CAFE LANDTMANN

I heard 'Cafe LANDTMANN' is the most ellegant and traditional cafe in Vienna. The first branch cafe in foreign countries opened at one building of Aoyama in Tokyo. And the cafe keeps the interior disign and taste are the same of their home.
I was looking foward to having a sachertorte. The photos are a set of a coffee and a cake...sachertorte(650yen) and Ice Franzes cafe(750yen).
I'm sure the cake is smaller than something in Wienna, but the taste is the same of them. They are so delicious. Next time, I try to eat the original cake 'Landtmanntorte'. Some European cafes often have an original cake which is a typical of the cafe.

CAFE LANDTMANN(AOYAMA)website
CAFE LANDTMANN(VIENNA)website

adress 4F Ao 3-11-7 Kitaaoyama Minato-ku Tokyo
tel 03-3498-2061(Japan)
open 11:00-23:00
access ExitB2 Omotesando Sta.

Cuisine et 'LE PRE VERRE'

I heared 'LE RRE VERRE' is a popular bistro in Paris. The branch bistro opened on 4F in one building of Omotesando.
There is Chanel and Bulgari on 1F in the building too, so you can find the bistro to use them as your guide.
We got a handbill of the bistro at Omotesando street and then we droped there.
But there is such a good bistro, the dishes are so delicious and low price, and there are friendly staffs.
The photos are a lunch set(1,380yen) of the day...a salad, a stewed lamb and a icecream. The icecream was a little something extra to bring the handbill.

Le PRE BERRE website
adress 4F GYRE 5-10-1 Jingumae Shivuya-ku Tokyo
tel 03-3486-1603
open 11:30-23:30
access
Exit4 Meiji-Jingumae Sta.(Chiyoda&Fukutoshin line)
Exit A1 Omotesando Sta.(Ginza&Hanzomon line)

Coffee house Origami "German style pancake"

This pancake is famous amusing one among Japanese pancake lovers. It is a local specialty dish of "Coffee house Origami" where is on BF1 in the shopping mall of Akasaka Tokyu Plaza.
The pancake has two size regular(1,000yen) and small(600yen), and two ingredients apple and blueberry, with maple syrup and butter. The regular apple pancake is the most popular of them. The pancake lookes like a crepe, is cooked of the crisp edge and the soft center.
I don't know why is this named "German style pancake". I have never seen like this in Germany. But it is a fact the pancake is so delicious.

Coffee house Origami
open 11:30-22:00
tel 03-3581-9111(Japan)
Through Tokyo Metro Nagatacho station exit 8

Gundam in Odaiba & Red comet zak in Aomori

There is a timely topic of a scale model Gundam in Odaiba. The left side of the Gundam was taken my friend's.You can check the mainichi daily news out about Gundam in Odaiba.
The other day, I discovered a interesting thing at "Cinema mediage Concession"(http://www.mediage.jp/e/index.html). It is "シャア専用一番くじ(No.1 lottery for Char's private use)"500yen. I got a notes stand of red comet Zak type (the right side photo).
I am a early days of the Gundam generation. I think I want to see a scale model Red comet zak. Because almost my friends of the early days of the Gundam generation loves Char.
my friend sent me good news. What is a 1/6 scale model Zak in Aomori!
"おいらせブランドブログ(Oirase brand blog)"
The Zak of some news say it is made Toshimi Suzuki, at his garden with a Gundam. The location is 4 Hitomekawa Oirase Kamikita Aomori Japan. There is Koyo elementary school near here. Zac and Gundam are seen from the shool so you can see them easy.
Koyo elementary shool(yahoo Japan map)

「SPA&Resort faｒ-fa+」(bath powder of Snuggle)

I think they are Japanese original things "Spa&Resort far-fa+".
I bought them at 'Ainz Tulpe'(Harazuku Quest building) 142yen/each.
'Snuggle' is named 'Far-fa' in Japan. Their bath powders are one of the compation volume of Far-fa. 3 kinds of them are "barden barden in Garmany", "Blue Lagoon in Iceland" and "Dead Sea in Israel". Each of them have moist effect for skin, by the way they do not effective for washing clothes.

SPA&Resort far-fa+ Official website

「原口そば」(Haraguchi Soba)

This restaurant is a buckwheat noodle shop which is located in the outskirts of Kaminoyama-onsen(a hot spring village). Kaminoyama-onsen was made a film by "Okuribito(Departures)".
Haraguchi Soba is a long way from the nearest JR station, so you can need a taxi or a car. There is about 15 minites by car from the station, but their dishes are worth eating if you love to eat buckwheat noodles.
the top of a photo is "もりそば(Morisoba)"650yen and "そばがき(Sobagaki)"550yen with sesame sauce. "Morisoba" is Japanese buckwheat noodles usually served on a bamboo platter. (There does not use bamboo platters.) "Sobagaki" is one of the Japanese traditional dishes which made of buckwheat flour adding boiling water. It tastes soft and differ from noodles.
「原口そば」(Haraguchi Soba)
adress 527 Haraguchi Kaminoyama Yamagata
Tel 023-674-3101(Japan)
open 11:00-19:00(Dec.-Mar.11:00-17:00)
Close TUE.

「林屋茶園」（Hayashiya cha-en)

One of the Japanese traditional culture is Tea ceremony. There are a lot of long-established Japanese tea store. In recent years, "抹茶スウィーツ(confectionery of powdered green tea)" made by them are very popular in Japan.

I visited "Hayashiya cha-en" in Yokohama Sogo.
This photo is "抹茶カキ氷パフェ(Matcha Kakigori parfait)1,050yen" which is created a recipe of the long established Japanese tea store. Kakigori is shaved ice which is one of the traditinal confectionery in summer in Japan. This made shaved ice with powdered green tea sauce and lightly bean jam, and added some powdered green tea kudzu starch cakes, some rice-flour dumplings, powdered green tea icecream and some agar.
It is so luxury and delicious one.

Official web site
林屋茶園店舗情報(Hayashiyacha-en shop info.)
「京はやしやサイト」(Kyo Hahashiya official top page)

An wild eel restaurant 「千年屋」（Chitose-Ya）

Chitose-Ya is the one of good wild eel restaurants in Japan. There is not large, no-parking, not official site, but it has been getting abroad among some Japanese gourmets. The Author of manga'Oishinbo'(a Japanese popular manga about grourmet)had visited there.
There is so particular not only eel but also other materials(charcaol,soy sauce,rice). All of them are selected carefully in Japan.
The Soy sauce is 「宮島醤油」(Miyabe syohyu),and the rice is かやもり農園(Kayamori Farm）.

The photo is a grilled eel and rice, served in a lacquerd box for takeing out 3,060yen.
It is more volume than almost other grilled eel and rice, and its taste is lightly, so delicios and taked peculiar ell smell off.
The another dish for taking out is a grilled eel 2,100yen.
You can eat various eel dishes in the Japanese-style room.

「千年屋」Chitose-Ya
adress 2-46 Uwamachi Yokosuka Kanagawa Japan
phone# 046-822-4459(Japan)
open 11:00-14:00 17:00-20:00
close TUE.

location
It is 15 min walked from Yokosuka-chuoh station at Keihinkyuko line to there.