Hive Cafe

My friend held their birthday party at Hive Cafe in Iidabashi. It is a cafe managed by the well-known bakery Boulangerie A in Hanzoumon, and fresh baked bread is brought in twice a day.
Aside from things like pizza and spaghetti, there is also a plentiful assortment of wines to choose from.

The spinach gnocchi was particularly delicious!
And the fresh made bread was so good I felt like I could eat it forever.

The interior is decorated with exquisite furniture and is very comfortable.

Hibe cafe
boulangerie a

Lunch at Ginza Aster in Shinjuku

I had a special lunch course at Ginza Aster in Shinjuku with my friend.
The Ginza Aster is a very famous fancy Chinese restaurant in Japan.

The course was started with the appetizer, stir-fried chicken with some vegetables, stir-fried white fish with some root vegetables, braised pork belly, noodles and almond jelly with fruits for dessert.

I really enjoyed the Chinese foods that were very good and not greasy.

Ginza Aster (Japanese)

Komeda’s Coffee

Komeda’s Coffee is a chain company of coffee shops, but they are very famous of “Shironoir”.
Soft serve is on hot danish pastry. Simple and kinda nostalgic sweets!

My friend ordered “Cream soda”, the vivid green soda reminds us when
we were children!

Komeda’s Coffee (Japanese)

RAINBOW kitchen

I had good lunch time at RAINBOW kitchen at Shimokitazawa.
All of the foods are handmade, using organic ingredients.

It’s comfortable when we eat and drink slowly sitting on legless chairs.

RAINBOW kitchen (Japanese)

Wish you a very Happy New Year 2012:

Happy New Year to all and may 2012 bring you joy and peace.
Also, may 2012 be a safe year for you and your family.

We truly appreciate your great consideration for us.
And, we are looking forward to your continued support.

However, I had ‘Osechi’ that was Japaneses traditional food for New
Year’s with my family on New Year’s Day.

A lot of kinds of foods that have special meanings associated with good luck are filled in boxes.
The ‘Osechi’ that I got was from Oshima. I ordered it at Matsuya department store.

Oshima (Japanese)
Osechi (Wikipedia)
Matsuya-GINZA (Japanese)

Pates de Fruits ‘Fruits Gelifier’ from Isetan

My friend gave me beautiful and colorful Pates de Fruits, ‘Fruits Gelifier’ from Isetan.

Pates de Fruits is an European traditional confiserie, however the ‘Fruits Gelifier’ has a slightly sticky texture that is adapted to the Japanese plate.

Isetan (Japanese)
ＦＲＵＩＴＳ　ＧＥＬＩＦＩＥＲ (Japanese)

Jitokko

Jitokko serves good dishes using chickens named Jitokko and fresh
vegitables from Miyazaki, Kyushu.

My friend and I had chicken hot-pot.
I forgot taking pics when it was ready! Because it was so good!

Jitokko (Japanese)

Buche de Noel from Mariage Freres

My family and I had a Christmas cake, Buche de Noel from Mariage Freres at Matsuya-Ginza department store. It is their limited special cake for Christmas.

It looks very gorgeous, and it is glittered in colorful berries. And, its
original flavored tea, Esprit de Noel is used in the cream.

The cake had very rich taste with fragrant berries and the special tea. Also, a pack of the Esprit de Noel tea leaves comes with the cake.

MARIAGE FRERES (Japanese)