Glamourous Ginza and pretty pastries

[jeanniebayb]

I spent the last weekend with Rob in Tokyo, to see him and to celebrate his birthday. I took a couple of hours off work on Friday and took the afternoon flight to Tokyo. First stop was Rob's office in Makuhari (Chiba), and I met his collegues. It was around 6:30pm when I arrived, so we looked for dinner around Makuhari and settled for some paella

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[hunter006]

Aaah, so you finally found a place that puts the pan in Japan? Ha, get it? Pan = Bread? Sorry... that's terrible. I loved bakeries in Japan... was massively addicted to them. I really wish we had those here...

Ginza was pretty awesome, but I felt kind of out of place. Ok, a lot out of place. Why? I'm not rich. There was a Louis Vuitton building there from memory, as well as the Sony building, several very pricey jewellery stores, uh... I remember trying to get perfume for Tash from something like the Gucci or D&G building, and they only sold the sunnies... I ended up getting it at the airport, not the main building in Ginza. Go figure. The Sony building reminded me of everything I've always wanted but couldn't have too, because Japan uses 110-120V 20A 60 Hz and Australia uses 240V 10A 50 Hz. So annoying -_-... I felt the same pangs of pain when running around Akihabara, the electronics district. 500 GB caddy'd external hard drives, funky computers, everything I wanted... just taunting me...

[jeanniebayb]

Haha, that's a horrible pun. Technically, it's not a bakery. Sadaharu Aoki is a true patiserrie in the sense that there were lots of beautiful (and expensive!) cakes and pastries, no bread. And yeah, we love the pan-ya in Japan - awesome variety, and they are always excellent quality.

Ginza is definitely not our scene. We were only there for the food, which was excellent. Still, I couldn't help but feel out of place in my jeans and sneakers, eventhough I had a nice top on.

Oh, and I just heard from Honey. I hope it goes well ;) especially since I feel like an 'enabler' here.

[hunter006]

I wasn't going to say anything :P But international advertising on my behalf? You're nicer than I thought...

I loved eating melon bread for the first time that I went there... so delicious... I'd seen it so many times in anime, but never had the chance to eat it... yummmmmm........