Eating Ramen in Tokyo

Ramen noodle is definitely a very popular food here in Japan, it's also a staple food for the Japanese. Every corner of the road in Tokyo, you'll find a Ramen stall or restaurant. The one that I visited is located at Ikebukuro, at a small alley next to the Seibu Department store.

Like most of the shop here in Tokyo, the space are very limited, hence in most shop you can't find all those fancy round or square tables.

They even have a membership card for us to collect the stamp and redeem a free noodles. And like most of the Ramen shop here in Tokyo, you just need to order the noodle from the vending machine, print out the receipt and passed to the waitress.

The advantage of this system is that, there won't be throat cutting/foreigner prices. Because the prices are listed and we paid for what we order.

The disadvantage is that, in some area or some restaurant, they don't have the menu in English. Hence the tourist have no idea what to order.

We order this two, both comes with tons of spring onion.

And a huge slices of pork belly.

The average prices of Ramen noodles here is between 800yen-1200yen.

Last but not least, there's no trip to Japan is complete without a bowl of Ramen Noodles.

Eating Monjayaki in Tokyo

Monjayaki, a dish that looks identical with the Omomiyaki. It can be found mostly in Tsukishima, Tokyo where been said the dish is came from. There's even a street selling mostly Monjayaki in this part of the  town called Nishinaka Dori.

During my recent visits, I managed to tasted the Monjayaki at one of the restaurant here.

The interior of the restaurant.

The a small teppan on every table.

Even the how to cook and eat Monjayaki guide.

Before we start our main course, we had the octopus Teppanyaki.

A generous size of the octopus.

The raw ingredients of the Monjayaki.

Start by stir frying all the raw ingredient.

Then making a "hole" in the middle.

Pour in the mixture and mix it well.

Finally cook it to your own liking. I like mine slightly charred and crispy.

Appearantly the restaurant that I went to is established in 1983.

And it seems like is very famous among the local, as by the time I finished my food, the restaurant is getting packed.

IRONMAN MALAYSIA 2014 (Sideline)

The last post of the IRONMAN MALAYSIA 2014. A contestant running past the iconic Eagle statue at the Eagle Square in Langkawi.

Masjid Al-Hana.

Red Bull advertising was huge in The IRONMAN MALAYSIA 2014.

The contestant keep on pushing with the sun setting down.

Watch out for the crossing spectators.

Dozens of countries participating.

Japan has one of the biggest contingent.

With a lots of cheeky and motivating banner and postcards to motivate the participants.

With some participants proposed to their partner.

End of the IRONMAN MALAYSIA 2014 series.

IRONMAN MALAYSIA 2014 (The Journey)

The Journey of The IRONMAN MALAYSIA 2014 contestant.