Ah Inua. A super duper expensive place, that I really wanted to go to when I heard it opened, but after seeing how much it cost compared to actual Japanese restaurants, I didn’t want to go. But Thomas Frebel runs it, so…. Oh the agony!
However, I happened to have an extra couple of nights in Tokyo after my parents left, and decided at very short notice (two days), tried to book something. I tried to call Den about 68 times without success, but Inua was good to book online! And so here I was.
Yay, Tokyo! Wow, what a culture shock. Did I say that last time I went from Kyoto to Tokyo? I feel like this isn’t the first time I’ve actually felt that Tokyo is jarringly different from the rest of Japan.
Yay, Hakodate, my brother’s favourite town! Little did I know, but this was going to become my favourite town too, but for different reasons. First stop once we were off the super hokuto, was Lucky Pierrot.
Oh man too many holidays at once. This Japan trip was actually a family holiday, where my mum wanted to visit a heap of different places. The trip was mainly based in Hokkaido, and I wasn’t sure if I’d enjoy the trip or not since it wasn’t a food based trip, and I’ve never done a not-food-based-trip before. It turns out I loved it! It’s rare for my to have a life changing holiday, but this one was pretty incredible. Because I’m still sick of typing many words, this will just be mainly picture spam because I took a LOT of photos!
We started off in Tokyo, and here’s a coffee my brother fetched for me. It’s notable because it’s a warm can, and apparently it’s a single origin – Ethiopia Mokka. It didn’t taste terrible, just bland XD
Masa, the 600USD restaurant. Insanely expensive, so much so that I really didn’t want to fork out the money for it. However, while staking out Per Se, I noticed that they had what appeared to be a bar section. Turns out they accept walk ins here, and so I decided to hedge my bets. I’d come here, and spend less money than if I went to Masa itself. My goal was 300 – 400USD.
With only two days left of my trip, it was time to decide how to finish up. I already knew what I’d do on my last day, but first, it was time to find breakfast. It was time to try for the maple cruller again, because why not! This time I got up early and headed over to Daily Provisions, and lo and behold, a maple cruller in its oil soaked glory! The waitstaff even recognised me from a couple of days earlier!
