The Kooky Duo: Day 1 in Osaka 玩游大阪 DAY 1

Our flight was at 8 a.m., but my brother and I were at the airport the night . We didn't really sleep at the airport, we just wandered around and had dinner there. Chin Yee met us there in the morning. It was my first flight (childhood does not count because I barely remembered) to a foreign country and I was excited and nervous at the same time. Thank God Chin Yee knew what to do because my brother and I were absolutely useless because we had never flown anywhere before.

I was in awe of everything and was even one of the people listening to the safety instruction thingy. When the plane took off, I was a bit nervous to see how far above the ground we were but after a while I was zen. I tried to sleep but I'm not sure how much I slept because I keep waking up.

我们乘坐的是早上8点的航班，所以我们仨就约好了5点在机场碰面。

倩雯和她弟弟是由他们的妈妈载过去的，所以很早很早就在那里等待了。而我，则是选择从Paradigm Mall 乘搭巴士前往。

在一连串的出关等待后，我们总算上了飞机。我，马上倒头就睡了。

After almost 6 hours, we finally arrived in Osaka!! I was kind of in awe at how big the place is and that there is a monorail/train thing to cart us to a different section of the airport. We immediately find the office to buy our ICOCA card. The ICOCA card is like TouchnGo so that we can take trains and bus more conveniently.

Here’s the ICOCA card we got:

过了大约6个小时后，我们终于到达日本关西国际机场了！

出了关后，我们马上就去买了交通卡(类似TnG的东西)，准备前往我们接下来六天都要在那里休息的家。

After we bought our cards, we wanted to go to the apartment we rented. My brother already rented a wifi in KLIA so I used Google Map to find a way to our apartment. I already tagged a lot of the places we will be going on Google Map in advance, so it made the process much easier. Once we were out of the airport, I was in total bliss because the wind and air was cool and I absolutely loved it!

由于之前我们有租借了一个便携式的wifi机，所以倩雯就用Google Maps 找了要如何去到位于浪速区的家。

当时的天气很凉爽，我甚至还把外套给脱了，就只是穿着两件式的背心。我想当地人一定会觉得我疯了吧~哈哈哈！

The public transport in Japan was really convenient because it could get us to all the places we wanted to go. We took a train to the apartment we rented. At the train station, there was a man selling daifuku, we bought some to try. I didn’t expect to like it because I am not a really huge fan of red bean, but I absolutely loved it! It was sweet but not too sweet and the mochi was so soft and chewy.

大阪的交通真的是很方便，只要你不介意走一点路，我相信每几分钟的路程里总会有轻快铁站。所以，我们接下来几天，都一直依赖它来代步。

在前往住宿的地方的路上，我们还需要转站。而在那里，我们买了在大阪的第一份食物 - 草莓大福。虽然味道没什么特别，也不会非常好吃，但我们还是吃的很开心。

这个大福有两种不同的馅料，一个是红豆，而另一个我就吃不出了，但我相信是绿豆。因为味道比较淡，而且吃起来的口感也很像。

When we arrived at the apartment, it was much smaller than I imagined but since this was Japan so I wasn’t surprised. There was a refrigerator and a mini kitchen in our room, while my brother’s room had a balcony. Our host prepared towels and soap for us but I used my own towel because I assume the towels won’t fit me since I’m tall and big. The toilet and the bathroom were different rooms which was weird, but I didn’t really mind. There’s a washing machine in the bathroom, which was also super convenient. What I find amazing was the fact that the bathroom could also be a dryer that we hang our clothes to dry.

The picture below was our room, it was a bit messy because we were in a hurry and we’re not neat freaks so sue us!

下了轻快铁，走了一段路后，我们来到了租借的家。它比我想象中小了一点，不过对我们三人来说，也已经算是蛮大了。它是一房一厅式的，不过客厅也被屋主拿来做成房间了。

在日本，很多房子的设计都是把厕所和浴室分开的，我蛮喜欢这一点，因为很方便，也不怕要轮流等着用浴室厕所。

屋主很体贴的帮我们准备了大小毛巾，所以我自己带去都没用到。

图片里的是我和倩雯的房间，所以很乱！哈哈哈~

她弟弟就一个人睡在隔壁的房间了。

After we dumped our luggage at the apartment, we decided to go exploring since it was not dark yet and we were way too excited to not do anything. We left our apartment and headed to Dotonbori.

When we got there, we went food hunting. I already tagged a few places to try in Dotonbori so we had a few choices to choose from. Our first stop was Dotonbori Konamon Museum. Here was what the shop looked like:

放下行李后，天色还没暗，加上我们都很兴奋，就兴冲冲的马上前往道頓堀逛街了。

说到逛街，最先想到的就是美食吧！

我个人非常喜欢日本的食物/日本餐，我甚至怀疑自己前世是不是日本人。

我们的晚餐就吃了章鱼烧来开个头。首先，我们去到的是一家你很容易就能找到的店，因为他们店门口的章鱼实在是太抢眼了。

We ordered the ¥900 takoyaki and beer combo.

Overall, the takoyaki was much softer than the ones we have in Malaysia. The octopus was really big though and very chewy, almost raw –like. I did not really like it but maybe that’s just me.

我们点了一份来共享，毕竟前路的美食还有很多，我们可不想在第一家就被打败了。

这家的章鱼烧很软，软到我根本夹不起来，而且里面的章鱼也很生，害我一直咬一直咬，还是没吞下去。以个人来说，我不是很喜欢。

After that, we head to another famous takoyaki place called Creo-ru. We went to their basement, which was really cool.

过后，我们就继续走走，直到这一间也是很著名的章鱼烧料理店 - Creo-ru。

门口的美食模型瞬间吸引了我，而且他们还有我想要吃的其他料理，所以我们就飘进去啦~

服务生招待我们去到店里的地下饮食区，他们楼上也是有地方让客人坐坐的。店里的人非常多哦，我们也是好不容易才有位置坐。

We ordered the following food:

¥700 Takoyaki with Worcester sauce:

This was really good. It was soft but not too soft and the octopus was just nice, not too raw like the one at Konamon Museum.

这家的章鱼烧就比较合我的胃口啦~

他们的章鱼不会太生，而且也没那么难夹了（虽然要夹起来还是有点困难）。

¥900 Pork Okonomiyaki:

There were a lot of veggies, the outer layer was hard but the inside was soft. I liked it.

大阪烧也是我此行必尝的美食！

这家的大阪烧也很推荐，它真的很好吃。虽然外表看起来感觉硬硬的，但却是十分软嫩，吃的我都还想叫多一份。

¥830 Pork Yakisoba:

I liked the noodles because they were chewy and savoury.

这道日式炒面也是必尝之一。日本炒面所用的酱汁都偏甜，咸味并不是很明显。如果你是第一次吃的话，别以为他们炒错没放盐哦~

¥ 1200Sinew Meat Negiyaki:

This was my favourite of this meal. It smelled fantastic and I loved the green onions in it. The teriyaki had meat and jelly-like substance in it which I’m guessing was the sinew. It was absolutely delicious.

这是加了青葱的大阪烧。味道相对来说，就比普通的大阪烧来的更加够味。而且，它里面的材料和大阪烧的不太一样，好像加了点蒟蒻。

After dinner, we went around the area exploring. We saw a food truck serving the 2nd best ice cream melon bread. My brother always did like melon bread so he went and bought one.

吃饱喝足后，我们暂时就不要碰主食了，刚刚的那两餐已经让我们觉得好饱好饱~
我们还是继续走着，突然间，我就看不到倩雯的弟弟了。原来，他是被路边的菠萝面包吸引了。

¥400 Melon bread with vanilla ice cream:

I had a small bite and I had to say it tasted really good. The bread was crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, The vanilla ice cream was really good too.

他们在菠萝面包里放了不同口味的冰淇淋。微热的面包和冷冷的冰淇淋一起吃在嘴里，作为饭后甜点可是很适合呢~

Since we're in Dotonbori, we had to take a picture with Glico man! He's an important landmark that we could not skip. He is a symbol of Osaka, a symbol that screams ' I am in Osaka! '

Let me tell you, it wasn't easy to take a picture with him. There were tons of people and we had to find an angle that has no glare. Phones and cameras when we tried taking selfie had glare reflected but if someone else takes a picture of us, it's fine.

来到大阪，我们当然不可能错过和大阪跑人合照的机会啦~ 那可是最为出名的地标啊！
桥上挤满了人，我们好不容易才找到一个合适的地方来拍照。