Ippei in Muroran City !

by Kazu

On the next day of the last working day in 2025, we visited the City of Iron manufacturing Muroran Cuty and had the famous grilled skewered pork and chicken. In spite of the order of our request, the Japanese chicken rissot came first. Usually, we wrap up our dinner with this tasteful soup rice. 

Basically, the grilled skewered chicken and pork in Muroran are served with tasteful delicious sauce developed in each restaurant. We had these dishes in famous "Ippei" near the hotel we stayed Dorny Inn Higashi Muroran on that day.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Every time we visit the City of Iron Manufacturing, we savor the cuisine so much and enjoy the collaboration of the landscape and the artificial construction such as the iron manufacturing factory and cafe with curious atmosphere.

 

At the end of the working days in 2025!

by Kazu

We make a point of having Christmas dinner in my condo. and wrapping up our working days in Taiwanese Restaurant "Real Taipei" that has skilled and seasoned chefs from Taiwan.

I think the taste of dumplings Xiao Long Bao　is superior to other Chinese or Taiwanese restaurant in Hokkaido, other than Tin Tai Fung in Stellar Place Sapporo.

We love the plain Xiao Long Bao of the restaurant even though they have a variety of Xiao Long Bao that contains truffle, crab meat, scallop, Korean pickled and spicy Chinese lettuce. The dough of the Xiao Long Bao is very thin and delicate.

The year-end dinner course of the Taiwanese restaurant Real Taipei contained fried shrimp, fried noodles and three kinds of appetizer for toast. 

 

Art of Sweets in Norva, Intercontinental Sapporo !

by Kazu

This is the inside section of the Norva's Special sweet. The wide variety of small cakes absolutely makes you so happy and filled up with satisfaction. The patissier of the cafe & bar seemed to have high degrees of skill and love to make the people happy. 

The entrance of the place of happiness was decorated with this gorgeous Christmas tree and other artistic objects along the way to the elevators. We area very happy to have the Inter-continental Hotel in Sapporo and many sophisticated guests from all over the world.  

 

Sweets Special in Norva Intercontinental Sapporo !

by Kazu

I think the afternoon tea set costed 7,000 Japanese Yen per person. Each piece of sweets was filled up with kindness, love, years of practices and try. I am sure every guest will be satisfied with the quality time and sweets.

This is one of our favorite specialty served in the afternoon tea. All of the piece seemed to have ease the pain my wife felt in the daily business and energized her so tenderly. 

As time went by, the number of the guests savoring the tea course increased and the ring of happiness expanded like rippling wave in the place. Everybody looked so happy in the place.  

 

Indulge in an elegant afternoon tea in Norva, Intercontinental Sapporo !

by Kazu

Do you know that Intercontinental Hotel built its branch in Sapporo. It is near Nakajima Park in Sapporo? We had the afternoon tea set in Norva of the hotel. A wide variety of teas can be savored with the view of Toyohira River and the city. 

It seemed that the place provided the customers with the art of sweetness and solid happy hours. My wife seemed to be so satisfied with the design and the sophisticated taste of the cakes that made us imagine the high degrees of skill acquired by the chef.  

We thought the patissier made them, convincing that they made them so happy and satisfied. The citizens of the city seemed to have acquired the new place of comfort and happiness.  

 

The Real Vietnamese Cuisine in Sapporo !

by Kazu

My wife found the real Vietnamese cuisine restaurant in the bar-hopping area Susukino, Sapporo. The variety and taste of the cuisine was genuine Vietnamese, I think. 

The name of the restaurant is Hoa Sen Vietnamese Restaurant. 

As the number of the Vietnamese expatriates from Sapporo increased rapidly, the real taste of Vietnamese cuisine was required by them. Vietnamese chefs,Maitre'D and other staff from their hometown are waiting for us. 

Please experience the genuine taste of Vietnamese cuisine there and contribute to maintaining the restaurant forever. They had been missing the real Vietnamese cuisine for a while, I think.

Beside, this is the overview of my hometown Kitami City. What kind of scenery of their hometown are the Vietnamese people missing? 
 

Christmas Festival in Sapporo 2025!

by Kazu

I was remembering the outlook of Calgary, Alberta, Canada when I saw this scenery on that day. Hokkaido Prefectural Government established a Sister-State Affiliation with Alberta in 1980 and many municipalities in both regions also have sister-city affiliation.  

Sapporo City has many Sister-City Affiliations with the municipalities overseas. One of its Sister Cities is Munich of Germany. Every year, pop-up shops set their stands in the Christmas Festival held in Ohdori Park and sell their traditional goods and foods.

We found a food stand that sold roasted almond in German way. Do you know that the wage per an hour in Germany is much higher than Japan ? In Germany, we could earn the amount of money in  an hour and half that could be earned for a day in Japan.