Tokyo Travelogue Day 5: Tsukiji Market
The last day of my Japan trip and I gotta end it with a bang right! So off to Tsukiji Market we go!
Didnt bother going for the fish auction cause we were dead beat from the walking at DisneySea the day before and we didnt want to wake up at 4am to “try” to get tickets. Smart me even forgot to charge my camera so thus having to grab them from Kai.
This was apparently the most popular stall in Tsukiji Market that had Japanese queuing up infront of it for their breakfast!
We had time constrains, so we settled for second best =)
Had to point point point to the staff our orders. =D
Both of us were mega excited cause nothing makes the both of happier than stuffing our face with food. Especially since I am such a crazy Japanese Food fan!
So hungry I started eating my hand. LOL
Nothing to do in the queue so it is camwhoring time!
Finally we were directed to our counter seats, shoulder to shoulder with people just quietly stuffing their face with food. Waited for what seems like forever and finally….
My Tuna and Sea Urchin Bowl!
Tuna Belly + Tuna and Sea Urchin Bowl!
When we had the first mouthful of tuna, it was sheer utter bliss. I felt I went to heave and back 3000 times cause the tuna was just so sweet and it melts in your mouth without much chewing. The rice which is so soft and fluffy just complements it OH SO WELL, we didn’t take and just kept shoving mouthful after mouthful of rice into my mouth.
No wonder everyone ate so quietly! You just want savour every single mouthful of goodness from the sea.
Even declared to Kai that I wanted another bowl half way throughout mine cause it was that yummy. (Didnt get it cause my tummy waas protesting!)
We order another side to share and its….
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Famous Snow Crab legs
Initially I tasted the shredded pieces first and was like “Meh.. taste normal leh.. Like crab looo” Then I bit into the whole pieces and it was euphoria max! The juice just gushed into your mouth filled it up with the fresh and sweet and that tinge of saltiness just like it was taken fresh from the sea.
INCOMPARABLE taste! I would recommend anyone who heads to Tsukiji Market to order the crab legs to try at least once in their lifetime. OMG SO DAMN SHIOK!
It also helps that I had some eye candy to look at…Kaiyi managed to sneakily get this shot of the chef which ended up blur, thus enhancing X100 time his handsome-ness. LOL
Headed to the market to walk around and it was a really interesting place to be, looking at where all the freshest seafood in Tokyo you eat comes from:
Little cute carts that zipped around at high speed I think I save Kaiyi a couple of times when she was engrossed in her photosnaps.
Adorable uncle who chatted with us with his limited English and was asking us where we were from
After this it was a madddddd rush back to the hotel to pack and rush through Shinjuku MRT station carrying my huge ass trolley luggage with one spoilt wheel, plus a shoulder bag plus a handcarry.
Reach the train platform and 5 seconds upon boarding it, the door closed. *Heng to the Max*
Slept all the way on the Narita Express where I stock up on SGD200 worth of goodies consisting of loads of Kit Kats cause the family request for it. Wish I had a couple of hundreds more cause there was so much to buy but so little money! Narita Airport has so many items which are not available in their shopping malls or food stalls.
And then… it was Sayonara Japan….
I miss all the places where I left my footprints behind, but there was a tinge of sadness inside me as I left Japan, leaving with me memories of the hospitality, helpfulness, beauty of the people, places and food.
I miss you Japan and I hope I will get the chance to be back soon =)
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