Tokyo Saudade- Another Day

10:00 am
...this day started in Ginza, Matzuya Ginza, one of the biggest department stores of Tokyo, in the food section....desert section :) So much variety (!) from traditional macaroons to the most Japanese, wouldn't remember the name, sweets. Thing we've never seen anywhere else. I wish I could eat everything at once.  We went for the most bizarre  once.  I'm still wondering about the beans in the cake.. Wouldn't it be better with chocolate?  Macha green tea cake was pretty amazing, need to make one at home.

Tokyo Saudade_A Walk Through Aoyama

My grandma, who traveled all across the world once made me promise her to visit Tokyo: " When there, don't dare to sleep, you will not be able to in any case."  During  several days there, we almost didn't sleep, and I wish we wouldn't at all!

Here is a quick walk through Aoyama, one of the prominent fashion districts of Tokyo. And there is so much more...

Prada building by Herzog De Meuron:

TOKYO SAUDADE-Asakusa Temples

Asakusa is one of the old districts in Tokyo, famous for its temples and more of a traditional atmosphere then any other neighborhood in Tokyo. It is considered that this district existed during edo period. This is as well the oldest geisha district, where you can still find about 40 working Geishas,as well as old kimono stores with new and vintage kimonos just off nakamise shopping street.

Kaminarimon ('Thunder Gate) leading to the temples through Nakamise shopping raw

TOKYO SAUDADE- Rost in tLansration

We didn't have enough time to explore everything Tokyo has to offer. We tried to grasp it's every corner with camera or with our mental memory. We wish we had more more days in this amazing city. We will definitely come back again, but so far these are the few of the multiple memories we can share. Our journey started in Tokyo subway. Getting around at first wasn't easy as we don't understand anything in Japanese, but we figured our way to the temples eventually through "foRRow Light and Reft".

lost in translation already

        

Le Bernadin

So here is one of the most expensive best restaurants in NYC - Le Bernadin by Eric Ripert. This is your one in a life time opportunity to have an orgasm a total blast from eating...I'm not kidding.. Three Micheline stars do not get awarded to anyone, but only to seven restaurants in New York, whereas the other six do not compare to the taste experience you will get here in Le Bernadin
( Daniel was a proper disappointment).
For complete extravaganza, first time visitors should order tasting menu with wine pairing. You will receive 7 or 8 courses including desert. Your wine will be served by one of the few best sommeliers out there. Trust me, you will get high somewhere towards the middle of your meal, by the end of it you will be happy and laughing, full but not heavy. You will leave completely empty pocketed satisfied and you will surely come back when you will have some extra bucks. You are most likely to meet here a starchitect, a famous businessman or just couples celebrating their birthdays, anniversaries etc.
Remember to have a proper attire, man should wear jackets.

P.S. it was very embarrassing to take pictures of food in a restaurant of this caliber, however after few glasses of wine, we didn't care much.  Lack of focus to be blamed on wine as well..