First movie date in five months

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First movie date in five months

Posted on 25 February 2007
Tags: Trailing partner issues

I’m proud to say that Derek and I are getting out more. We just watched our first movie in Tokyo — Marie Antoinette — at Roppongi Hills’ Toho Theater.

Before that, we headed to a kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi joint, Pintokona in the basement of Roppongi Hills. The offerings were fresh and delicious.

When we were done, the waitress came over with this huge remote control to scan the types of plates we had. She slipped a plastic card into our hands and ushered us to the cashier. High-tech, eh?

I wanted to take a picture of this gadget but the waitress thought we wanted to take a picture of us.

This is my first time drinking matcha type of green tea. Usually I see tea bags in a box on the counter at kaiten sushi places, but here, you scoop the green tea powder and flush it with hot water. What materializes is a dark green beverage. It tastes rather heavy and the caffeine sure packs a punch. I didn’t fall asleep after this satisfying meal. On average we tucked into six to seven plates each and the bill came up to over 3000 yen.

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