1.06.2012

iPhone Diary: Chicago trip 2011

Hello!

Going backwards on the post again ^^;; 

In this post I wanted to share my mini trip to Chicago that we went a little bit before Xmas for our much needed r&r~ 

All photos are taken in iPhone 4s 
*sorry I have been truly lazy with using the DSLR... D;

We mainly wanted to go for all the good FOOD i.e. Japanese/asian food lol was there for 3 days total and stay over downtown over on Streeterville at Doubletree by Hilton which was a pleasant stay at a good value :)  Didn't do much of the sightseeing as we were just there to mostly relax/eat but here are some of the pics I manage to take~ 


view from our room~ you can see former Sears tower all the way in the back in the center :)
Our hotel gave us warm walnuts chocolate chip cookies whenever they greeted us! It was really good and a nice treat~
sweet~ very comfortable bed

pleasant surprise to see their toiletry was Crabtree & Evelyn! paraben free!
first place we ate was at Sushi station a kaiten sushi place*conveyor belt sushi
basically the sushi are on a convayor belt all you have to do is grab a sushi or you can also order from your server~
each colored plates represents price range of the sushi

here is what I ate: saba nigiri, negi toro nigiri
Ume cucumber roll, tempura imitation crab nigiri~ sooo GOOD!
had a tiramisu as my dessert :)
was very pleased with this kaiten sushi place~ there are two location located in Chicago area!
sightseeing~ with a camera man aka zach in the corner lol
visited Chicago's #1 tourist destination: Chicago Navy Pier






I had to eat at Gyu-Kaku cause I love this place and also Zach has never been so it was a nice treat~

spicy tuna volcano?
drools.... wish they had this here where I live too T__T
we also tried Peach chu-hi its is a shochu mixed drink~ quite good and its PINK!
random outfit

very rare FOTD~ lol sorry to be lacking on doing one nowdays D;
the famous The Bean at Millennium Park

It wars quite breath taking~ very unique!
Hippo Japanese bakery at Mitsuwa~ LOVE this place!
aww they had Kiki and Jiji my one of my favorite Ghibli movie~

Doraemon pan! so cute!
Anpanman! grew up watching both Doraemon and Anpanman~ ^__^
tried to stay warm cause Chicago was for real THE Windy City!!
I manage to find super authentic Japanese eats called Kurumaya~ they had some menu written only in Japanese 0__o thats super authentic lol
haha had onigiri... I know I can make it at home but something about eating onigiri at places tastes better~
I had to get shishamo *smelt fish* cause I haven't had it in ages! you eat the whole fish~ :D~ I know it kinda looks gross but so good and so healthy! lol
lastly had a asari sakemushi~ *Clams steam broiled with sake garlic :D

well that was it for this post! If you like to visit a nice huge city with all the ethnic eats and lots of places to sightsee you will enjoy this city~ :) plus they shot Batman and Transformer movies in this city! lol


Next up:
Thank you giveaway
Dolly Wink Otona eyebrow series review


Hope you are all having a wonderful New year so far~ I have been trying to keep up with my New Years Resolution~ so far doing well but its only been 6 days in so far lol


XOXO
eki

35 comments:

  1. yumm so many foood!! > <"
    wish i could eat somee :D all those places look awesome <3

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  2. The food makes me wanna drool! Love all the photos too, makes me feel like i'm in the city with you 

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  3. Great pics. Food looked really delicious and you look very prett!

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  4. lovely! which lenses are you wearing here? oh, and may i ask the type of brown lenses you are wearing on your banner?? so pretty! :))

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  5. Great pictures and delicious food pics ♥

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  6. the foods look delicious ^^
    and the doraemon pan is so cute >_<

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  7. Wah, Chicago looks lovely!! I love the yummy food pictures! Your iPhone has really good pictures qualities.

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  8. You seriously have the most adorable baby looking face I've ever seen!! Chicago looks amazing and so does the food! :)

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  9. Ahh I loved this post, i really want to go to Chicago some day so it was great so see this :D

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  10. your hotel room looks great! love all these photos! especially the ones with the sweets! yummy!! 

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  11. Did you go to Hilton or one of the family hotels? I recognize the pillows : ) And the sushi looks so good, making me crave some right now! ><

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  12. Wow...Looks like you had a good time! The food pics look so tasty!...Now I'm hungry...heehee ^_^

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  13. FOOD PORN! Nomnom! I thought the title said "Copenhagen Trip" and I was just about to fall off my chair. D:

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  14. Your iPhone takes AMAZING photos ♥ Hard to believe they're from a mobile phone! Looks like you had a lovely time too.

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  15. great photos!!!!


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  16. Nononononononono! I'm drooling! xD
    Look at that cute anpanman!! xD

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  17. Chicagooo!!! haha Looks fun ^^ And I love how you looked in the photos!

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  18. Love your white coat, so so so cute!

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  19. The food looks yummy! and you look gorgeous :D

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  20. Nice!! Chicago is beautiful.. I hope to go one day. How long are you in the US for?

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  21. What a wonderful photos!! >.< Want to goo!

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  22. love your white coat~~where is it from?

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  23. Haha I went to Chicago for Christmas too :)

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  24. Very nice photos and you look beautiful! That food looks awesome too! Thanks for sharing =)

    ~ Kieli ~

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  25. D'aww your outfits always look so cute on you! All the food is making me hungry haha :'3

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  26. Eki-chan, you are always so beautiful and kind~  Always!  Please don't change. ^0^

    I am very new to blogging.  I would really appreciate it if you'd check out my blog at http://amomentfortea.blogspot.com/.  ^^  Thank you so much!

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  27. Eki where did you get your white hat/beanie? And yhose brown boots...? It's too cute x3<3

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  28. Looks like you had a great time!  I LOVE your white coat!!  Where oh where did you get it from?

    And all the food looks yummy, even the cute pink kaiten plates & peach drink look nice too, hehe.

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  30. You're so pretty! Looks like you had a great time! It's so nice that the hotel gives you cookies and Crabtree & Evelyn bath stuff, so nice!! All the food is seriously making me so hungry ><! Thanks for sharing!

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  31. Looks like you had a great day!! Violet circle lenses suits you perfectly!

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  32. aww all your outfits are so cute!! 

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  33. Love all the photos too, makes me feel like i'm in the city with you ^^

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