Day 114: Street Pasta Company
A few weeks before this day, a friend of Adam's suggested we check out Street Pasta Company in Yoyogi. It's this little pasta joint (surprise, surprise) that makes their own pasta on site, fresh daily and is run by some guys who are into skating, Supreme and clearly pasta.
This kind of thing is something we're missing in Sydney. Simple, delicious pasta that's inexpensive but still a cool place to eat.
There's a lot going on in the window, but really it's all about pasta.
We chose a Japanese style pasta with roe and seaweed. Sounds crazy but I love this kind of thing and it was really good. Adam is squeezing some lemon on it, in case you were wondering.
Me looking pleased about this situation.
A slightly more Italian-style pasta that was actually quite chilli. After months in Italy and Japan I'd really been missing the spice.
Your choice of pasta.
After lunch we took a sneaky trip to Sega.
Umeboshi skill tester, anyone?
Walking around we stumbled upon this new shopping/eating space called Yoyogi Village. My friend Kumraz recommended it to me and while we didn't spend much time there, it was a pretty nice spot.
Note to you, if you do go to a shop upstairs that sells homewares make sure you take your shoes off before going in. I didn't realise this until the shop assistant had a near panic attack when I walked in with my boots on. I sheepishly took them off and pretended to be interested in the products but all I really wanted to do was leave but needed to at least spend some time in there considering I had a) embarrassed myself and b) spent a bit of time actually taking off my boots.
After getting a bit lost, we found our way back to familiar streets but not before seeing some pretty great homes. Like these.
Kids after school and the last of the autumn leaves. This photo calms me for some reason.
Street curry?
Needing a bit of a pick me up and a thaw me out, we found a cafe and ordered some hot drinks. I love these almost purpose built buildings.
Admiring their small selection of international products.
Just off one of the busiest strips in Harajuku is this little sanctuary. There's a tea house (I think) there and spots where you can just sit and escape the craziness that's only 50 metres away.
Nabe is our go to for home dinners in Tokyo. Warming, cheap and healthy.
Oh, and we bought a yakitori grill! It's THE BEST.
