TOKYO: Tsukiji Market

So I've previously made recommendations on what to eat at Tsukiji Market
What to eat in Tsukiji and Azabujuban
Sushi Bentomi
Sushi Daiwa

But Tsukiji market is seriously such a gem, there's so many shops and all of them serve really good food. There's so many times where people ask me for recommendations and I just tell them " to be honest, you can walk into ANY of those shops, and it'll be good"

Sorry, I think I went a little overboard with these pictures. But doesn't all these pictures of seafood and vegetables make you so happy?!
All these fresh goodness, WOW
Tsk, I think age must seriously be catching up, I feel like what I'm saying is what middle aged housewives as above would be thinking aiyo

Anyway, first up,

UNI-MAN

 

I can't really describe where this store is located, but its somewhere at the back of the market. To be honest, I think the snow crab buns are tastier than the uni bun. haha.

Apart from Sushis, buns etc some people do also go to Tsukiji market for Kaisen-dons.

I have no recommendations as to which store to visit - some people have told me that the best one is at  Tsukiji Ooedo (大江戸) which is just beside Sushi Bentomi that I previously blogged on (click on the link at the start of this post)

To be honest, I usually just wander into any shop because I know that regardless, i would not be disappointed.

 Remember how I blogged about Unagi Hitsumabushi in Nagoya? <-- please click to refresh your memory. I realised that some shops in Tsukiji have created a seafood hitsumabushi instead! wow. so creative!

 

Same way of eating haha.

ENJOY YOUR TIME AT TSUKIJI!

Drop me a comment if you discover other amazing things here (:

TOKYO: Breakfast - tsukiji and azabujuban

There's so much food in Tokyo, I'm sure all you guys are spoilt for choices. Here are some of my recommendations for Tokyo.

Tsukiji Fish Market

The world's largest and busiest fish market is no stranger to jet lagged tourists who are looking for a predawn fill. There are so many sushi bars and small shops, you'll be spoilt for choices. 

There's Sushi Dai, which opens from 5am - 2pm. We haven't got the opportunity to eat here yet despite our yearly visits to Tokyo. A reliable source told me how they started queueing at 4am and only got into the shop at 10am. However, the sushi is really fresh and price is very reasonable. 

Our top recommendations would be 

1) beef rice bowl 

Helmed by an old japanese grandmother, this shop is certainly not to be trifled with. 

2) pork ramen 

A very generous serving of yummy pork slices for only ¥780 ?!?! WHERE TO FIND ?! 

3) Uni Bun

More of a snack then breakfast per se, you've really got to walk the whole of fish market to find this. It's at the corner of a small lane. If you see it, you'll see it. If you don't, they're probably sold out for the day. 

4) Buy some fresh produce from the market and DIY 

Azabu Juban

We stayed in the beautiful district of Azabu Juban, where there is a perfect mix of quaint shops, trendy cafes and upscale restaurants. we were spoilt for choices when it came to breakfast. 

1) Oden at Fukushimaya

Oden is one of Japan's favourite winter warmers and This azabu Juban shop has been in business for over 90 years !  

2) taiyaki 

Azabu Juban is home to the first ever taiyaki shop Naniwaya. It opened in 1909 and they're still making taiyaki using iron cast moulds. There's a long queue for this everyday, we were lucky that the two times we went we only had to wait about 15minutes 

Address 1-8-14 Azabu Juban

Do leave us a comment if you have other breakfast recommendations for Tokyo! :D