A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
We decided to start the day with a Scottish breakfast, so we went here.
On the menu there is an item called the full Scottish Breakfast, where you could select 7 items of these: fried egg, bacon, linked sausage, black pudding, lorn sausage, black pudding, haggis, tattie scone (a grilled flat potato), toast, mushrooms. Chose the first 7 of these.
I will say it was great to come here for a Scottish breakfast, but would only get these again: bacon, lorne sausage, and tattie scone.
We went to this highly recommended whisky bar for our last place in Inverness. Got the chocolate flight. Here ate the notes:
-Tomatin 14 year: fairly sweet (sweeter than Glenlivet), but tasted great. Paired with a chocolate that tasted just as sweet
-Oban 14: classic drink. The slight saltiness was paired with a salty chocolate
-Kilchoman: expectedly peaty, and they chose to pear it with a toffee chocolate
Great experience overall. Would come back.
First meal for my second trip to Scotland.
We drove from Edinburgh, and got a late dinner here at Elgin.
The vibe of the restaurant was great. To start got an Aperol spritz, and did their Garlic “prawns” to start (really it was just shrimp).
We got their pepperoni pizza as the main. It did have an unexpected spicy kick to it.
I would come back again (but perhaps try another pizza, but not to say the pepperoni was bad).
Went here to start the night out in Ginza (specifically went to Zouk Tokyo night club after this).
First drink was a banana pisco sour. Man was it good. Also got a Rob Roy and an espresso martini. Also great. Overall, would come back to this place.
Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Buw9aTEQtu7guwTF7?g_st=ic
Last dinner before flying out in Tokyo, and this restaurant did not disappoint.
This restaurant is located in Ginza, and it was a 25 course omakase meal (first one I’ve ever had that had 25 courses)!
The menu below describes what we had. Pictures are sort of in order of the menu. I think my call outs are the hairy crab, sweet shrimp, toro (had both a very lean and very fatty ones), and the uni. Didn’t have any salmon, but honestly that was ok. Also everything in general was great. No bad call outs. And the egg at the end was basically like a flan.
Also tried two different Sakes. Both amazing. They seemed light and didn’t have that after taste you usually get with Sake (and the last picture below is a $500 bottle of sake, which was from a person that owns 22 restaurants and invests heavily in start ups). And of course had a few Yamazaki whiskies.
Google map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/T3gDskWu6Uk6fXm66?g_st=ic
Kept coming back to this coffee place on the 2nd floor outside Shibuya Scramble square mall.
Got the dark roast caffe latte (as is). Would keep getting it again.
Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5eUEr3cb715js4938?g_st=ic
Came here for lunch (just walked by) while staying at Shibuya Stream Hotel (which coincidentally it is in the hotel). Glad to have grabbed some Japanese bbq before leaving Japan!
Got the Yakiniki set meal (had beef and pork with egg soup), with a highball of course. Would come back to this place if I was eating along and needed a quick Japanese bbq fix.
Also the one person bbq set is super cute.
We went to this place for some Teppenyaki before a night out in Shibuya.
Although the food is great and would come back here again (especially the view of the city which I didn’t take any pics of), there are seats in front of the cooking chef, and there are seats that are not (the view seats do not have it in front of the cooking by chef).
We got the sirloin beef, chicken, mushrooms, fried rice, and some noodles and beef wrapped asparagus. All were great and I would get them again. For drinks got a glass of sparkling wine.
Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eSek4b2Wem6nz7Hc9?g_st=ic
Went here for a quick lunch at Shibuya.
Got the miso ramen with pork (small size). Will say it did hit the spot, but also curious what a 4.5 star ramen place is in Japan is like (this one was 3.8).
Would come back if I needed a quick lunch that was fast and only had 15 minutes (from ordering to eating).
Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oLoabUuAVKxWqarz8?g_st=ic
Went to this cafe after dinner for desert in Ginza. Definitely a great choice.
Got their home made strawberry cheese cake. Wish I had more! Also paired it with a Yamazaki on the rocks.
Here is the Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/D9ia9qoXYuA4qeN68?g_st=ic
