Good morning
today we have just been working from home
I really need to catch up on editing
and articles and all sorts of stuff.
So I'm gonna have a day of that
We just received our lunch
Aww this sweet potatoes look so good
All the best things
sweet potato fish egg.
Oh this is like a little egg salad brown rice
This is some rice flour fried chicken
some miso soup
This is my favorite cafe to order bento boxes from
it's called flux Cafe in Tokyo
And it is delicious
this little eggs, it's got some quinoa in it
We didn't have that last time and some leeks and stuff
It's moving day again
and we are just packing up our final things
getting our last flux cafe lunch
It should be delivered any minute
and then we're heading to our new bnb
new airbnb new Airbnb
So we actually were planning on leaving Japan today.
We planned this trip for the Chinese New Year holiday and
That's because Tom sister was gonna visit a little bit later this year
She was going to come after
but now she's not and we've decided to
Extend our stay in Japan so we weren't able to extend this place
Although we would have loved to
because we really enjoyed this whole apartment the look of it.
Everything was perfect
We loved the area.
Definitely. We are leaving this one
but I'm also looking forward to seeing what the next one offers
This is where we're sort of doing this Tokyo Airbnb tour.
We have four places in total
So there's a lot of packing up and moving
but it's really fun to be in a new space
You feel a whole different kind of inspiration
you get to explore the areas and the food and it's just been really fun
Japan airbnb house tour number three
So we're in a very quiet area called setagaya setagaya setagaya
Setagaya To... something
Taishido setagaya.
So this is a very big sized family home
We were kind of running out of options
on what to choose for this because everything was really booked
and we decided to stay longer last minute
but I found this one and it's very different from the other two so
have a look this is
bedroom number one a little closet
bedroom number two
Closet and they have a little shower in the corner
this is a toilet
so you probably notice the trend
Japanese toilets are almost always separate from showers or baths
So you don't get anything dirty
I don't know I really like it
because someone can use different things at the same time
instead of someone taking a shower
It's good for couples
White kitchen just the very basic necessities
what the hell is that doing here
if you come through here there is
Gorgeous living room. We've got a TV.
There's this tatami area
And then a really nice kitchen
Big dining table
Stove a griller for the fish
a really big fridge
Welcome butter
A welcome butter, never seen a welcome butter before
Nice gesture
she also gives you a little bowl of bread
and cup noodles and different snacks almonds
Water there's a little terrace out here
This right here
Another shower room with a bathtub
Super nice
Look guys, they have Netflix too
yeah. Oh this one my favorite.
We just watch this two nights ago. It's so good
Good morning from Daikanyama
we have just come out to grab some lunch
and I was exploring this area the other day
with my friend Danny from Singapore
cuz she was visiting and we discovered this new building
It's not that new but it was new to me
called Kashiyama and it is such a gorgeous building
they have a really nice cafe in the basement
and then they have a shop and then they have a restaurant
and then a bar at the top
so pretty so I
We decided to come back and I really want to show Tom.
So we're gonna go to their cafe for lunch and
Maybe do a bit of shopping
my goal today is to get some running shoes
Everything here is cute.
Well this area yeah
There's an exhibition going on
It's just like a quiet little room
lit with my favorite interior colors and sunlight and plants
so nice
Oh I can already see
Oh that looks perfect
Oh it was like oozing
Oh my god. Oh my god, so great can't wait to taste that
Really?
Let me try
the tomato is so perfect and crispy
and then the cheese like soft and melty
and tomato has a bit of salt
and then the strawberry are sweet there's so many flavors and
Textures and that was that was the best cheese ever
We got black pepper
Oh my god
Okay, this looks quite unimpressive and plain
but each vegetable is literally perfection
Like each one is like picked
the onions are marinated.
I don't know what this is. It tastes like an artichoke but
something pretty different
The herbs like each piece is just perfectly marinated
and taste so good
And you'd like five times this amount the portion sizes are really small
and some protein or something on top, but other than that
It is delicious
So nice
oh, it's still hot
Oh its so good
So fluffy
and the cheese is so rich
And eat with yuzu jam
oh so slightly bitter to offset the really sweet
and cheese
it match so well
I never thought of putting yuzu in cheese cake
Oh my god
the second one
I couldn't leave without having this for myself
Just couple bites wasn't enough
So I order one too
just look at the
that doesn't look good
Oh, but some people are into that
those people will like it
In Japan they always carefully wrap your embarrassing item.
So like if you buy pads then they
Then they will wrap it in a paper bag before putting it in a plastic
breathing problem
That's okay so you can see there's something hidden in a paper bag
those are the shameful items that I bought
constipation
constipation pills
Whenever I travel it's like impossible.
I need my own toilet
Just like I need my own bed to sleep.
And like I'm really sensitive to everything
So I've this is my last resort now
Finding shoes was a success. Let me show you
Since we were only supposed to stay in Tokyo for just over a week
I didn't pack any workout clothes
because I knew I would be quite busy and walking around a lot
and now that we're staying longer
I really miss workingout or just running.
I need to like sweat and move more
Cuz I've been doing is eating
and my shoes in Hong Kong actually have holes in both of the toes
so it's about time I bought some and
This was the perfect reason to so I found these New Balance ones
actually I've never seen them before
We got them in Daikanyama and they are super light.
They're knitted. They're really comfy. It feels like nothing
It's like air and then inside they have this memory foam
so they're really really comfortable.
So these are gonna be my shoes
But I still don't have workout clothes
I want to just find basic leggings and I'll just wear like the t-shirts I brought to sleep in
I think it should be good enough
and then we got a bunch of
Dog treats for Rosie.
They always stack up on treats when we come back
cuz they have really good natural treats here
And then we got a bunch of baby stuff
because all of our friends are having babies suddenly
and also for Reese and Carly's baby
they have the cutest stuff in Tokyo so we couldn't resist
so now I'm just gonna do a bit of editing
I also grabbed a couple of magazines from the Tsutaya Daikanyama it is
The best bookstore
So many amazing books
But I just got the I just got the spring/summer 2020 runway collection sort of
Summary from vogue.
I'd like to see what the trends are and all the different designs
and then I got
Ginza
which is a Japanese fashion magazine
and eat dinner.
I am going to take a bath and then I'm gonna go to bed
So I will see you guys tomorrow.
I am about to get ready for the day.
We are gonna be doing a little
Valentine's Day special today
we're gonna be eating a lot of chocolate basically and I am
Wanting to get all dressed up for that.
I want to try my hair in a different style
I want to do it curly today
because I've never tried
This sort of haircut in color in a really curly texture.
I've only done wavy sea curls
Having them straight feel like I haven't done straight.
I basically just worn in a ponytail
So today I want to try and look cute
Think I made the thing
heart bangs
I think I'm gonna pose that later after the makeup
but first I want to eat breakfast.
I want to eat my potato that I bought yesterday
It is this crazy luxurious potato.
Let me redo the description they wrote
They don't look like anything special but listen to how good this sounds
we used our own honey brand of sweet potatoes
called Hinata honey, which has 50 times the sweetness of normal sweet potatoes
They are grown in soil approved by the JAS ripened slowly
Using a unique technique and carefully baked over a long period of time
The sweetness of these baked sweet potatoes comes from maltose
which is half of the calories of normal sugar
It's perfect for those on a diet
rich in vitamin C B2 and E
which are all great for preventing conditions like dry skin and catching colds
I'm like a weirdo eating this sideways
but it's really hot in the middle
and cool enough on the outside to eat
So I'm too hungry to care about looking like a psycho.
All right, outfit is on
I got this really cute sweater from Zara
It has these little flower details on it
I've never worn this type of thing before like
tucked in sweater vests. It looks very preppy
But I'm also wearing a blouse from toat
I like the puffy sleeves on it
it goes really well with this
because the openings of the arms are really big and I like
add a little touch of the collar out this way so
I'm just gonna finish on my hair. My makeup is done.
I need to figure out what to do
with these things
My hair didn't turn out as curly as I was hoping it to
because I only brought along with me a thicker curling iron
I wanted it to be tighter ringlets
I've been seeing a lot of models lately rocking really
Curly hair and it looks super cute
and I really want to do something like that
But I'll have to save it to when I have a smaller curling iron
so for now, these are just I'm just letting these loosely fallout and I'm just gonna
Separate them with my fingers
To give some more volume. Alright, I'm all ready
So we're gonna be filming most of our chocolate eating adventures today
on a main video
I will link it below
but I'm gonna take you guys along with me and just film little Clips here and there
but I'm gonna sign off for now so
I can start the intro of that video
We're doing this, I'm wearing Tom's
they're falling down a bit Tom's umm
Track pants my fleece pajama shirt
and my other pajama shirt
and I'm making it happen
They have hat and gloves in 7-11 here
So convient
We are ought to try the new rice burger from McDonald's
McDonald's recently tweeted it out
saying they're having this is sort of like a rice
Stuck together rice paddy instead of a bun
and when they tweeted it out over 50,000 people liked it
almost 30,000 retweeted it.
So people are very excited about this.
It's launching at 5:00 p.m
So it's a night time menu thing. It's only for dinner.
I'm not sure why but that's what they're doing and
we're mentioning that they want to try it out to use more local resources
because Japan has a lot of rice
I guess not so much wheat flour.
So instead of making buns all the time
They want to try these rice buns
they have three different offerings
one is teriyaki one is a regular burger with bacon and cheese and one is a
Fried chicken.
This is what it looks like the rice.
This one doesn't actually exist
I've kind of made this hybrid one out of an egg
I added to another thing Tom ordered
and he's going to eat the burger but
I should take a thumbnail with this one
Because mine's false advertisement
The rice is really soft and chewy
is not like crispy I was expecting it to be crispy
That's quite tasteless tastes like nothing
mine it's so soft
I have a teriyaki sauce.
Yeah, but I mean the rice tastes like nothing
I mean just the rice is it's just like a plain
Sticky chewy rice
that's good. It's a good alternative.
I still want my cereal
So you think grill before serve it will be more
that would be perfect, if it is crispy
It's quite messy. It's so messy
and pulls apart
I haven't have a McDonald's for long
It's good, I like it. It's a good option
Maybe when we were walking back, it got a bit soggy
wonder if you eat it right away. It's better
I don't know.
I didn't end this vlog properly.
So I just want to pop in now to say bye to you guys
Thank you so much for spending the week with me.
Basically. It was a week of eating
I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the foods in Japan
and I actually made a list of all the things I tried recently that
I've loved over on my website toat
So I will link that below if you're interested
and I will see you very soon with another video
I have a couple more coming from Japan.
So the Japan videos are not over yet
Although I am in back in Hong Kong right now
but I think I have like two more
So yeah, I'll see you very soon with those. Bye