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Upon exiting Maison Alyzee , I promptly crossed the street for Alexander's Patisserie . Talk about a literal patisserie face-off--they...

As hubby and I grabbed a quick snack at the Hong Kong Bakery & Cafe , I couldn't help but notice Maison Alyzee right next door. Af...

Last year, hubby had to make a few short work trips out to California, once to SF in late July and twice to Mountain View in the fall (beg...

While hubby was busy with work conference, I roamed around Japantown and visited familiar stores and shops until I got tired. Plus, having ...

I've caught up with my Japan food photos but there are still several Japan-related posts lining up in draft form, like this one in th...

Shibuya was another under-explored area for me and hubby. Believe it or not, we went to Shibuya more often while living in Yokohama than w...

Another area hubby and I occasionally strolled through was Ebisu , most of the time for coffee from this Sarutahiko Coffee shop. The place...

From our time living in Yokohama, aside from Nabezo our neighbor S. also introduced me and hubby to Junkadelic in Nakameguro . Interesti...

Landing in Tokyo in August of 2015, we got ourselves a major craving for some okonomiyaki . This was before we found Kinu in our neighborho...

Hubby and I, and our friends too for that matter, only went to Omotesando a few times when we were in Tokyo. It wasn't because we didn...

The last of the Roppongi food posts :( Hubby and colleagues were super excited when Blue Bottle Coffee opened yet another branch in Ro...

Wow, has it really been more than a year since my last Ginza post?! Anyway, here's the last of the Ginza series and a long post ahead. ...

My brother was visiting us in Tokyo around late September, and during one weekday he and I took a stroll around Asakusa after lunch. No, w...

Before hubby and I moved home from Japan last October, my brother flew out to hang with us for about 10 days around late September. Free pl...

After a failed attempt to visit the National Palace Museum, we took J. to Ximending (西門町) for her to try Yu's Almond Tofu (于記杏仁豆腐) . Y...