kamameshi

We checked out the latest shopping mall at Ikebukuro this afternoon.

Called Esola, an extension building from the Ikebukuro train station, so widely advertised, we decided we should take a look!

But to our dissppointment, hmm... very limited shopping space, but some quite very good restaurants on the restaurant floor.

Unsurprisingly crowded, we thought we would check those out when the fever has subsided.

Lunch was at a very old but huge department store TOBU which has many good restaurants too.

We had kamameshi , rice cooked in a mini stone hot pot, topped with various ingredients.

Mine was seafood and chicken. hmm... nutritiously delicious! and the rice was yummy! with the slightly burnt base, my favourite =)

J had oysters (in season now) with salmon roe

These days i am enjoying my rice more n more, and weirdly i do crave such rice cuisine once in a while. and yes, i finish the whole lot on my own =P

Lunch was pasta

with garlic toast made with really good light baguette we managed to get at a french bakery

Squid ink black linguine with home made mushroom cream sauce

tofu and sweet potatoes salad, wafu sesame dressing

ahh... walking in town is indeed tiring with the crowd around.

but with J leading the way, not so bad =)

i love sunny saturdays~