It was MoonFlower's request that we go to Kiyosumi Shirakawa area.



Came to a popular bakery shop where we saw more than several people were lining up already.
Took us about 20-25 minutes to get in to the shop and grab what we wanted.
Good shopping.

Since coming to interesting area, we decided to check out fancy cafe for branch.



Wow, big dish… I wasn't expecting that much, though.
The taste was pretty good and didn't remind me much of the large portion. Ate it up, quickly.



More wine bottles home… to be part of collection or inventory.
MF bought more for new year? Maybe.
Will be consuming them soon. Hahaha.

My family holds a big dinner party…
Yeah just between two of us. Hahaha.
Though, it was such a FANTASTIC sushi. Way better than any kind of sushi you can find on street.

This place has high reputation and it is hard to get a reservation.
In fact, MoonFlower tried and made this reservation back in September or so.
As per Master shown within below picture, weekend reservation is fully booked up to next March or so!























No words but just GREAT. Awesome dinner it was. Awesome bill as well but doesn't bother tonight.
It is CHRISTMAS.

Well, MoonFlower actually made another reservation for next April… my birthday dinner. WOW.
2021 gotta be a good year to come…

Staying home made me watch nothing but tv… same for you? I bet.
Watching variety shows including some food program.
Man, such program provides lots of information… drinks, foods and even more.



Good places in Ebisu area were introduced. That area is still out of my boundary…
MoonFlower and I should check that area out…

MoonFlower picked a place for us to go. In fact, we went up to that store for pick-up.
It was sweets. MF picked up cakes and we had afternoon tea along with those cakes.



Strawberry cakes was very sophisticated.







Big dinner followed. Foods were actually left from what we picked up from French food place yesterday.
There were overwhelming volume; thus, MF decided to split them into two dinning sessions.
Her decision was absolutely correct and we enjoyed as much.

I was about to open and set up Nintendo for fun.Will do so tomorrow for sure.

Holiday continues.
Came to see this unique bottles in the vending machine on a street.
Chiba original design coke… it is.



Chiba prefecture is famous for surfing and long Aqua Line bridge.
Is the taste different?
Is there other design for different place, too? Donno.

It was interesting.

Dinner took place with takeout foods from French bistro place.
MoonFlower finds new place for takeout foods.
Was called "Aux delices de dodine." Have never been there ever before.

Takeout foods seemed reasonably priced with excess volume!!!





Great foods perfectly went well with wine tonight.
Had fast-paced drinking session.
Made me full and drunk — pretty much.

No complaints for "stay home" over this, at least.
Do you have good foods home?
You should.

5-day holiday begins today under so-called Golden Week.
Under coronavirus war, everyone stays home.
At least sunny and warm day it was.

Went to Freshness Burger for grabbing my lunch.
Ordered cheeseburger set.
The place consistently crowded with customers for take-out orders.





Home-dining…
Cheeseburger tasted all right. Not that bad… but not that great.
I should look for other place to eat burgers next time.



Another takeout… from restaurant called "Tomosuke."
MoonFlower and I have been there more than several times.
Very popular place and hard to reserve the table.

Now they do deliver only lasagna for our supper tonight. It was vegetable lasagna… it was awesome dish.

No wonder that I didn't hesitate a bit about opening a bottle of champagne along with dish.
Was perfect match.

Oops, am I ever being game fan? Not so much.
Though, staying home got me to do something. So, here is my 1st (?) Nintendo.



Comes along with 30 games in memory.
They are very old or 1st generation video games like ones I played with friends when we all were little.



This is certainly nostalgic and fun.
For these 5 days, I can play those games between movies to watch.
Hahaha.

Weekend started, quietly.
Actually, not so much because of rainy weather.
Not like drizzling - heavy rain like tyhoon were around!

Kept watching favorite drama "SUITS" and now I come to Season 7. Almost catching up to date.
I'd better looking for another entertainment that would last for a while like SUITS.
Any recommendation?

I'd pass "King of Throne." Watched a bit… didn't last.



Stopped by Ginza area for picking up take-out foods for supper.
Then, rushed in to MoonFlower's place.
Traffic was of course light.



Big dinner it is!









All dishes are by Ginza restaurant called "UHEI" serving Japanese foods.
Except lamb chop… I made a personal favor to the Uhei chef. Thank you!!!



Takeout package even include the dessert.
Chef's cheesecake is another good one for me. Look very plain but taste deep.

Boring night turned to be fun night thanks to gorgeous foods by "Uhei."

After all COVID-19 stuff gone, we ought to go back for dine-in just like used to be.

MoonFlower's food discovery continues for our supper tonight.



I cannot resist to open one of champagne bottles in my shelf for home dinner tonight.
Veuve Clicquot was on the table with great foods.

MF selected to pick takeout from La Clarirere located in Shirokane Takanawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo.

In fact, we have been there for dine-in twice ever. Though, haven't been there for several years.
During that time, that French got awarded single star by Michelin!!!
Sure that it is great foods.

Never done any takeout before… same as yesterday's restaurant… everyone has to go to the takeout.
Here it is:







Foods with champagne was nothing but perfect.
Hurts much to my wallet… I'd better think and feel the pain tomorrow, not today! Hahaha.

Staying home, staying home, staying home…
That is only the theme of life?
Under COVID-19, there is no other choice.

However, we can go "FOODs" as much.
Yeah, good foods do shed the light on the current life.

We come to the takeout foods by Osteria Radici - Italian restaurant.
That place usually does not do any takeout. All for dine-in.
Like others, this place continues its business wit shift to the takeout… here it is:



Even opened a bottle of wine with food brought in.
This was French wine… does that matter? Hahaha.






Yes, the choice was right!!!
Well, I have to thank MoonFlower who is very keen on such information out of the place started do take-out foods.

Wait.

This means that MF is all over the information from MANY DIFFERENT places to list up so that we keep going on such fancy foods.
It means $$$.
Wait. That can be another disaster after COVID-19!!!

Weekend just started. Though, things are quite unusual like everywhere else.
Governor of Tokyo repeatedly emphasized that we should stay home over weekend.
Thus, decided to join MoonFlower for spending time in this weekend outside Tokyo.

Yes, escaping from Tokyo it is.

I had to bring MoonFlower's stuff for living. So that was actually the main task.

Here is 360-degree video while driving through the metro highway to see how road is empty:



Quite unusual, huh. It is.

Even brought old Apple TV to MF's place and installed.
Well, she has no extra channels on TV and at least Apple TV can hook to Hulu.
That should be some relief to MF for her entertainment.



Additionally, MoonFlower is planning to get food delivery for supper today.
That was actually great surprise and perfect to such environment.
One of favorite restaurants of ours now does catering service.

Restaurant called "CLOUD NINE" brought food home around 3pm. Since then, our festivity lasted throughout the day!







Perfect stuff and we all were full with great food and wine.
Wine is not included. Somehow, we had good wine in stock there. Why? Not sure… but good surprise for sure.

On top, the cost is covered by MoonFlower. I cannot complain whatsoever. You know what I mean!!!

Great dinner and good relief from Coronavirus condition.

Since Governor of Tokyo requests all to stay home this weekend… how was it?
MoonFlower and I woke up quite late. Though, rushed to go out.
Oh boy… contrary to such request? Any urgency?

Actually infected? Fever? Of course not.

Not that serious, however, we had some reason to go out.
Though, we keep "social distancing" in tact.
Instead of train, we drive… drove up to the destination which was in Asakusa.

MF has placed an order for box of sushi at sushi bar called "468" reading as "Europe."
Originally, she had some gathering with her friends at the same place today.
Though because of special weekend, that gathering was of course cancelled.

One thing crossed her mind.
Cancellation means that there is zero revenue to the sushi place. That is a pity.
Then, she placed an order for take-out. That is why we went up to do the pick-up.

Make sense?

This place is quite popular and tough to get reservation for dining-in.
MF has been there before. Although, I have never been…



Great "Osaka" sushi in a box. Different from Edo / Tokyo style. Beautifully done!!!

That was only outing for us to do all day and yeah, it was boring for us to be home.
This box of great food was certainly and only spice for the day.
What would be such tomorrow? We need one for sure.

Weather forecast tells that it is expected to snow in Tokyo.
it would cooperate much to people to stay home tomorrow.
Maybe, MoonFlower and I would stay home all the time… will see.

Am okay for that. Wonder if MF can stand or not… she is always active and doing something… Hahaha.

Good foods and drinks are reward…









No complaints. Perfect.
Time for weekend!

Made it early morning… that is quite rare for us… but did!
Showed up to Harajuku this morning.
As MoonFlower's request, came here:



Famous Japanese sweets shop called "Mizuho."



Big Daifuku sweets. Excellent stuff it was.

RIght after that, MF insisted to go to another place.



However, that extra efforts tuned in to be in vain…
All sold out and we were out of luck at least for today.
Maybe some other chance.

I found from Instagram follower that this shop called "Matsushimaya" actually introduced on TV yesteday.
No wonder that the line for sweets were even longer!
No luck, simply.

Went even farther for supper. Went to Sangenjaya area.
Italian bar restaurant called "Cosi Com'e."





Ezo deer steak and pasta were excellent!!!

All day long, excellent food made up great day. What else?

Still middle of the weekend!!! We do have one more day… before getting back to work.
Since having much drinks last night, we took things slow for today.
Nothing is really planned.

Walking as exercise is what we tried.
Walking up to Ginza since some shopping was needed to do.
I had to walk in to Uniqlo for shopping new PJs. My current PJs are quite worn out…



Tons of tourists in Ginza… particularly, Chinese.
More of them in Uniqlo… hard to shop around.
Maybe Japanese shoppers should stick to the online media…

Since we were in Ginza, decided to eat in for supper before getting back.
MoonFlower looked up and decided a place to go…
It was our "usual." We went in to the "Uhei" place.



Small gift was prepared and handed to me.
It is a part of new year celebration.
Usually, adults give children a small packet with small cash.

Today, I received such from the owner of restaurant. Not cash, though. Small fancy gift in it. Cool.









It was SAKE night with great Japanese cuisine.
Everything was great for foodies.

Initially, we planned to take light meal… resulted heavy food. Luxurious life indeed.

Long weekend started with a movie.
"Ford v Ferrari" opened this weekend in Japan.
Pretty cool movie, it was.



Am not much keen on the time when Ford was dominant in US back in 60's or 70's.
Lots of people knowing those periods obviously came to see this watch.
I guess, those times in the history had lots of movements and memories.

Great casting. Great fact and human drama development.
Christian Bale was should be given great thumb's up.
I wonder whether Henry Ford II was that much arrogant and snobby… just curious.

Rest of the day spent for drinks and foods.















Hopping in to French restaurant first and Italian bar afterward.
Too much drinks and ate too much.
What else should we do over weekend or free time? Tell me about it. Hahaha.

Pretty much fee for all day long.
Slept in and everything was slow as supposed to.
Perfect New Year Holiday for me.

Watched recorded TV drama for hours.
Update the past blog and re-linked old data, etc. on MacBook Air.
Did it all as needed.

MoonFlower was out for gathering with friends (over drinks for sure).
Thus, no family dinner tonight.
Walked for a while up to Kanda Station to look for a place to eat.

Ended up in "Misen" Taiwanese restaurant.
Famous for hot spicy foods.



Very spicy noodles. Extremely hot.
Good and quick dinner… though, not as great as the first time I ate in this restaurant place.
Misen is famous in Nagoya and MoonFlower and I have been there…

1st time at this Kanda place…
Food should be the same; however, something different.
I still prefer different type of hot to this kind of stuff.

Hot making me numb is yet better for me…

Maybe I should give another chance to see if Misen's hot style yet fits to my preference.

Two more days to go for New Year holidays… what shall I do?

A Happy New Year of 2020!!! Finally, it is here for all!!!



The design is of new year greeting cards for this year.





First meal of the year called OSECHI.
MoonFlower selected this special food from restaurant in Kyoto.
This is pretty damn good!



For supper, we even opened the Don Perignon. It is a vintage one. Also it is the PINK.
Not bad… that was great.

Great start of a new year for sure. No complaints. Just perfect.