The very last post about our trip to Auto Salon has arrived. But before we get to that, I’ve noticed that we have a few new readers lately so I figured I’d invite you to read “The Low Down” or our About Us section in the top right.
Also, to clarify. Enkei has been a F1 Supplier since 1986. Endless has been a F1 Supplier since 2003. I noticed some cats were a little mis-informed.
Lastly, have a gander at Kent here on the left. Might have to turn up your screen’s brightness to really see him. He was a bit cold the last night as we walked to our restaurant.
Saw this signage on the way to our place. Kent woulda taken it but he couldn’t reach up while holding his jacket closed at the same time.
And here we are at our last meal in Japan (excluding air port food). Robatayaki place in Roppongi Hills. The two cats you see here are our chefs.
At robatayaki places, all the food is laid out in front of both the guests and the cooks. Pick and choose what you’d like and the cooks do their thang.
More food choices and the chef’s name - uh… plank.
One of the first things ordered was our fish cuz it takes forever to cook. You’ll see these guys again at the end.
In the meantime we had other things to sustain us like these meatballs and a round of beer.
It looks like a box sitting in water, but it’s really a box full of sake sitting in sake that fell out of the box. What’s a last meal in Japan without a box full of sake anyway? But on the real, the box is made out of cedar (we think) and the sake soaks up the flavor of the cedar. FYI, these boxes are not shot glass size, they’re actually 4″x4″.
Here’s some chicken to go with our sake.
Gotta have some veggies too.
Dave insisted that we try the potatoes. And since Dave was doing all the ordering, it was pretty easy for him to get his way. He said that there was a dude in the back churning the butter you see melting on the spuds.
Another round of sake.
So these beef cubes are interesting. Dave said that he took some clients that were from like Texas or something to this place and they could not stop eating the beef. They swore it was better than any steak they’ve had or something to that effect.
Here’s Dave explaining how to eat the beef.
And here it is. Had another round of Sake after this.
And here’s the fish that I showed you in the beginning. Really good. Melts in your mouth. Super tasty. Everything you’d ever want fish to be.
Another round of sake.
Remember those insanely expensive strawberries in an earlier post? These are smaller, but they tasted insane! You know how artificial strawberry flavoring tastes kinda weird? It’s because none of us have tried really really good and perfect strawberries! These strawberries tasted exactly like what artificial strawberry flavoring tasted like. I know, it sounds weird. But trust me.
Here’s a photo our cook guy took for us. Not bad for a round of beers and 4 rounds of sake.
Okay, here’s where the sake started to kick in…
As if we didn’t have enough already, we went upstairs to some bar where there was a band playing and had some drinks.
And then the madness began..
Oh man, I couldn’t even get the right finger up. And what’s that headband doing around my head??
Rockin’ out.
The rest of the night is censored. Early the next morning, Dave came by to drive us to the train station so we could catch our Narita express. Being that all of us looked like crap, I instead took a picture of Dave’s dog Bingo sitting on my lap on the way to the station.
So, 1248 pictures and 14 videos later, our Japan trip was finally over. It was time for us to take some tylenol and knock out on the way home. And now it’s time for me to retire from blogging for a while. Hope all y’all enjoyed the peak into our trip. PEACE!!