Eating In Tokyo - Day 2

Day 2 started with some bread for Raimie which we bought at a nearby Lawson's. There was a Lawson's outlet literally at Nikko Hotel Ginza's doorstep.

Then, Raimie had dango (dumplings made from rice flour, served on a skewer) for snacks in the late morning. We paid only 85yen for 3 sticks of dango. The actual price was 105yen, but there was a 20yen discount sticker on the packaging so we saved 20yen. Any savings counted! LOL

For lunch, Raimie had some bread; rich in chocolate taste, some grapes (which he said tasted like mangosteen) and drank Calpis. The grapes were awesome. We had some later, and we will never look at the grapes sold in Malaysia the same again. Love, love, love the grapes. :D

For dinner, we head off to Yayoi-Ken, located nearby Tawaramachi station.

Here, you buy your food ticket from the vending machine. No worries if you don't understand Japanese because there were pictures of the food on the machines to help you decide on what to eat.

After we were shown to our table, a staff asked for our food ticket and left a stub of it for us. See how much our dinner was. Just 1,380yen. We didn't order another set for Raimie because at Yayoi-ken, diners can eat as much rice as they want.

While waiting for our food to arrive, we had some tsukemono (Japanese pickles). Raimie loves them. He ate all the pickles that I put on the plate for him, then...

he nicked some of mine too!

I chose the Sanma set at 790yen. A bit more expensive than Zaini's set due to the lotus root dish seen in the photo.

Zaini went for the Saba set at 590yen

Some photos of the restaurant:

I was too busy eating, I didn't notice Zaini taking this photo of me. :D

By the time we finished dinner, we were completely full. We ordered only two sets between the three of us, but immediately upon being seated, Raimie was given a kiddie plate and fork and spoon without having to ask for it. Good service eh? And the portion was enough to be shared with Raimie.

Just want to add another memorable experience at the restaurant. After we bought our food ticket, we had to stand around as all tables for 3(or 4) were already occupied. A man, sitting alone at a table for four shifted to the next table and motioned for the staff to wipe the table and gestured to us to sit down. Despite our language barrier, he was really helpful showing us the tsukemono, the rice refill area and generally being kind enough to make sure we eat right. A nice man...