Japan 23 Mar - 5 Apr 2017 Day 13 - Endo Sushi / Dotonbori / Nomihoudai!

Last full day in Japan!! 3 things today: Endo Sushi, Dotonbori and ahmah!!

First things first, try the daiso burger and Lord Stow egg tart. Burger wasn't superb but was alright, tasted like how it looked like in picture below LOL. The egg tart was pretty good! 

View from apartment

On the way out towards Osaka Fish Market for Endo Sushi, passed by some flowering plants (bushes?)

Osaka Central Fish Market is not really open to individual consumers, and can look quite intimidating. But just make your way to the restaurants at the side of the market, and you will see the queue for Endo sushi. I love the sushi here.

Menu still the same as when I came in 2016

 

HEARTS  

HEARTS  

MEGA HEARTS 

I LOVE ENDO SUSHIIIIIIIIIIIIII

TBH, it's not the cheapest BUT personally, I think it's worth the trip to eat it! After we demolished all the sushi, we went back to Dotonbori for seconds!

Check out the tako.. omg..

This was yums, but I nearly died from eating it cos I was so full

In case you are wondering what's the point of this photo...

It's the name of this restaurant. Could this be the inspiration for the sushi chain in SG? LOL

Last stop for Dotonbori - Okonomiyaki at Chibo. By this time, the two of us were honestly packed to the brim with food. But... I just had to eat okonomiyaki.

I loved this. Chibo's okonomiyaki is one fo my favourites in the world. We couldn't really finish this, so we packed half of it to bring back to the apt.

That's us in the screen!!

 We went back to the apartment to rest, pack and slack for a while before getting ready to meet ah mah for dinner and drinks! This is the lift in the apt, pretty old, and kind of dingy isn't it?

Meeting ahmah at Hankyu Umeda Dept store. She was actually right in front of us when I took the pic, but a hoard of people just rushed past and blocked her haha.

 Second attempt, but failed too.

AM had some places in mind, so we totally left it up to her. ahha the woes of the person who had been working in Japan for a while. In the end we decided on a place that had an alcohol buffet. The first flow looked pretty crowded, but they had a second floor.

Pretty quiet

And we got started!!

Personally, I loved the sashimi platter, it was beautiful.

And as the night progressed, we drank... and drank... and drank until....

LOL I remember leaving the restaurant in a state of happy buzziness. We enjoyed each other's company so much, and when AM suggested that we can take the train to her place and check out the flowering sakura in the area, we agreed with the alcohol influenced positivity that we would definitely be able to catch every single last train on the way back.

YK and I were super pink and somehow as I walked to the train station, I felt super high LOL We were laughing uncontrollably and making innocent commuters photobomb our pictures. See photo evidence of 3 high people walking around in the public transport until we finally managed to get into the train.

Arrived at Sakura destination

So at this time, the plan was to take a walk from here to another station, about 15-20min away and then take the train back to Umeda and then changing trains to get back to our apt.

The above mentioned cheery blossom lined pathway. It was actually very beautiful and I'm thankful i got to see it. On top of that, the experience of doing this in the middle of the night made it all the more memorable.

LOLOLOL, honestly still abit high n happy, although the fuzziness had already gone away at this time

 

Made it tot he train station in time, and this was our last pic together. Huuuugsggsgs to AM!

Made it back on every single train. PHEW

Strangely futuristic underpass

I still look back at this dinner with fondness and amusement. It was one of the best highlights of the trip. Thanks AM and YK for this super fun night and end to the 2017 Japan trip!!

Day 14 - Bus to Kansai Airport / Home

Japan 23 Mar to 5 Apr 2017 Day 12 - Wakuden @ Kyoto Station / Osaka Ikinari Steakhouse / Dotonbori

Today's check out from Kyoto day. We were spending the last 2 days in Osaka and flying out from there. I wanted to hang out with C again, and... eat at Endo Sushi again ^

Took a few pics of the second flr of the apt. We really loved staying in this apt, super cozy and as you can see, very clean.

OK TBH the hanging deco was abit scary when we first saw it LOL

My favourite-est sushi from Kyoto

Bye apartment, it was great while it lasted.

Demolished these 2 ice creams on the way out. This matcha choc ice cream ranks very highly in my ice cream popularity ranking list. Also it reminds me of the first time I ate ice cream in the snow at Hokkaido ^

I know i kind of ate quite alot already, but we were actually on the way to lunch at Kyoto Wakuden at JR Kyoto Isetan. It's a kaiseki restaurant in Kyoto and offers pretty affordable lunch kaiseki, so we decided to check it out.

We opted for the Suoh Menu at 6000y, excited.

YK went to the toilet

Quite many people dining as well. We weren't seated at the window view seats, but no matter! 

Amberjack Sashimi

Sake in a bamboo cup

Prawn (paste?) with ground greens soup

more sake

Charcoal grilled seasonal fish

Beans with mashed tofu dressing

Masu salmon and bamboo shoots steamed with sake

Noodles with wakame seaweed

Dessert

As expected, the staff were professional and friendly, and we enjoyed ourselves with the dishes. The food was fresh, of good quality and we enjoyed ourselves, but somehow nothing stood out alot, so the taste or the experience wasnt that memorable. 

On the way out and towards the train station, passed by Ten-Ichi, a tempura restaurant that RJ and I really liked when we were here in 2016.

Took a pic of Kyoto Station while making our way to the train platform. I thought that the building looked quite grand ^^

Also snapped a picture of Kyoto Tower

And before you know it, we're in Osaka!!

Rented an Airbnb apartment walking distance from Dotonbori. But actually I found it abit too far from there. I have memories of tiring walks with achy feet back to the apt. That aside, the apartment was very clean, and neat ^^.

Dinner at Ikinari Steak!! According to many reviews, its an affordable and yummy place for meat.

If you notice, it's a standing steak place. No seats, you stand and eat!!

Check out this thick cut of steak sitting on sliced onions. The brown stuff on top were fried garlic slices (omg hearts)

WOAW!

Ikinari Steak... goooood

After dinner, we made our way to starbucks at Namba City to get the Starbucks pudding. The packaging was so cuteee and the pudding tasted really good. I especially liked the chocolate one haha. We bought quite alot of pudding to bring home.

Daiso-ing 

Check out these, they're burgers!! Amazed abit. We got one to try.

and onward to....

Dotonbori!

Nom Nom Nom

Cutest claw machine octopus soft toy ever!

And this, this is like a grilled meat place despite the name. Reviews online praised it, so maybe worth a try next time?

I remembered being super happy to reach the apartment LOL

Was very happy with the buys from Daiso heehee. The next day's gonna be the second last day in Osaka, and one that I was looking forward to. We were going to meet ahmah who has been working in Osaka and I was looking forward to meeting her again ^^

Day 13 - Endo Sushi / Dotonbori / Nomihoudai!