Aiba Family Restaurant

[haz-rei.livejournal.com]

not sure if its alright to post this..

i went to chiba with a few friends to have lunch at aiba family chinese restaurant.
(i cant find the apostrophe on my keyboard!!)




i rem reading articles that said aiba mama was pretty troubled by fans intruding their house/restaurant, affecting their business. SHe even had to go around the neighbourhood pleading for their coorperation not to let out address to their house or restaurant to anyone who ask. So im not sure to what degree are photos allowed to be put up here. Perhaps i will just pick out a few of them which i think are harmless looking ya?







There were quite a couple of gifts given by fans all over the world, being used as decorations for the entrance. what u see above was from a fan from shanghai!



and this was from Korean fan! i mean the drawing.　うまくねえ？！


i would have died of happiness if my gifts for arashi or ohno chan (oops!) were to be placed in their house/restaurant opening to the rest of the public. LOL...

btw, does aiba own a dog!?




I must say, i can really feel the love between the members when i saw these 2 signature boards. As you can see from the date written, the rest of the members were at the restaurant during/ard aiba birthday, which i suppose, was to celebrate his birthday with him!! awwww.

we q for almost 1.5 hrs before we managed to STEP into the restaurant before it was closed by 3pm. and even thou we were already in the restaurant, we q for another 30 mins before we got our seats. YES its that popular and crowded :D what to do.. hahha cos its AIBA FAMILY RESTAURANT!


Pardon the shaky hands. can u spot pan kun *the monkey"? heh..



although its a chinese restaurant, the interior looks more like western restaurant.

my friends and 1 (3 of us) ordered 8 dishes and it was aiba mama who took the orders from us. After which, both my friend and i agreed that we have become aiba mama fan lol.. She looked pretty stern Because i was the one who gave me name and made orders, i got to "talk" to aiba mama 5 times in total! hahaha cant believe it im making counts for this.


ohmygod. I LOVE their gyoza, chilli prawn and MAPO TOFU!!!!! its no wonder aiba always talk about it during arashi no shukudai kun. he has all the rights to be so proud of it. lol..though its priced slightly higher than the usual chuuka restaurant in japan, its worth it! Frankly speaking i would avoid having chinese food in Japan. Its because, not only do they taste pretty horrible, they come in very pathetic amount yet exorbitantly expensive. But those from aiba restaurant somehow changed my views! i dont mind spending a little more on transportation, travelling to chiba just for their chinese food!



gyoza goes "sakusaku"
mapo tofu goes "hirihiri"
chilli prawn goes "puripuri"

wahah..

thats all!


comments are love!
and please please please.. do not repost these pictures!! thank you very much for your coorperation.

And to dear hardworking mods.. do take down this post if the contents aint appropriate to be released! D



*i still cant find the apostrophe button on my keyboard!!!!

 

Comments

[vegaenz.livejournal.com]

kyaaa you're so lucky!!
If I were in japan......

[catieeesuoh.livejournal.com]

let's go tom gill! :>
hahahaha. asaaa. :))

[nakahara02.livejournal.com]

wa it looks nice(: i would really love to visit there(:

[musikal-neko.livejournal.com]

LUCKYYYYY ~~~~!!! *0*

mm. Although I don't quite get why even though aiba mama says she doesn't want fans to flock the place, she still hangs gifts from fans at the entrance? O_o;; mmmm.

and lol, Did you go on a weekend ? Or Friday ? Or just a regular weekday? Because wow. THAT is popularity, having that much on a "slow" day for most restaurants.

[haz-rei.livejournal.com]

yeah i didnt quite get that too neither when i saw the gifts! but i suppose aiba mama jus didnt like rude fans. she was pretty nice/and a little stern (just like any other restaurant owner) to almost all customers but frowned upon 2 guys who were quening in front of me because they tried to enter the kitchen while q-ing.

i must say, i didnt like them either because they were moving around sneakily.

i went on a weekend! sunday! i guess we were really lucky to get into the restaurant cos we are the 3rd last group of customer before it was closed till next opening hour at 5pm!!

[epinette.livejournal.com]

The food looks amazing! :D

It's one of the places I would love t visit if I get t go t Japan!

[c-alen.livejournal.com]

the food looks yummy!
thanks for sharing the pics!

[tudorqueeny.livejournal.com]

OMG! I totally love chinese foods!!! I wish i could go there and experience "aibafoodalandia"

[cerraazizi.livejournal.com]

SQUEEE!!! you get to go to his family's restaurant AND talk to his mum!! how lucky can you get??
x333
thanks for sharing these photos!!!

[maiisaki.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing! It's nice to see members' autograph, especially it was made on Aiba's bday xD

And a cute thing, this one (http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/hazelle_lee/?action=view&current=DSCF5149.jpg), beside the dog pictures, there is a small pic of Arashi :DD

[arisu1love.livejournal.com]

So lucky! I can't believe they let you take pictures of the restaurant. But it's great since you can share with everyone!

[amethystdream3.livejournal.com]

I really really want to eat there!

[kawarashii.livejournal.com]

kya ~ &hearts
I would like to try it out sometime , and this drawing of Aiba it's so pretty!

=D thanks for sharing

[matsumania.livejournal.com]

You met Aiba mama? Wah. Just with that I am already envious.. xDD

Thanks for sharing~

Wow, so lucky!

[khinkhun14789.livejournal.com]

I wanna go to Japan too!!! Maybe after I got my Bachelor... hmmm
"i would have died of happiness if my gifts for arashi or ohno chan (oops!)" you manage to squeezed oh chan in some how ne ^_-
Thanks for the post... now I wanna go to Japan so bad!

[aph-elion.livejournal.com]

the forth pic is SOOo cool !!! they just did that pic in shanghai !! soo cool !!! its all their names ne.. wahh ...thanks so much for this write up !!!

[x-vickiiiie.livejournal.com]

OOOOOOOOHHH.
That's so nice!
did you take pictures of aiba's mum?
I wanna see if they resemble each other x)

[haz-rei.livejournal.com]

eh i thought it wasnt nice to stop her and take a photo because she was SO busy. (lol i dont wanna be seen as a KY 空気読めない fan.hhaha) Initially, we thought they dont really resemble each other. But as u take a few more looks, you could somehow feel that both of them possess the same form of.. aura?!?!

[all4cyanide.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for sharing! It seems like you had fun even tho you had to wait in line forever. o.0 The food looks yummy too! ^____^

BTW, the apostrophe is next to "enter" on the keyboard. ^.~

[natassadea.livejournal.com]

UWAAAA, thanks for the review and the pictures. Ah, I wanna go there as well >.< It seems nice and warm ^^ uwaaaa,, totemo ikitai yo... ^^

[rizwinc10.livejournal.com]

You're so lucky!! and..the prawns look delicious.

Thanks for sharing~

[iupdarlin.livejournal.com]

Wow, lucky girl!! Aiba family restaraunt is definitely on my list of places to visit when I go to Japan (although I want to visit the whole of Japan ^^")

Thanks for sharing your experience!!

[divid-chan.livejournal.com]

Yes, Aiba did have a dog, but he died recently...couple of years ago if I remember correctly. His name was Atom (which is actually written above the photos).

[sharksoul24.livejournal.com]

The food looks really good. Thanks for sharing this pics.

[matsu-ju.livejournal.com]

whooaa)) my friend brought me napkins from this resto <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[haz-rei.livejournal.com]

lol.. i took the napkins and the chopstick paper cover!! (is there a name for it?!)

[chenta-orked.livejournal.com]

huwaa~ really wanna go there and eat their oishii chinese food~
lucky you~ thanks for sharing this~

[kuri-no-flum.livejournal.com]

I so want to go! But I don't what to go alone ^^'' and I don't know any Arashi-fans I can drag along that are in Tokyo right now... (and I don't know if I can afford it at the moment ^^'') But I WILL go at least once before I go back home. Zettai ni ne ^o^
Thanks a lot for sharing the your story and pictures ^^ they really brightened up my day.. er.. night :P arigato ne ^^/