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Locusts Eating Trip 2010 -- Tokyo + Hakone
國家/地點: 日本
旅程日期: 2010-03-24 至 2010-03-28
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Locusts Eating Trip 2010 -- Tokyo + Hakone (日本)
(旅程日期: 2010-03-24 至 2010-03-28 ,  旅程性質: 消閒度假)
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發表日期: 2010-04-27
My dear locust tunghok and I decided to go on a trip to Tokyo and Hakone, for the good food and the hot springs.  A series of (probably not too rational) decisions have been made along they way and we ended up with 1 night at Tokyo + 2 nights at Hakone + 1 night at Tokyo.  The intention for having such a plan was to maximize the time we have to eat and to maximize the time we have at Hakone -- as lazily as possible.

The first day of our trip was a bit of a mess.  Arrived at the Narita airport just fine but forgotten to account for the hour long wait to clear immigration (thanks to the system which need your fingerprint taken).  As a result, after taking N'ex to Shinjuku (it was fortunate that we decided to take N'ex in the first place, since it's probably the fastest way from Narita to Shinjuku), it was already quite late.  And it was raining.  And we got lost in the underground maze beneath the Shinjuku station, during the late afternoon rush hour.

Luckily, the hotel we have chosen was right next to the Shinjuku station.  After giving up the possibility of going underground all the way and avoiding the rain, we managed to find the hotel just fine.  The first priority after settling down, of course, is to find our first stop at Tokyo -- 麵屋武藏.
A *very* complicated machine
A *very* complicated machine
Ramen No.1
Ramen No.1
Ramen No.2
Ramen No.2
A very tasty egg
A very tasty egg
It was at this ramen shop where my locust friend and I faced our first real challenge in Japan.  The smell of ramen was very tempting, but... neither of us could read Japanese.  It's fine when they have Chinese characters which we could guess the meaning to some degree.  Unfortunately, that wasn't the case here.

At  麵屋武藏 there was this very interesting ticketing machine, which you put coins and bills in it and choose what  you want to eat.  You then give the ticket to the chef in behind the counter and they'll make you the ramen.  And we didn't have a clue what that load of Japanese was about.

As a result, we decided to just choose the most expensive ramen of the two series (see, in the photo, there is a red row and a yellow row.  We chose the right-most button of the two rows).  I'd be glad if somebody with more knowledge of Japanese would enlighten us on what we had chosen.  In any case, we settled down and waited for our ramen.

It turned out that one of the two colours meant "mixed" ramen (i.e. soup on the side) and the other one was normal ramen in soup.

The ramen was slightly underdone when served (which I do prefer) and was superb after a short while.  The pork that came with the ramen was very fat and very soft.  Not the healthiest kind of pork but was marvellous.  Egg was among the best I've eaten, and was cooked just right.  The attached photos says it much better than I can.

In a cold, rainy evening and just after a whole day of travelling, there couldn't have been a better option for dinner other than this hot, tasty ramen (and it was close to the hotel as well!).  Now although it's likely that I would never revisit this shop, as I guess I'd be better off trying other places, this is definitely a shop which I would recommend to my friends.
 
每人消費: 約1300日圓
評分: 味道4   服務4   環境4   衛生4   抵食4
Tiny but clean and comfy room
Tiny but clean and comfy room
That isn't much to report for this hotel, really.  The room was quite small, like most hotels in Tokyo.  The space was just enough to open the luggages and the bed just wide enough for two.

The room and the shower room was very clean and tidy, and it was difficult to find anything to complain. 
每晚價錢: 15000日圓
評分: 設備4   服務4   環境3   衛生4   抵住3
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