- [Main Objective] Travel to Mitsuwa Marketplace, an awesome japanese mall in Arlington Heights, and buy food and fun stuff.
- Get McDonald's breakfast on the drive out
- Obtain cheese curds while driving through Wisconsin on the way home
5:00 A.M. - We were in the car driving from the Twin Cities. After getting gas and getting out of the cities we completed a very tasty objective - We got our Sausage & Egg McMuffin fix from the McDonald's breakfast menu. Mmm, tasty...
*Seven hours of driving*
12:00 P.M. - We made it to Alrington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. Shortly after, we had arrived at Mitsuwa Marketplace and we were like kids in a Japanese candy store. We started by getting some food in the food court. I got my classic shrimp tempura udon and we also split some sushi: california rolls, spicy tuna rolls and unagi. Yum!
After that we hit the liquor store and bought some saké for my dad and for ourselves. I also bought some Asahi beer just for the fun of it. We wandered around for quite a while looking at japanese books and music. We found a cool shop where we bought some saké cups, rice bowls and some neat soup spoons.
Next up was the grocery store! We got a cool serving platter (intended for serving all the ingredients for hand-rolled cone sushi) that Lily wants to use as a vegetable tray. Lily also got a cool bento box that she's been using everyday! We both got fun new chopsticks. Of course we had to load up on candy and Ramune soda. I don't think we bought too much "real" food...
Finally, we went to the bakery where Lily got a chocolate bavarian creme-filled turtle pastry and I got some delicious yakisoba noodle bread. Oh man it was good!!
3:00 P.M. - We were back in the car heading back home. Our stomachs were full and we were happy. Driving ended up taking forever because a bunch of morons bottle-necked near a construction area which made a 15 mile distance take about an hour to travel.
We finally hit Wisconsin and found a cool cheese shop called the Mouse House. Cheesecurds and rootbeer were obtained thus completed our third objective!
11:15 P.M. - We arrived safely back home! We were completed exhausted. I had passed out in the car while Lily drove 85 mph through the Twin Cities just to get home faster!! Good thing no one saw that...
What a fun day! This isn't the first time we've done a trip like this and it probably won't be the last. :)
~David
Good on ya! It was fun to see some of the goods ya'll brought back--at least some of the food. I may have to make a request next time you decide on another road trip to Mitsuwa...
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