Ebisu Garden Place has been running a month of free movie weekends in the big outdoor courtyard–the perfect way to spend the warm, breezy summer evening. The only downside is having to get in line to get a seat (there’s are less comfy alternatives: standing, or sitting on the pavement on a newspaper, or upstairs in the balcony) a couple hours early. first-come, first serve, one ticket per person, and seating for about 150 people.
Tonight Y & I went to see “Once”, which was one of the most pleasant movie experiences that I’ve had in a long time. I knew nothing about the movie before I went, and if you haven’t heard anything about it either, I won’t ruin it for you. Just: see this movie now. RUN, do not walk.
Instead, I’ll tell you about dinner. After waiting in the hot hot summer afternoon to get the (free) tickets for the movie, we went to the sweet, sweet air conditioning of the Mitsukoshi department store. On the B2 level we cruised around the food department, looking at all the delicious food. First stop– soft serve ice cream cones, made from real Hokkaido milk. Super yummy. Then bentos — chicken kara-age, okonomiyaki, and a huge niku-man (cha-shiu bau). And a Korean Bibimbap roll. All delicious, except for the niku-man, which we haven’t eaten yet. As usual, my eyes were bigger than my stomache and we bought too much.
All in all, a great evening.