Day 10 - Sugamo

So we decided to go visit some other places that we haven't seen yet, so we came across these two places. On Saturday we had nothing better to do than to recover from the drinking we've done the night before. So, we took a late train to a little place called Sugamo (I think) where they had a Matsuri (festival) for one of the temples. It was a small festival with booths lining one of the roads selling food. It started to rain quite a bit so we didn't stay there very long. But, while we were there we at least got to try some really good food.

The first place I ate at sold tempura. It was only 300yen for 5 pieces of what we wanted so I just pointed and got a few things. The little old lady chose the bigger pieces for me so I was gracious -- especially the sweet potato tempura which everyone just had to try. The onion tempura was also really good, on an equal playing field as the awesome blossom from Chili's. And the other thing I tried was this mixed vegetable thing with baby shrimp, that was definitely the best one.

Although full, I was walking around with Bob and came across, well, what we were looking for -- meat on sticks. Haha. So we got what looked like ground balls of meat on a stick. It turns out it was chicken, and well, really darn good. So good they didn't last more than a minute of walking. But while we were waiting for the lady to go ahead and warm it up for us, the others moved on ahead. When we caught up to them, we were laughed at by the Koreans and called 'Buta Kyoudai!' which translates to Pig Brothers. I have to admit, I don't care. :D

And lastly, on our way out we stopped by a stand selling the doughnuts with azuki paste inside for 90yen so I just had to get one. Yes I was full, but yes I had to get it. I don't care, Haha.

At night, we decided to go to a little restaurant that we've seen a little while ago but have never gone in. Well, we get inside and we find out that we only know a few items on the menu. So, we only order what we could read. Joy got the Katsu, Matt got the Udon, I got a Sukiyaki, etc. The prices here were very inexpensive considering what they were. I know Sukiyaki back home will run your wallet quite a bit, but here it cost me 395yen. But when I saw the bowl they gave me with the amount of meat & veggies in it I thought -- uh oh, what the heck did I order, the big one? And each of our meals was either different than we thought, or had more than we ordered. So we frantically checked the menu again for different prices for what we may have ordered instead but to no avail. At the end we got our check, and for a meal for 5 the total was only 2400yen. Hahaha, so I guess my huge sukiyaki was actually as cheap as I thought it was.

Now this blog is going to be nothing but eating and drinking, but that's okay. That's all I did on Saturday. After dinner we went to Per's house to have a few drinks and stayed up pretty late. Afterward Per, Matt, Bob and I were pretty hungry so we asked Annie where's a good spot and she pointed us in the direction of a ramen shop. So we decided to eat there and I must say, that was by far the best ramen I've ever eaten. I got something that looked creamy, red, and spicy. It was hot but oh so delicious. What I didn't know was how bad I'll be paying for it the next morning. :)