GUCCI CAFE GINZA

The cafe is the epitome of chic!

Golden walls with low slung lounge chairs, and well heeled Japanese sipping on the cocktails, tea and coffee at all hours of the day.

 

  

The Gucci cafe is located on the top floor of the Gucci store in Ginza. As such it is difficult to find unless you know of it.
The cakes, biscuits and food are all outstanding and excellent value, given it is Ginza and it is Gucci. 

 Its a really nice posh place to visit . Elegant and classy yet you can be casual about it with great company.

GUCCI CAFE
4F GUCCI STORE GINZA

 

CHEF MICKEY @Disney Ambassador Hotel

This was a really cool place to dine for the fact that you can get 5 characters table side during your meal. We did a bday lunch here for Vicky after years of trying hard to reserve a table here. But now i know the trick .lelzzzz

The food is buffet style and there are plenty of choices. For a Mickey fan, it was a great place to get to see most of the Clubhouse gang namely Mickey and Minnie, Donald and daisy duck and Goofy. The rotation of the characters through the dining rooms was well timed. The kids  loved every second. The characters are funny and take the time with each child ,took pics, interacted and signed autographs 

 The staff ensured we were happy. I cannot complain about the price, it was worth not standing in a hot line to meet characters just for this experience.

It's still the best place to see the BIG 5 characters with no lines and a decent enough meal. 

SKY GRILL RESTAURANT @ ASAKUSA VIEW HOTEL

We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at this restaurant for Jec`s bday treat. The views of Tokyo were excellent and it was worthwhile moving around the restaurant to see the views from each side of the dining areas.

Had their  full lunch buffet which includes both the salad and hot entree tables.  It was the best salad bar I've seen in ages ... sweet potato, quality greens, cucumbers, pasta salad, table grapes and one of the best balsamic vinaigrette`s I've had at a restaurant.  

Desserts are meh...bread pudding without sauce, butter mochi, brownies,fruit and almond float.  Nothing to write home about.  I would say that that butter mochi is the best of the lot. 

Happy burpday Jec... Thanks for the hearty treat!!!!

Sea World Orlando

Our Seaworld ticket came included with our purchase for discovery cove and I tell you it was sooooo worth it going after discovery cove it was a long day but we made it in time for the dolphin show, the fun rides and the seaworld finale it was an AMAZINGGG day.

Shamu Show during the day is incomparable to its night counterpart. There is water shooting around the pool while the show is going on. If you sit in the Splash zone, these water jets obstruct the actual orca show.

Get there just for opening & you will be able to ride Manta just like us without long queuing times. I also recommend feeding the dolphins as you are able to touch them too. It's $7 plus tax for one tray of fish (approx 4 small fish) kids small & big love it. 

Flamingos walk about as do other birds which make great photo opportunitues. The dolphin & killer whale shows are a must but get there around 20 mins before show time to get a seat, earlier if you want to sit in the soak zone. 

Turtle trek is a 3d experience & you alse get to see the sea turtles. The empire penguin is a simulation ride i recommend the wild ride as its more fun than mild. Be warned though at the end of the ride you get to see the penguins in freezing conditions. 

We finished the day with a whale of a show starring Shamu and seeing sharks. Finally we had a bit of shopping to round the day out. This was a great park! I hope you will have as much fun as we did!  
 

CAFFE@ HYATT REGENCY TOKYO

 Had a lunch reservation here to celebrate mine and Matthew`s bday using my coupon from welbox.

 I am sad to say, I was a little disappointed with the buffet .... It is beautiful and clean, but it really didn't seem to have much of a selection compared to other buffets at its price point. 

 Everything I sampled was good, but nothing really wowed me. I think if there's   one item that made me want to go back and get a second helping  of ...... its  their delicious meat carvings. 

The pasta station was a nice touch, and I enjoyed the shrimp and bacon Alfredo dish the chef whipped up for me, and I definitely enjoyed the cinnamon bread pudding. 

The thing I like the best is that that they have a great menu of drinks you can order which was included in the price. You're not pinned down to the usual orange or pineapple juices. You can order anything off of the list! their smoothies are delicious.

 This is definitely a more expensive venture for lunch so I'd stick to special occasions for this place. But, dang, definitely a good time in a beautiful restaurant with my beautiful friends.

 The CAFFE
Hyatt Regency Tokyo Hotel

SYMPHONY TOKYO BAY DINNER CRUISE

My husband is super sweet and surprised me with a dinner cruise on my birthday. I was so pleased that he did as this was by far my favorite thing we did to celebrate some life's milestone.

The huge bonus of this cruise is that it allows you to see a lot of sites from the water that you might not otherwise get to see in Tokyo.

 The cruise is really a high point of the experience.  You will pass Tokyo Sky tree,  Disneyland,Tokyo tower and the city's skyline and up-to-and-under the new Tokyo Bay Bridge and Rainbow bridge.

 The weather was freezing  when we took our trip, But,that did not stop us from having a blast and making this tour worth every yen, though--lol.  

 We assumed going in, that the price was more for the views and the experience, and were only expecting mediocre food.  Needless to say, we were blown away by the quality, and amount of food!  

 This definitely topped any birthday I have ever had in my life by a long shot. The year before was pretty nice but this year was unforgettable. I had never been in a cruise on the ocean in my life besides one parked at the docks. lolz.