Oh my god it's only day 3 out of 12. I'm so delighted to be spending more free time typing out the rest of our Japan trip for you guys. Seriously though, i hope that somewhere out there my blog is making a terminally ill kid smile, happy that he won't have to see me in heaven as i'm definitely heading to hell.
As promised, house tour of our awesome airbnb apartment which is clean, spacious and has all the amenities we need including a huge ass water dispenser. Thankfully Ck ended the video then and there because what happened afterwards would have violated Youtube's regulations.
As promised, house tour of our awesome airbnb apartment which is clean, spacious and has all the amenities we need including a huge ass water dispenser. Thankfully Ck ended the video then and there because what happened afterwards would have violated Youtube's regulations.
We had been planning to check out this confectionery just opposite our house. Apparently it's highly rated for their daifukus (powdery mochis that make you look like a cocaine addict after eating).
The staff were extremely nice and hospitable, serving us small cakes and tea even though we were only browsing. This dirty trick of theirs worked wonders and i ended up buying some cakes because i felt guilty. 我中计了!
Hate your job? At least you are not distributing flyers in -3 degrees wearing an astronaut suit that hardly conceals your erect nipples. Our morning was reserved for shopping back at downtown Sapporo. As the only non shoppers of the group, Kl and i whittled down our time-killing options to either having a light snack or 玩女人.
Unsurprisingly, our underwhelming looks decided the activity for us and we ended up at one of Japan's most famous chain restaurants, Gyoza Osho.
Nice little diner that offers chinese fare like sweet and sour pork, fried rice etc. Why is it that we keep eating Chinese food in Japan?
Our goal was initially just to grab some gyozas as appetisers before the "real lunch" with the rest. The skin was nice and crisp while the fillings were juicy and decently seasoned. Not bad at all.
Because we paiseh 2 grown men come in eat 6 gyozas, we ordered some fried chicken as well. Trying to describe fried chicken while having a sore throat is a bad idea. It tasted sinfully good then, but now they just look like little chunks of spikes waiting to terrorise my throat.
Finally done with their shopping, it was time for the meal we had all been craving for since 2015. Japan's superior Yoshinoya!
It baffles me that we have all of the ingredients here in SG but we just can't replicate the taste of this wondrous beauty.
I.. don't know how to say this. I'm no good at romantic stuff... but... I wanted to ask you here, while we're together... will you marry me? I feel like what we have is so special, and I always feel happy around you... I want us to be together forever, pork bowl rice topped with soft boiled egg.
How will i ever explain to my grandchildren that the Yoshinoya in Japan has this while the SG version serves dog food with broccoli and carrots?
With our tummies filled, it's time for an adventure to the outskirts of the city. To get there, we first took the subway to one end of the line, Makomanai station. You know it's cb ulu when there are no other passengers alighting or boarding at the last few stations.
That face when you realise the attached/soon to be attached folks were sitting together on one side, while on the other....
The next leg of our journey is a 30 mins bus ride to Takino Suzuran Hillside Park. The small problem is that the last bus back here from the park departs at 3.30pm, and the time here was already 1.20pm. No biggie, being well disciplined adults, there was no way we were going to spend too much time playing and miss the last bus back.
What 90% of Hokkaido looks like outside of the towns and cities.
Poor Ck still gets triggered by his past heartbreaks from time to time. We have grown used to his episodes of sprinting off abruptly as he tries to 逃避现实. Notices a basketball? Speeds away. Spots a Muji neck pillow? Windruns while crying. Also, if you thought you saw us pelting snowballs at him, you saw wrong. We would never do such a thing to our dear friend.
Entrance to the park is completely free, just like my hugs and cuddles. Any takers..? No..?
More shenanigans in the snow. Always keep a snowball at the ready, you never know when someone will ambush you.
Do you want to build a snow owl? - or whatever the fuck that thing is. Pfft our mini snow teddy was better.
Acres of powdered snow just begging for us to bust out our ski moves, but we refrained from doing so because we don't really like to show off.
360 degrees view of winter wonderland and 7 suspicious looking foreigners.
Covering our faces in case people mistake us for BTS.
Random kids crashed our igloo wefie so i guess we are the proud dads of 2 little girls now.
We hastily made our way over to the sledding area only to find a long ass waiting line machiam Singaporeans lining up to see Kim Jong Un. Time was running tight but it would have been a wasted trip here if we didn't get to try the snow sled.
How to give a guy a heart attack: Get a kid to walk up to him and 叫爸爸.
Watching these little cuties stumble around in the snow while waiting for our turn definitely warmed our hearts in the cold.
We found a perfect place to store our ammunition. The space between Kl's bag and his body quickly became a game of Jenga between us as we sneakily battled to see who will get caught by him first.
Nobody lost as Kl shifted his bag and all the snowballs tumbled out like diarrhoea. Fun stuff 10/10 would see Kl shit snowballs again.
King of big (snow)balls, high CP 马子狗, 祝你幸福
Ignoring the fact that there's a terrorist with a gopro gesturing at me, the slide down seemed safe enough judging from all the kids in the queue.
A machine that eliminates any need to carry your float up the hill. Didn't expect any less from the country that invented the critically acclaimed KMP - Big Oppai G-Cup Tits Masturbator.
View from the top is chio de lor. Slope doesn't look too steep though, this is gonna be a slow, relaxing ride down.
FUCK ME THAT WAS SO FAST THAT I COULDN'T FEEL MY FACE. Some residual ice also flew into my asscrack during the trip down causing slight discomfort but overall, it was fun and exhilarating. OKAY IT'S TIME TO RUN FOR THE BUS.
Aaaaaaand we missed the last bus back.. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, we had no choice but to ask the nice lady at the helpdesk to call us 2 cabs. Aiseh rich kids taking taxi in Japan is it we Bill Gates' children? Turns out the 15 min taxi ride was way more thrilling than sledding. Our heartbeat got more intense with every jump of the meter. In the end, we paid more than $100 for both cabs. Well at least we don't have to spend the night back in the igloo. We will learn from this and do the right thing next time, by cutting and pushing aside all those kids in the queue.
Back to sweet sweet civilisation, we decided to reward ourselves for returning alive with a warm up snack.
Ever had BAKE cheese tarts and thought "man, this is good shit"? Well Kinotoya's tarts are clearly superior in every way. Just like how CP Shrimp Wonton outshines every other brand *cough Fairprice**cough New Moon* #stillnotsponsored
At this point, we acknowledged that anything in Hokkaido that came from a cow's udder is going to taste awesome. And this cone, generously spammed with Hokkaido milk cream did not disappoint. It was big enough for the 6 of us to share (except that lactose intolerant loser Reagan). Ewww we ate Jl saliva..
Time to march over to our dinner battleground, passing by Odori park again.
The gigantic and vibrant Sapporo flyer Norbesa ferris wheel lighting up the night sky opposite our crab restaurant.
We paused to do some stretches and warming up our fingers before entering into some serious shell cracking action.
In exchange for throwing $80 at Ebi Kani Gassen, we got our fill of unlimited king & snow crabs, sushi, tempura and chawanmushi.
I'm not the biggest fan of crabs, mainly because the meat to effort required ratio doesn't add up. These crabs however, are full of sweet meat and easy to dismember.
Is it our squad of 7 trying to single handedly send king crabs into the endangered species list?
DON'T FALL FOR THEIR SUSHI TRAP. Just some additional carbs to try and make us full but our keen, Singaporean kiasu minds saw through their ploy immediately.
Tempura was nice and crunchy, a good break from the neverending flow of crustaceans into mouth.
Time to see who's the best at stripping crabs. First up, Yc's nicely peeled king crab leg but what we all really want to see is him being peeled naked amirite.
Kl's snow crab entry that is less meaty but more robust in sweetness than the king counterpart.
Ding ding i think we have a winner! Who knew Jl had so much experience handling finger sized meat ;)
Table silent for 90 mins all hell bent on getting our money's worth back in crabs. 认真的男人最帅. I would say we did pretty well, ate enough crabs within that 90 mins to last a whole year.
Was about to photoshop assault rifles and ISIS flag into this photo but i don't really feel like getting arrested or beheaded yet.
After an exhausting buffet, the only logical activity left was to shop for supper (yes, really) and we found a gold mine; a sprawling supermarket at the basement of a mall. Eyes open big big underwear drip till wet wet.
Best of all, it was closing time and the discounts were out in full force. Still stuffed but our eyes were much bigger than our stomachs and we ended up with a trolley full of food we couldn't eat.
I saw this and thought "oh wow, a chocolate log cake milk drink sounds epic". Took a sip and it was the thickest, most gao liquid i have ever sucked out from a straw in my life. Turned the package around and this little carton was worth a few thousand calories. Yep, this is actually a log cake mix in a carton.. Why..? Why would you make the packaging so attractive to cheat a naive person with a childlike mentality like me? I teared up as i shamefully poured the rest of the contents into the sink.. losing faith in humanity in the process.
I overcame the disappointment of the "log cake drink" and redeemed myself with a yummy chocolate pudding. Fuck log cakes.
Another bad choice was this really huge tub of plain yogurt which Yc and Kl were force feeding themselves with the help of some berries from 7-11. I personally detest yogurt so the sight of this on our dining table made me want to call 999.
But these 2 boys insisted on finishing their 'healthy' supper. Poor Thomas' diet and waistline is being watched by 大嫂 all the way from SG.
Amazing how we managed to inhale so much supper even after a buffet. So many pigs in this house that I'm surprised no wolf came to try and blow it down. Pretty lepak day, beautiful Otaru is up next so click like, subscribe and if you liked this post, click here to read more!
- End of Day 3 -
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