We love our ramen noodles. That’s a fact! We rarely go to downtown Vancouver but on a Friday night, we found ourselves with an hour to kill before a friend’s birthday party. I had been to Ramen Gojiro two years before and I didn’t have strong feelings about it either way. I was down to […]
Due to my (small) addiction to UFO catchers, I was very happy to find out that there was a SEGA Game Centre in Takayama. Spoiler alert: we spent a lot of yen and walked away with nothing. However, we when we left it was nearly dinner time and when we looked across the parking lot, […]
We went to Sant-AnGelo (サンタアンジェロ) for our last meal in Osaka before we headed off to Takayama. The address is: 5-1-60 Nanba, Chuo Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 542-0076. It can be tricky to find because it’s located in a mall called Namba City. Just walk past all the shops on the first floor to an […]
This is an odd post to write because Simon’s Kitchen is closing down at the end of the month because their building being demolished for condos. Howie took me here because he had fond memories of coming here with his friends in high school. By the time you’re reading this, Simon’s Kitchen will probably be […]
Our first day in Tokyo was a rainy, rainy one. We started off the morning by heading off to Gotokuji Temple and that was a bit of a trek. We decided we need to warm up and we stopped by an udon place in Shibuya that Howie likes. I love my ramen but Howie loves […]
We decided to spend a couple nights in Takayama on our last Japan trip. Neither of us had ever been and we weren’t quite sure what to expect. It’s about a 4 hour trek from Tokyo to get there but it is completely worth it. We fell in love with its small town feel and […]