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Bike ride
Last Saturday we had a quite nice bike ride. We rode through Ikejiri-ōhashi (Meguro-ku), Sangen-jaya (commonly called "Sancha", in Setagaya-ku), Shimokitazawa (Setagaya-ku) and Hatagaya (Shibuya-ku) before coming back home early evening just in time as rain was beginning to pour.
In Ikejiri, we met Yūko (Tomoko's sister) for lunch just before she left for Thailand. We ate at The Globe, an interesting mix of a café/restaurant and an antiques shop. What's funny is that there are prices on everything: the sofa you're sitting on, the table you're eating on, each of the large number of chandeliers, and all other decorations.
At The Globe, I ate shephard's pie for the first time, and I can now tell for sure that although the English term for the popular Québec home meal pâté chinois is "shephard's pie", shephard's pie is definitely not the same stuff as it lacks one of the most important ingredients of pâté chinois: corn!
I'm still partial to the basic minced beef/corn/mashed potatoes pâté chinois (sample recipe in French), but the shephard's pie I had was also very good. :)
Then in Shimokitazawa, we shopped at Kaldi, one of our favorite food shops, which stocks imported food and where you always get free coffee at the entrance. I bought some instant Shinramyun (called Shin-ramen in Japanese), spicy Korean noodles that I love.
On our way back I did a bit of CD shopping, and I grabbed Doop "Circus Doop". Doop is a band from Amsterdam that was recommended to me by Erik. Haven't listened yet but I will soon. :)
Posted on October 6, 2003 at 12:24 | Tweet
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you ate at the globe! that's right up the street from my house. i always pass it but never imagined that anyone eats there. interesting. i always eat at that matsuya across the street because i can dine for 290 yen or so.
Posted by david on October 15, 2003 at 00:32
Ah, we hesitated between Matsuya and The Globe, actually. :)
You should try The Globe if you haven't, a bit on the expensive side (of the street) but it was nice!
We should try to meet again next time we pass around there. :)
Posted by Patrick on October 15, 2003 at 00:41