Restaurant Suiminoe in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Restaurant Suiminoe in Shinjuku, Tokyo

"Suminoe" is a very popular Japanese-style creative dish restaurant located in the basement of Shinjuku station.
Lunch time is always crowded. Also bread is sold next to the restaurant, it is very tasty and popular.
I ordered a Japanese style spaghetti lunch meal.

Appetizer

Taro with sesame sauce
Mashed sweet potato with walnuts
Cream cheese with black sesame and white sesame sauce
Roasted duck meat with cream cheese sauce

It is very beautiful, elegant and healthy appetizer.

Spaghetti with tomato sauce and bacon, lotus root
French bread (free)

It is a Japanese style spaghetti with a good texture of sliced lotus root.
French bread is also tasty. (I forgot to take a picture it.)

Vanilla ice cream with dried apricot and iced coffee

Caramelized bar is on the top of ice cream.
It is very delicious because the sweetness of ice cream and the acidity of apricot blend together.

This meal is about $ 11.
It is a nostalgic restaurant with Japanese taste.
Taste and atmosphere are wonderful. It is recommended restaurant.

Suminoe official website
https://www.suminoe.in/

Ball-shaped Sushi (Catered box lunch)

Ball-shaped Sushi (Catered box lunch)

I often eat catered box lunch at work.
The other day, I got a delicious catered box lunch with beautiful appearance and very delicious.
It is a catered lunch box shop called "Tokizenmiwa" in Tokyo.
It is a luxurious lunch box with various kinds of side dishes and ball-shaped sushi.
Bowl shaped sushi looks cute and it is a very popular sushi for events such as celebrations.

Temari-sushi (ball-shaped sushi)

From left

rice sprinkled with red perilla with Japanese herb
Boiled soy sauce shiitake mushroom
Steamed shrimp
Sea bream
prosciutto

Roast beef
pickled mackerel
Boiled octopus
Salmon
rice ball with shrimp tempura filling

Taro and carrot boiled with soy sauce
Teriyaki chicken
Tomato with gold foil
Bran bun wrapped in bamboo leaves
Cold tofu

Pineapple and grape
Sesame tofu with bran (autumn leaves shape)
Boiled spinach with sesame sauce
Omelet
Pickles (Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red Japanese herb)

It was a very luxurious lunch time.

Tokizenmiwa official website
http://www.mi-wa.jp/

Organic coffee and pancake at Cafe Nature

Organic coffee and pancake at Cafe Nature

Cafe Nature is a popular cafe of pancakes and organic coffee at Shinjuku Odakyu Department Store. This is the place where I always take a break, such as shopping in Shinjuku. It is a place where it is very calm without being so crowded.
I often use it alone on weekdays and am enjoying reading while the pancakes are baked.
There are various types of pancakes, but the other day, I ordered strawberry raspberry blueberry pancake and organic caffe latte.

Strawberry raspberry blueberry pancake

Two pancakes with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, berry sauce.
The pancakes are fluffy and delicious with elegant sweetness.
I heard that pancakes are baked with carbonated water mixed with organic wheat, so that it burns fluffy with bubbles of carbonated water.

Organic caffe latte

Organic coffee is also fragrant and very tasty.

Odakyu department store is adjacent to Shinjuku station and it is in a very convenient place. Cafe nature is on the 2nd floor of the department store, and from the cafe we can see the city in the west of Shinjuku. It is a good scenery. Please try to use it during shopping or sightseeing if you like.

Cafe Nature in Shinjuku Odakyu Department store official web site (English)
http://translation.odakyu-dept.co.jp/LUCODS/ns/tl.cgi/http%3a//www.odakyu-dept.co.jp/shinjuku/restaurant/natyure/index.html?SLANG=ja&TLANG=en&XMODE=0&XPARAM=q,&XCHARSET=UTF-8&XPORG=,&XJSID=0

TOP MUSEUM (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)

TOP MUSEUM  (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)

If you want to immerse in the world of photography in Tokyo, I recommend Top Museum (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum).
Top Museum is the only specialty museum concerning photos and images in Japan. It is in Yebisu Garden Place, Tokyo. It displays a wide range of artistic and high-quality writer's works both domestically and abroad.

Top Museum
(Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)

It is my favorite place. Although the contents of the exhibition have changed periodically, "World Press Photo Exhibition" to be held every summer is the most fun.
I went to "world press photo exhibition 2017" also this summer.

World Press Photo Exhibition 2017

Every year, the world's largest photo exhibition "World Press Photo Exhibition" to be held at about 100 venues around the world.
This year's grand prize was a picture of an incident in which police officers shot the Russian ambassador in Ankara, Turkey.

There were pictures showing the world's current situation, including the photos of Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the appearance of sea turtle life threatened by fishing gear.
It was a valuable opportunity to see the world, which we have never seen in the past, from conflicts, environmental issues, sports decisive moments to daily scenes.

I also went to the "Dayanita Singh, Museum Bhavan" which was held at the same time.
Dayanita Singh is Indian photographer. Photographs of Indian rich and middle class themes that are not stereotypes.
A mobile art museum named "Indian big house museum (Museum Bhavan)".
It was written that photos can be replaced irregularly by her.

There were exhibits such as "sent a letter" in which 7 books entered the box and "suits case museum" containing 44 photo collections in two suitcases.
I thought it was very ingenious and interesting.

Not only photo exhibitions but also video work screenings are held.
It is not very famous place in Japan, so it is not crowded.
It is located in quiet and exclusive "Yebisu Garden Place". It is a highly recommendable place.

Top Museum official web site (English)
https://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/index.html

Mango Tree Cafe

Mango Tree cafe

Mango Tree Cafe is a cafe restaurant where we can eat authentic Thai dishes casually. It is a restaurant that I go every time when I want to eat Thai food in Tokyo. We can eat various northeastern dishes of Thailand.
Mango Tree Cafe has several stores in Japan.
The other day I went to the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno, I ate lunch at the mango tree cafe in Ueno station.
I will write articles of the National Museum of Western Art soon.
Anyway,  Pad Ga Prao Gai (Stir-fried chicken with basil) with rice and green curry are also delicious, but this time I ordered Pad Thai and Mango Pudding.

Pad Thai
(Thai style fried fresh rice noodle)

This Pad Thai is really delicious.

Seasoning is sweeter than general Thai restaurant. Fish sauce, chili sauce, spice vinegar, sugar are on the table so we can add it to your liking. I heard that noodles made from rice flour are homemade. It is delicious with a lot of nuts and fried tofu and a lot of bean sprouts.

Pork and green salad (free)

Boiled pork, cucumber and lettuce with fish sauce and chili powder

It is free for lunch time.

Mango Pudding
with berries and whip cream

This mango pudding is really delicious. It is smooth, creamy, fruity and elegant sweetness.
And the price is 250 yen (about $ 2). It is very reasonable and tasty.

I would recommend this restaurant if you want to eat delicious Thai food in Japan.
It is also recommended for meals after museums and zoo tours in Ueno.

Spring Healthy Lunch at Afternoon Tea, Tea Room

Spring Healthy Lunch at Afternoon Tea, Tea Room

The other day I had lunch at afternoon tea, tea room with my best friend at New Marunouchi Building in Tokyo, Marunouchi.
Afternoon tea is a famous tea shop in Japan, it sells not only tea, but also dishes and household goods and it is very popular. In the afternoon tea, tea room we can enjoy healthy natural ingredients meals and delicious tea. It is our favorite place. The afternoon tea room is located all around Japan. Especially at the New Marunouchi Building shop, we can relax and enjoy meals and tea while watching the beautiful scenery seen from the big window. It is near Tokyo station.
There was a special lunch menu for Spring season so we ordered it .
After a meal we enjoyed tasty tea while talking.

Green and cheese risotto
with fresh prosciutto

Barley and white rice Parmigiano reggiano cream risotto
Fresh prosciutto, green peas puree, mint, grapefruit
Lettuce, red radish, chicory, French dressing
Darjeeling black tea

It looked beautiful, and the barley's texture was good and it was a refreshing taste.
We enjoyed a springy healthy lunch.
If you want to enjoy healthy meals and tea casually in Japan, please try Afternoon tea, tea room.

Afternoon tea official web site (English)
https://www.afternoon-tea.net/english/

Grilled Beef Tongue at Sendai Tasuke

Grilled Beef Tongue at Sendai Tasuke

I will introduce a delicious Sendai beef tongue restaurant "Tasuke" in Tokyo.
Beef tongue contains high-quality protein, iron, vitamin B, low fat low calorie, so it is a very popular healthy food in Japan.
It is one of my favorite foods and I eat frequently.
Sendai City in Miyagi is very famous as the birthplace of grilled beef tongue, but there are also many special Sendai-style grilled beef tongue restaurants in Tokyo. Among them, the restaurant I recommend is "Tasuke".
The other day, I went to "Tasuke" in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
I ordered "Grilled Beef Tongue dish"

Grilled Beef Tongue dish

Grilled beef tongue (salted)
Barley rice
Oxtail and green onion soup
Chinese cabbage pickles
Miso pickled peppers
Simmered bonito
Roasted green tea

Beef tongue grilled by Bincho charcoal (a kind of high-quality charcoal) was very tasty. It was a very juicy thick beef tongue.
Oxtail soup was an elegant salty soup. It was a very big tail meat in the soup. Miso pickled peppers and cabbage pickles were also delicious.

I think that it is the most delicious Sendai-style beef tongue specialty restaurant that we can eat in Tokyo.
If you are interested, please eat it. I highly recommend it.

Sendai Tasuke official website
http://www.tokyo-tasuke.jp/

Kiehl's BUTTERSTICK Lip Treatment

Kiehl's BUTTERSTICK Lip Treatment

Kiehl's is one of my favorite skin care cosmetic brands.
It is naturally derived ingredients gentle to the skin and it also feels the effect, so it's a very favorite brand.
Especially my favorites are ultra facial cream, midnight recovery concentrate and powerful strength line reducing concentrate.
I was looking forward to using it because I heard that it is a highly functional lip treatment butterstick of my favorite skin care brand.

Kiehl's butterstick lip treatment
simply rose

Lemon butter and coconut oil are blended, and it has a faint citrus scent.

It is very smooth and moisturizes. It is not greasy at all. 

I have used Tarte amazonian butterstick and ALMAY smart shade butter kiss, but I felt Tarte amazonian butterstick was a bit greasy and ALMAY smart shade butter kiss did not fit me and my lips swollen.

Because Kiehl's butterstick is a natural ingredient, I can use it comfortably without swelling my lips.

I also liked that the container is cute and not cheapish.

butterstick lip treatment
simply rose

It is a nude color like a faint dusty rose.
Long moisture continued, very comfortable, my lips became soft.
I like this color that is natural and healthy. It is perfect for everyday use.

NARS Velvet Lip Glide and Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner

NARS Velvet Lip Glide and Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner

NARS is one of my favorite cosmetic brands.
I like NARS lip gloss, lipstick, lip liner, highlighter and blush.
Especially my favorites are lip gloss (Orgasm, Dolce Vita), blush (Orgasm), highlighter (Albatross).
Semi-mat lip gloss was newly released from NARS, so I was looking forward to it.
Matt lip gloss is very popular, and it is good because it is long-lasting, but I am concerned about drying.
Finally I found a lip gloss moisturized with long lasting.

NARS Velvet Lip Glide (Mineshaft)
Larger than life long-wear Eyeliner
(Via Veneto)

NARS Velvet Lip Glide
(Mineshaft - poppy red)

This color is similar to MAC Russian Red. It is bright red.
It is very smooth and moisturizes. And it is long lasting. It has a sweet scent like vanilla.

NARS Velvet Lip Glide
(Mineshaft - poppy red)

It is comfortable to wear. Moisturizing and glossy and smooth texture.
I liked it very much.

Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner
(Via Veneto - black)

I bought a velvet lip glide and got this eyeliner for free.
It was my first time to use the NARS eyeliner. I usually use MAC or Revlon eyeliner.
This eyeliner is very long lasting. But it is very dry and not creamy, and it hurt to draw a line over my eye. I think that Mac powerpoint eye pencil or Revlon colorstay eye liner is easier to draw and long-lasting.
This eyeliner does not seem to suit me.

New Year's wish, Amulet, Fortune-telling at Tokyo Daijingu (Shrine)

New Year's wish, Amulet, Fortune-telling at Tokyo Daijingu (Shrine)

Last month, I visited Tokyo Daijingu (Shrine) to pray for the New Year.
It is a very famous shrine in Iidabashi, Tokyo.
It is famous as a god marriage, a book mark type fortune-telling paper and amulet are very popular.

Tokyo Daijingu Torii (an archway to Shrine)

Tokyo Daijingu is Shinto shrine dedicated to the spirits of the deities whom the Japanese have worshipped since the establishment of the country. It is one of the five major shrines in Tokyo, Meiji jingu, Yasukuni jinja, Hie jinja and Tokyo daijingu.

I mentioned "Hie jinja" in the previous my blog.
https://rosediamond-blog.blogspot.jp/2016/08/hie-jinja-hie-shrine.html

Middle gate (Torii)

The Tokyo daijingu is enshrined together with the three gods of the creation that governs the work of knotting of the heaven and the earth.
It is also known as a shrine with profit in marriage, visits by people who wish for good relationships are getting more and more year by year.
There are also benefits for domestic safety, business prosperity, mischief, fortune-telling, traffic safety, academic achievement, etc.

Hall of worship

I visit this shrine every year for New Year 's visit.
I worshiped in order to ask for good health, business prosperity and good match.
I drew a bookmark type fortune-telling paper and bought an amulet of agate.

Bookmark type fortune-telling paper
and Amulet of agate

Bookmark type fortune-telling paper 

A historically famous singer's love song was recorded, and the coloring is beautiful. It has a faint scent of flowers (wisteria) and you can use it as a bookmark after reading.
Depending on the sacred fortune-telling paper are written such as "great blessing" or "unlucky". I drew "great blessing".

Amulet of agate

Agate seems to be told that spiritual powers that exorcise evil and bring wealth and health will live. Among them, the red agate is said to give us the power to lead things to success.
It is an amulet I purchase every year. I feel that my heart will be calm with this amulet.

It also holds various events such as great calligraphy or candle workshop etc, on a regular basis.
If you are interested, please visit.

Tokyo daijingu official website (English)
http://www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp/english/index_e.html

Special Holiday Lunch at Afternoon Tea, Tea Room

Special Holiday Lunch at Afternoon Tea, Tea Room

The other day I had lunch at afternoon tea room with my friend at New Marunouchi Building in Tokyo, Marunouchi.
Afternoon tea is a famous tea shop in Japan, it sells not only tea, but also dishes and household goods and it is very popular. In the afternoon tea, tea room we can enjoy healthy natural ingredients meals and delicious tea. It is our favorite place.
There was a special lunch menu for the holiday season so I ordered it.
My friend ordered "Shrimp and rape blossom white amatriciana spaghetti".

Open sandwich of raw ham and roast beef
Afternoon Tea Original Blended Tea

Open sandwich of raw ham and roast beef

Open sandwich of black whole grain bread baked with honey cheese mashed potatoes. Topping with raw ham · roast beef · basilkase and 3 kinds of berries and apple. I ate it with a truffle sauce.

Kase : A sausage material baked in a mold without making it intestine.

It was very healthy and tasty. I enjoyed three kinds of open sandwiches.

Afternoon Tea Original Blended Tea

After a meal we enjoyed tasty tea while talking. Afternoon tea original blended tea was mild and moderately astringent and tasty.

The afternoon tea room is located all around Japan, but among them the New Marunouchi Building shop is a luxurious atmosphere, the scenery is also good, it is a recommended place.

Afternoon Tea Official Web Site (English)

http://www.afternoon-tea.net/eng/

REVLON LUCKY BAG

REVLON LUCKY BAG

Lucky bag is one of the commercial customs in Japan. It is planning sold as cheaper goods for the beginning of the year. The bagging of products that different goods are enclosed.
Since lucky bags are sold in the shop of various genres, I am very excited every year.

Revlon is my favorite among cosmetics that I can buy at a drug store.
Especially I love Revlon lipstick and matte balm and nail polish.
I buy a Revlon lucky bag every year.
This year's Revlon lucky back what I purchased at 1800 yen (about $ 15).
In the bag there was a total of 6200 yen (about $ 53) cosmetics.

REVLON LUCKY BAG

Skinlights Pressed Powder 103 translucent

Cream Blush 200 Flushed 

Ultra HD Lip Lacquer 565 HD SUNSTONE

Transforming Effects MATTE TOP COAT 

Nail Enamel 805 Tempting

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Skinlights pressed powder : Texture is very good. 

It covers the pores and dullness, and finish to the skin with bright clarity. 

It is also likely to be used as highlighter.
Brush is very soft. 

Cream Blush 200 Flushed : It looks like a very bright color, but when I actually try it, it became a very natural finish. It's very long lasting.  

Ultra HD Lip Lacquer 565 HD SUNSTONE : Coral, very vivid, shiny. The scent of mango and vanilla. Light texture, not sticky. Small brush can draw beautiful lip line.

Transforming Effects MATTE TOP COAT : It is a top coat that transforms to a matte finish.
I love this product. It protects my nails and I am satisfied with the beautiful matte finish.

Nail Enamel 805 Tempting : Beautiful golden yellow