Tokyo at Leisure and Dinner Cruise

3/30/2013

Grand Hyatt is located in Roppongi Hills which is very beautiful. We went out to look for lunch there on Saturday. While we were slightly lost, we stumbled upon this beautiful garden area inside the complex.

Eventually we settled on a Chinese restaurant, breaking our resolve to only eat Japanese food while in Japan (I have long held that rule only making very occasional exceptions for other Asian cuisines. "When in Rome" and all that!

Then of course, there are the endless convenience stores and the amazing and entertaining foods that you can find there - familiar brands with very unfamiliar variants are very common.

Here's a version of "Frosted Flakes" but I guess they were not sweet enough as these are "Maple Waffles" flavor! One thing I've always loved in Japan is that their desserts are a lot less sweet than US desserts - I guess this one is an exception (plus it's not even a dessert!)

We were finally able to find an old favorite we discovered a few trips ago: "Natural Salt Gerato" which is as delicious as it sounds or a lot more delicious if you think it sounds weird. The same brand also has a Yuzu Sorbet.

Later that evening we headed to Haneda Airport (HND) to meet up with 20 other FTers to take a water tour of Tokyo along with some delicious tempura and beverages. A question that came up was "does this count as a visited airport" since we didn't fly out of it... we did depart from Haneda Pier though...

The boat may have been a bit smaller than I expected, but it was plenty big enough for our group and was a very enjoyable way to spend 2+ hours, even if we didn't get to use the Karaoke machine (I'm still bumming about that!)

We were served a nice meal with drinks and while we had to stay inside while the boat was moving, we stopped near some nice sights and were able to take some pictures.