10.10 Birthday in Gonpachi

Wow, look at all the birthday greetings! I'm so surprised to come back from a full scheduled day and see my blog brimming with messages. Thanks everyone!

In the spur of the moment I might as well talk about how I spent this wonderful 28th birthday (yipes, that's close to 30 D:)

From Akihabara 秋葉原 (aka heaven), I took the Hibiya 日比谷 subway line to an artsy place called Roppongi 六本木. Met up with Daim and Dzaid to have our joint birthday dinner (Dzaid - Oct 15, just five days younger, same year, same hospital!). We chose Friday night out of convenience, since Daim won't have any work the next day.

Before that we saw a cool petrol station belonging to Eneos, the same workplace as Jay Chow in the Initial D movie.



Thought I'd work here for awhile. Can't wait to have some ahbengs coming up to challenge me in a downhill race.

Take note of the fuel pumps hanging on the ceiling to save space :D

Then it's time for birthday dinner!



Daim took us to a superb place called Gonpachi 権八. The interior is amazing; so amazing that it was used as the inspiration for the Kill Bill Vol 1 restaurant set! Serious! Remember the scene towards the end with that yummy mace-flinging schoolgirl? Yea that one.

And it didn't stop there... the food was DELICIOUS! Ate a whole lot of skewered beef and chicken, together with some lamb chop and steak. That was meat heaven right there! And it was on Daim too. Thanks so much for the treat, dude!

Oh yea, you can visit the restaurant's website here to have a clearer look at how cool the place is (sry lah, my phone camera works horribly in the dark): Gonpachi official site.



We left around 11:30pm. Rushed like mad to catch the last train of the day. I shall not do that again. Why? Coz Dzaid and I went into a place full of businessmen and women who reeked of sake:



Ah, authentic japanese experience...