Foodstuffs and Stuff

Eeesh, it has been a long time since I've updated! Freaking school is taking up all my time. And when I'm not at school, I'm usually out and about doing stuff, ya know, enjoying Tokyo. Anyways, here are some food higlights and a few other highlights from this past week:

This was a cute little place in Shibuya called "Vegan Healing Cafe". The interior was very minimalist and clean. Of course, the staff was super friendly ( Japanese + Vegan = nicest people evah ). They gave us a roll of vegan stickers! How fun. The place is about a block away from Tokyu Hands. It's crazy how all the sides streets everywhere hold amazing places.

All the coffee is prepared like espresso here basically, no big pots of coffee being brewed and poured; its made to order (it's also really expensive everywhere).

Falafel in a tahini sauce with a side of brown rice. It definitely didn't taste anything like Maoz but it was still so so good (I really miss falafel FYI). Japanese portions are perfect. They're obviously smaller than in America but you feel really satisfied after you eat and never full if you finish the entire plate. Also, the Japanese focus on having a tiny bit of "protein" or something with a lot of flavor and then contrasting it with a bigger serving of rice to fill you up.

Of course, the portions never fill you up too much that you say no to dessert. This was a "soy whip dessert" and was mightily delicious.

We have a new hangout that we go to for lunch after school on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. It's a short walk away from school and its called "Eat More Greens". It's a vegetarian restaurant with many vegan options. This Friday I had a taco salad. It was so good. And it had avocado in it! It was 950 yen but it includes a coffee!

On Wednesday Lauren, Chris, and I got the curry set. It tasted more like chili than curry but it was still awesomely delicious. This photo and the previous one are from Lauren's camera.

This photo was taken like... 1.5 weeks ago but ya know, I'm getting lazy with updating. Anyways, Hannah and I were out shopping and we stopped in a mall and got a little snack at this cafe. Have you ever seen the movie "A Bout de Souffle"? Well there's a scene where Patricia eats in a cafe in France that's in a mall. Well basically, this place was JUST like it.


There's the video. Fast forward to 3:20 to get an idea of what I'm talking about.

Anyway, I got a big piece of toast with maple syrup and ice cream. SO good.

Anthony Bourdain said that you cannot go to Tokyo without eating these octopus balls. While I will never eat them, Hannah had them twice in one week.

There's a bakery down the road that sells tiny little cakes and coffee. SO good. But I've cut that out of my diet for money and dietary reasons... haha.

We got burgers the other night! But not just ANY burger. Mos Burgers sells the regular types of burgers and then they have weird ones like this. The buns are made out of rice and the inside is filled with nori (seaweed), mushrooms, carrots, and some other sea vegetable. It's so so good and only 280 yen.