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| Sesame Mill |
Shibuya was filled with tons of people on a Friday afternoon. When we arrived at Shibuya station, we kind of got lost as to where the exits are and just followed the crowd. Eventually, I found out we were somewhere near Mark City. I found an escalator which brings us back to street level where I could spot some popular shopping buildings like Shibuya 109 and Q-Front. There are lots to shop in Shibuya but we choose only a few stores to visit since we were planning to have an early dinner around 5:00 p.m. at Sushi no Midori, which was recommend by many people.
We made a quick stroll through Shibuya 109 (partly because my sister was in great need of the washroom). This shopping complex has lots of small shops selling mostly fashion items for people in their teens to early twenties. Then, we went to Loft, a multi-story department store selling personal, home, health and kitchen gadgets. I bought a sesame mill from there which I once saw used in a Ramen store. It’s a simple plastic see-through container which you fill with toasted sesame seeds. It has a red cranking wheel and an open mouth at the top. With a turn of the wheel by its handle, sprinkles of golden sesame flecks come drifting out.
Later, we also did some window shopping at Parco—home to many brand name fashions. Opposite to Parco is Uniqlo, one of our targeted shops. I’ve only learned about Uniqlo while I was reading travel blogs. Actually Uniqlo has stores opened in many countries but Canada. Many said you can have lots of good buys from Uniqlo as its clothing has nice designs and uses good quality materials but tagged with a reasonable price. We spent over an hour in this 2-floor fashion store and couldn’t get enough. However, it was approaching 5:00 p.m., so we had to quickly pay for bags of clothing and discharged from this danger zone.
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| Chef's Special Sushi Assortment |
The reason to have an early dinner is to avoid the long line-up at Sushi no Midori (美登利壽司). Sushi no Midori is located on the 4th floor of Mark City and it opens for dinner at 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. We arrived at 5:00 p.m. and there were already around 30+ people in front of us. We did not make it for the 1st round. However, we only had to wait for another 20 minutes until we got our table. We ordered 2 Chef’s Special Sushi Assortment, 1 Broiled fish Sushi Assortment and 1 Broiled Conger Eel. Originally I wanted to order a huge size Midori Original Roll but the waiter warned us, “No! Too Much! TOO MUCH!!”, so we said “fine...” skipped this order. Both Chef’s Special sets come with a miso soup and chawan-mushi, a crab liver salad and dessert. The murky greenish-coloured crab liver paste looks a bit scary but it actually tastes very good. Overall, I thought that the Broiled Conger Eel was excellent (not as surprise as it is the specialty of Sushi no Midori), but the crab liver salad is surprisingly good. I’m not kidding, never judge an appetizer by its colour. However, I was a bit disappointed at the general environment and the sushi tasted average. It wasn’t as good as I though it would be. May be I have already eaten sushi in the Tsukiji Fish Market and there weren’t going to be many places which can have better sushi / sashimi. Also, the restaurant was very crowded and noisy, so we were kind of rushing to finish the food. As well, due to the lack of air conditioning and the humidity of the place, I probably didn’t enjoy it as much as I normally would’ve. Nevertheless, the sushi assortment does look very attractive and appetizing.
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| Chawan-mushi and Crab Liver Salad |
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| Broiled Conger Eel (There is a little piece of sushi rice under the Eel) |
Since it was our 2nd day in Tokyo, our jet lag still bothered us. We decided to go back to our hotel after dinner instead of returning to the shopping area in Shibuya. I should spend more time in Shibuya the next time I visit Tokyo.
Reference Links:
Loft (Shibuya)
Uniqlo
Sushi no Midori (美登利壽司)
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