramen breakfast

 

Menu

 

Ordering machine

 

Refreshing beer

 

Miso soup ramen

 

Full breakfast

 

Heavenly broth 

 

 

 

Morning walk around Sapporo

 

Government House Park

 

Government House under renovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Around the city

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public bath

 

Sit and shower before heading for the bath

 

 

Different baths different temperature

 

 

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Take a bath again and then come here to freshen up

 

Strolling around Susukino

 

 

Sapporo Tanukikoji Shopping Street

 

 

Because in Japan most of the time check-in hotel time is 3pm we left our bags at the hotel and travel to Otaru, a city about 35 minutes by train, as we have a booking for our first meal in Japan.

 

 

 

The restaurant in Otaru, came here many times whenever we visit Hokkaido

 

 

Father and son

 

 

 

 

 

Below are the sushi and sashimi we had, as I do not know most of their names I just post the pictures, sorry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By this time I was rather full and tipsy for the many glasses of sake nevertheless ordered sashimi

 

Clam

 

Abalone

 

Snail

 

 

One more anago sea eel suchi

 

Scallop

 

One more uni

 

Botan

 

That's it end of our first meal in Hokkaido

 

About one and a half hour before landing was awaken for breakfast

 

A very nice Japanese bento set

 

 

 

 

Chicken

 

 

Finally touching down at about 8am

 

 

 

 

Getting through the immigration and customs was a breeze

 

Drizzled a little. Waiting for a taxi

 

Cute little taxi

 

So on Monday this week I took a midnight flight to Sapporo with the missus for a short break.

 

Had a snack at the Singapore Airlines lounge before the flight, always amazed by this Thai snack

 

Ready for the 7 hours flight from Bangkok to Chitose airport

 

 

 

 

Taking off Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport

 

 

A light meal right after take off

 

 

Mochi is very good

 

One night I was driving home but it poured heavily as usual traffic was very bad when it rains let alone storm so I turn into a soi from the main road and afterdriving about 2km discovered this restaurant known as Krua Baan Suan (Home Garden Kitchen).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabbage fried in fish sauce

 

Tomyam

 

Larb moo thot

 

Tham Thai

 

A simple dinner

 

Last month one day I had a great breakfast - chicken green curry and noodles

Pots of chicken green curry

 

 

Breakfast

 

Chicken green curry

 

Rice noodle (khanom jeen) for green curry

 

Preparing my noodle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two weeks ago one morning feels like having egg horfun (flat rice noodle) so got to cook it myself

 

 

 

Breakfast

 

One day I really missed Singapore's sambal chili so I decided to make it myself and give some to my friends in Thailand

 

Ingredients

 

Step by step

 

 

Final product

 

For friends

 

3 hours ago, coffeenut said:

 

Your maid mcm skilled butler .. act secretary, track social media for restaurants & events, plus can occasionally act chauffeur 

 

Well she knows many places because she has to take the missus to places for makan