Pablo: Famed Japanese melty cheese tarts

Honestly, I thought it'd be a pretty good experience at Pablo when I arrived at its entrance and saw that it was quiet. But no the line builds up deep inside and I ended up waiting for an hour before I got my cheese tart. They split the cafe into 2 different concepts, and the first floor only offers take-out and mini cheese tarts. If you wanted the medium sized cheese tart, you'll have to wait to be seated on the second floor. 

Nonetheless, not gonna lie the cheese tart was bomb. I had the berry version which was slightly under 1000¥ but it was slightly disappointing that the berry sauce was not inside the tart. My friend had the matcha version, and the azuki red beans were very strong. 

Dinner at Tsukiji: try to make a reservation in advance

I was staying with my uncle throughout my stay in Tokyo, and he brought me out for sashimi dinner at Tsukiji. I was under the impression that Tsukiji only served sashimi in the day, but I guess the restaurants do operate at night for dinner. He made a reservation in advance, which was great because there was a crowd waiting outside in the cold to get a table. Not sure what this restaurant is called but for those of you who can read Japanese, good for you. You can figure it out from the picture below. It is also open till like 3 or 4am for those who are thinking of staying around the area till wee hours of the morning.

So we got a few side orders on top of an omakase sushi set. I don't think the set itself was expensive for its quality but I'm not very sure of the actual price.  The fishcake had a very different texture from the ones we get from Asian supermarkets, because it was not springy since they didn't add extra ingredients. The seafood taste was definitely a lot stronger and I could also feel the bits of octopus in it. I really liked the sweet white shrimp tempura because it was crunchy yet not losing the taste of sweet shrimp. We also had a few other types of sashimi which were all very fresh. The conch and squid were firm, which is not easily found outside of Japan.

Handmade fish cake with real quality ingredients

Fried sweet white shrimp

Sashimi platter

Could have been squid sashimi

The rest of the pictures would be the omakase set. All of us chose the uni set, with the other option being ikura (salmon roe). I guess that's the premium sushi and so you won't get to taste both if you just ordered a set. They served the different types separately and I was cool with that. The table next to us had them all served at one go on a huge platter. 

Toro nigiri was done aburi style, which was great

At the end of the omakase course, you'll be able to pick one of what was served as part of the omakase to have a second serving. You can even pick the uni one, which was what my uncle and I did, while my cousin went for the toro (fatty tuna).

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