Saturday

Posted on 2005/12/18 10:26:08 (December 2005).

[Saturday 17th December]
Got up really late, and lolled about the flat until sometime after three in the afternoon, when hunger drove us to go out and find something to eat. After a very late lunch at the senselessly cheap Italian style "famiresu" near our temporary flat, we got the train into Shinjuku.

Spent a couple of hours shopping, and then went on a brief tour of foreign lands through the medium of Shinjuku's relatively cosmpolitan selection of bars. Started off with a couple of Belgian beers and some Frites at a bar called Frigo. The service was a bit crap to start off with (they had a rather confusing system for ordering which they didn't bother to explain at all), but my general impression of the place improved significantly as soon as the beer finally arrived!

From there, we both had a craving for something Middle Eastern, so we hunted around to find a Turkish Restaurant Chie had heard about. Conveniently it was actually pretty close to the Belgian bar. We had an odd meal in there - the main courses were all pretty meaty, so in the end we just had a starter (a mixed mezze, a feta salad and some pita breads), a few drinks (the ever wonderful raki) and then a dessert and Turkish coffees. Still, it was ver nice regardless.

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