Taste of Tokyo Part 2 - Takeaways

Now let's take a look at the food & snacks that we ate on the street or bought for take-aways. 

First, let's familiarized with Depachika.  What is it?  It's an area in a department store which sells food, which located on the basement floor ("depato" means department store, and "chika" means basement).  There are many many many (yes, that many) types of food sold here; from fresh produce, veggies, fruits until ready-to-eat bentos, sandwiches & salads.  You won't be run out of options!

Above picture was a sandwich/bento shelf from one of depachika in Roppongi.  It was a small selection, yet I was confused what to choose.  We just wanted a light dinner, so we opted to have salads and sandwich instead.

Potato & Pasta Salad.  I love how Japanese made their potato salad.  It's the best!

This is Katsu-sando, breaded cutlet sandwich

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The next take-away was from Yazawa Meat Bento Box from Tokyo Station, where the hamburger made from A5 rank wagyu beef.  I'm a meat lover, so I was really curious and want to try this after reading the yummy review at Tokyo Eats.  And thanks to Tokyo Eats' direction, we can find this place easily inside the massive Tokyo Station.

The food plastic display at the counter.
Check-out the bottom display, the bento priced at 9,600 Yen! (about $90!)

And this was the actual burger meat that we got.

Pardon for the blur photo because we took the picture from our hotel room, where the lighting was minimal... plus I was in a hurry to eat the thing! :)

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The followings were not actually take-aways... but more like snacks that we ate on the street.


These buns sold at Nakamise Street, near to Sensoji Temple Asakusa. 

The pink one was Ume (Plum) flavour, white was Plain and green one was Green Tea.  It tasted like fried mantao/buns - crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.  Good!

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This was one of our must-eat list and we finally got it on our last night, when the shop was almost closed! (sometimes we were so dedicated to fulfil our list haha).  It's a bowl of freshly made french fries drizzled with Royce melted chocolate - from Calbee shop in Harajuku.

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Roasted Chesnuts from food festival held at the end of Icho Namiki (Ginkgo Avenue) of Meiji Jingu Gaien Park. 

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Chocolate Banana Crepe from Momi & Toys at Jiyugaoka.

Locations : Roppongi, Tokyo Station, Asakusa, Harajuku, Gingko Avenue & Jiyugaoka