let's eat Tokyo

This last few months, Malc has been traipsing all over Asia for work. However, when Malc told me that his next destination was Tokyo, I could not let him just go all by himself. So, taking advantage of Jetstar's fare promotional fare to Nagoya and Malc's generous frequent flyer points, I joined Malc for a weekend in our favourite city in the world.

The flight to Nagoya on Jetstar was quite eventful, to say the least. Checking-in in Sydney, I was told that Jetstar has oversold its seats on the Qantas connecting flight from Sydney to Cairns. Fortunately after a few minutes wait, a seat "opened" and I was issued with my boarding pass. During the stopover in Cairns, the flight to Nagoya was delayed by 1 1/2 hours, which meant that catching the last shinkansen from Nagoya to Tokyo would pose a problem. So, at Nagoya airport, after bumping into a few other people in a similar situation as I was, we boarded the rapid train to the JR Nagoya station and caught the very last shinkansen to Tokyo, which uncharacteristically departed a minute late.

And then finally at midnight, Tokyo, and the fantastic top-floor room at the Westin Tokyo--- order was restored. Malc, had arrived earlier from Shanghai and had done the check-in, so the the only other thing to do was the customary first day visit to a convenience store. And it was heaven!

Malc & I are absolutely enamoured by Japanese convenience stores. The food selection is fabulous, we could not decide what to have. We also went dizzy with all the new drinks in the market. In the end, we decided on old favourites: curry doughnut and onigiri and CC Lemon for me and cream croquette, sandwich set and Ebisu beer for Malc. We also shared a karaage bento.

Next: Tokyo Curry Lab