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Summer sale is everywhere in Japan especially during the entire month of July.
It's the best season to come Japan for those who love shopping apart from travelling.
I hesitated for a week before desiding to grab this back home.
I bought this from Takashimaya Yokohama.
http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/yokohama/
It was so tempting because of the 30% discount.
Apart from Burberry, other brands like Salvatore Ferregamo, Tiffany & Co., Coach, Lacoste, Rayban, Jill Stuart, Calvin Klein, Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani etc are having 30% discount too.
When I tried on this pair of sunglasses, I knew that "This is mine". Lol.
But due to my stinginess, I did not bring it immediately back home.
It's still a luxurious item to me even though it's a great bargain.
And after one week, I went back to Takashimaya in Yokohama again.
Luckily, it was still there but this is the last pair.
But since there is no any scratches or damages, so I just grabbed it.



Unboxing it!



In a nice case.
I just love the design of the case.



Side of the sunglasses



Front view



And authentication cards.
Well, I knew that it is just an overpriced plastic sunglasses but still I bought it.
Because, the satisfaction of having a pair of favorite brand sunglasses is priceless. YOLO!

After renovation for about a year, the new CIAL Sakuragicho is finally opened.
http://www.cial.co.jp/sakuragicho/
It's a new shopping place located right beside JR Sakuragicho Station.
And this CAFE LEXCEL is operated by DOUTOR COFFEE COMPANY, which offers high quality coffee.
https://www.doutor.co.jp/lex/

Ordered a packet of Okara (soy pulps) cookies(160yen) and a cup of cappuccino(450yen).

With nice latte art.


The coffee that I ordered is Nicaragua Limoncillo beans, which is the cheapest among the coffee beans that they offered.

Location:
CIAL Sakuragicho
http://www.cial.co.jp/sakuragicho/

Rest my foot at Caffe Appasionatto, which is located at the 2nd floor of Colette Mare, Minato Mirai Yokohama
.

Ordered a piece of Gateau au Chocolat.
But just an average taste. I prefer rich moist chocolate cake.
This is too dry for me.


Their coffee is nice.
And the latte art stayed nicely even after few sips.


Location:
2F Colette Mare, Minato Mirai 

Morning coffee at Ueshima Coffee Shop.
http://www.ueshima-coffee-ten.jp/
It offers morning set until 11am every day.
I ordered the cheapest morning set which has a thick toast and comes with a drink.
Only 440yen for this.


I never thought that thick toast can be so delicious.
Look at the melted butter on top.
Simple but nice.

Auntie Anne's pretzel is my all time favorite since during my university time back in Malaysia.
But Auntie Anne's is very expensive in Japan. (compared to Malaysia)


Order double cheese flavor pretzel (320yen) and a cup of iced coffee (200yen).
Yummy!

Gelato Firenze, located at 3rd floor of Yokohama Landmark Tower.
http://tabelog.com/kanagawa/A1401/A140103/14000855/
Their gelato is freshly made at their kitchen beside the shop every morning.
http://www.yokohama-landmark.jp/page/floorguide/detail/?id=66


One single scoop ( one flavor) for 350yen.


I love Rum&Raisin flavor the most.

Had my dinner at DONQ Bakery Cafe which is located at Mark Is Minato Mirai.
http://www.donq.co.jp/
I get to know this bakery when I was still working in Singapore.
The bakery was located at Takashimaya Singapore.
I didn't know it was originally from Japan until I came to Japan.
Hehe.

Since DONQ is having France fair, so I picked 2 nice pastry as dinner.
Left: Blueberry Tropezienne
Right: Terroir Fig
(Just simply translated it to English name ...lol)

And I ordered a cup of hot milk since I had Guatemala Coffee at home this morning.


I am really addicted to pastries recently.

My post birthday celebration with my foster family.


Nice bay view from 10th floor of SOGO Yokohama.


Original cocktail,
Cheers!


Appetizer, different from the one listed on the menu.
It was smoked beef with some cheese on top. Can't remember the name.


Bread.


Duck and Chestnut cream pasta


Fish


White wine


Beef and foie gras


Yummy one.
Tried foie gras for the first time in my life. Lol.


Posing with my main dish.
Nice bay view as background.


Dessert.
Sparkling wine jelly with fruits.


Posing with birthday message with Sato Papa.


Thanks for the great dinner.
Enjoyed very much.

Website:
http://www.il-pinolo.com/

I planned to have dinner at the restaurant at Shibuya Hikarie but unfortunately the queue was long.
When I don't know what should I have for dinner, I saw this shop, Ginza Renoir behind this Hikarie.
http://www.ginza-renoir.co.jp/renoir/ 
So I walked in without hesitating.

It was less crowded during evening, even though the shop I went is located at Shibuya.
 I just love the unaffected, old-fashioned atmosphere of this shop.

I ordered sandwiches and a cup of Matcha milk.
Abit pricy though. (Total bill 1,215yen)


Nice and milky!


Then the waitress brought a coaster to my table and asked me to peel it.
And I got it!



Tada! I'm so lucky! Hehe.
I got a bottle of beer!
It's Limited Edition 2014 World Cup Budweiser Beer (Aluminium bottle)
A cup of free tea is served after finishing my meal.
I felt so comfortable in this kind of shop.

Had birthday dinner at this nice Italian restaurant located just about 3 minutes walk from Yokohama Station.
http://www.logic-of.com/logic_yokohama/
Tabelog rating 3.26 as of July 2014.
http://tabelog.com/kanagawa/A1401/A140101/14021003/
It was quite late when we reached the restaurant as we departed late from lab.
We reached there around 8.40pm.


Nice decoration in the restaurant.
It is a casual Italian dining which serves freshly baked  pizza from oven.

We ordered a salad, an appetizer and a pizza.


My wine cocktail- Kir,
Kir is a popular French cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white wine. (From Wikipedia)

12 kinds of appetizer in a plate.
There was smoked salmon, ham and crab dip etc.

And our colorful salad. (Ham, egg and shrimps)


Our shirasu (whitebait of sardine) pizza.


Thanks for the treat.
Had a great time with them.