Showing posts with label Tokyo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tokyo. Show all posts
J.S. Burger
Thursday, August 07, 2014

J.S. Burger

Burgers are my favourite food. Just the thought of a big sloppy, juicy, salty patty can make my stomach turn upside down in hunger. This post is a kind of agony to type up. Nonetheless, I will march on through to bring you one of the best burger places I have ever come across, right in the heart of Tokyo. 

The interior design definitely has a 'Tumblr'  vibe to it & I would imagine, appeals to the young'uns. We visited this restaurant on two occasions (in two days, but let's not speak about that). Lunch offered a free salad buffet.
By salad, they mean a variation of vegetables & potato salad. Nonetheless, still delicious. I recommend Goma dressing - which is a Japanese sesame dressing that I am now obsessed with. Shirley even bought a bottle to take home!

 Onto the goods! Drinks were a Coke for Shirley (not pictured). 
Patrick's iced tea.

And my green tea with jasmine iced tea! I'm a big fan of iced tea but for some reason, it never occurred to me that I could ice up my favourite flavour of tea. Strange.
It was freakin' delicious and I wish I had it with me right now.

 Patrick decided he was feeling a little belly-guilt from all the food we'd been eating on the holiday, so he decided against a burger & for their breakfast special instead.

Having said that, he still ordered a side of onion rings.

Shirley's teriyaki burger. Oh my goooooosh.

And my burger. The J.S. Burger with pineapple. HELLO!
There are few words to describe, with justice, the experience I had while eating this burger. Twice.

 Because the burgers are so deliciously juicy, they offer these paper sheets as holders for your burger to help the sauces stay off your hand & transport into your belly.

And the fries. Oh the fries. The BEST fries ever, we decided, three-fold.
I'm talking major crunch on the outside. Perfectly fluffy on the inside. And a perfect amount of seasoning. 
The servings seem small, but hand-in-hand with your burger, it all feels you up so well leaving you entirely satisfied.
 I'll let you in on a secret. I don't really love eating out. I usually think it's over-priced, hyped up & rarely do I get excited about it, especially not more than a home-cooked meal. But J.S. Burger is a restaurant I would recommend in a heartbeat to anyone. If you ever visit J.S. Burger, I urge you, so much to visit this cafe for one of  the best culinary experiences of you life.  

I purposefully posted this restaurant review last to end on a high note for the final post of my Japan round-up. It has been so much fun posting these as a hit of reminiscence for me while I'm back home. I post for the public, but also for personal reasons so I can share these moments with my personal circle & also for my future self. Thank you for reading if  you have done, and bearing with my insane amounts of spam Japan posts. If you would like to talk about travelling in Japan (or anywhere!) you can email me at rebeccalayblog@gmail.com otherwise my Japan chats are over... for now.
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Japan, Part Seven
Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Japan, Part Seven

Tonight, we hit up ODAIBA!
I wanted to go to the Trick Art Museum but that didn't go according to plan. But if you ever visit Tokyo, I think you should definitely put it on your list! 

As a fan of pretty lights & city nights, we obviously had to ride the ferris wheel that overlooked beautiful Odaiba.
 I'll try to keep it low on the city photos in this post since I've uploaded so many already. I can't help it, I love the city! 
We headed to Aqua City to visit the RAMEN HOUSE. 
It's basically a whole level dedicated to ramen - several different ramen stores that you go up & order from... & eat outside on the deck with the stunning view.

Packed full & satisfied, we walked over to Tokyo's own Statue of Liberty.
The wind was perfect tonight. A day filled with good views, good weather in the city - makes me very, very happy. 
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Japan, Part Six
Monday, August 04, 2014

Japan, Part Six

Brunch is my favourite meal of the day. It offers the best dishes with the best ingredients - so my excitement levels were high when Patrick suggested we would eat at Bill's for today.

Bill's is a popular brunch restaurant with locations in Sydney, Tokyo & London. 
I'd heard about it before & was ready to attack a proper western-style brunch.
For drinks, Patrick ordered a lemonade, Shirley ordered a frappe of sorts & I ordered a green juice/ apple, cucumber, spinach, chia seeds & young coconut. (Sidenote: it was warm & there was way too much cucumber.)

I ordered the poached eggs on sourdough with extra avocado...

Shirley's...

& Patrick's full english breakfast...
I think it's incredibly difficult to mess up brunch, it's so foolproof. It was a good meal, but as far as brunch restaurants go, it wasn't the best. Still good, though, still good. 

We then headed on over to Takeshita Street in Harajuku...

Even though we just had our full brunch and it was hot like nothing else, we decided we needed crepes in our bodies.

Beware, the menu is HUGE and for an indecisive person, can make the crepe-choosing process quite the chore. In the end, I went with settled with strawberries & cookies & cream cheesecake.

This was probably my favourite day in Tokyo, the sun was out & the food was good.
My next post will show you what we did that night, that was really the cherry on top of my sundae. Or the chocolate flakes on my crepe...
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Japan, Part Five
Saturday, August 02, 2014

Japan, Part Five

Today in Tokyo was full of my two favourite things: food & views! 
We also labelled it 'Rebecca Day' - which meant I was leading the way & giving Patrick a break from being our tour guide! On account of this, breakfast was at my fave spot: Starbucks on Q Front!
 We made our way to Shinjuku which was very similar to Shibuya (where we were staying). A lot of shopping & all, so after a bit of wondering & walking around we stopped at a restaurant called Hawaiian Pancake Factory. In hindsight, this was probably a poor decision. Level 6-8 of this building was full of restaurants of different cuisines & themes, and instead we ate at this restaurant on Level 2 that left us... quite disappointed.

We then headed to Akihabara which is tech-city! Anime, computers, cameras galore! We shopped & wandered for a few hours before heading back to the hotel for a rest & being greeted with this gorgeous view:

Dinner time came around and we were having my fave food ever: BURGERS! 
Freshness Burger, to be exact. 
They ordered a melon soda float & I ordered an orange juice. I have quite the obsession with juice.

Beaut.

Dinner was had but we were still so tired from the long day of walking & sweating... & sweating some more so we decided to call it a night & head back to the hotel for rest. 
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