Sweets Paradise

so, as promised, we went to Sweets Paradise. it is a たべほうだい tabehoudai, or "all you can eat" establishment dedicated to, you guessed it, sweets; more specifically cakes. (interestingly enough, the place is pay by the hour.) but they also had some really good pastas and カレー (karee) curry there. that's a good thing, because i've found out here, i'm not really someone who likes "sweet" so much. i'm definitely more of a salt or spicy person.

nonetheless, they had some really delicious mushroom sauce pasta, and curry. they also had mochi (a soft, sweet rice cake), and a really good strawberry-whipped cream sandwich-like thing. The mochi was nice because it was one of the japanese foods that i've been wanting to eat since i got to japan, but haven't gotten to yet. it was a little sweeter than i was used to, so i only had one, but it was good.

the place was on the sixth floor of a subway station. the stations here are often shopping centers as well. this is a little strange to me, but it was cool to go through some of the places and get a little more modern japanese culture while we were there.

also, everything was decorated for christmas. it really makes you realize how much Thanks Giving breaks up the season. some of us were talking about how, even though you see the Christmas stuff out right after halloween, the decorations themselves don't really go up until after thanks giving.

over all, the place wasn't as cool for me as i had expected, but it was still a fun night. afterward, some friends and i went to the arcade to do peliculo, which i'll have to explain at a later date. *mischievous grin* heh heh!

pictures!

the atmosphere ..................................................the view from the 6th floor


the desert spread ...............................................the strawberry thing


white chooooooocolaaaaaaate .........cool water clock in the station


the street ..........................................yes, there is a place called "Toyota"


water clock in the station