Naha Adventure Continues

The breakfast at the JAL Hotel is not as good compared to Sheraton but hubby said that the food served in this hotel is pretty much more traditional so, that’s why we are not too used to it.

The kids are more excited about going out to explore then anything. We headed down straight to the Makishi Market and indeed, very very interesting. It wasn’t a huge wet market compared to those we have in Singapore or the one in Tokyo. It was air-conditioned with loads of different types of fresh fishes. You get to choose the fish and get the restaurant to cook them for you immediately. You can even buy the fresh salmon and eat it right away!

There were many other different types of fresh food like the pork, vegetables and other dry seafood. What caught our eyes were the puffer fish and the pig skin head which we don’t get to see it back home. 

As we continued to explore the market, we noticed a man holding a huge owl standing at the side of the pathway and realized that it’s like mini zoo for owls and other small sized animals. Lady Faith & little pumpkin visited the place and they were so brave when they met the real owl at the entrance while I was pretty much scared! 

The place is not too big but filled with many different types of owl. They were very quiet, still and staring back at you with their super big round eyes. Out of all the owls on displayed, my favourite would be the snow owl, it was big and very pretty.

Lady Faith’s ticket included holding the owl and having the picture taken with it. I was really surprised that she wasn’t nervous at all but me… I was no where near that bird! Both of them were really happy to pet the owl and they even wanted to bring the owl home!!!

After that little adventure, we headed to lunch at their Japanese restaurant which served eel rice coz’ Lady Faith requested. We were really lucky to be given a private room for our lunch and it was super comfortable. 

The food was pretty tasty and reasonable compared to the ones we had back home. We were happy to see our kiddos enjoyed their food as much as we enjoyed ours. After lunch, we continued our window shopping and we stopped by at our favourite ice-cream shop Blue Seal once again perhaps for the last time to enjoy their delicious ice-cream. We tried out the crepes and it was out of this world!! I LOVE IT sooooooooooooooooooo much that I can eat that everyday!

After our desserts, we went back to our hotel to do some packing and allowing the kids to take a short nap. I really wondered why there was so much to pack though we did not buy many stuff during this trip.

Since it was our last night in Okinawa, hubby suggested to try out their steamboat (shabu shabu) and we found a restaurant that fits the bill. The restaurant was really cozy and nice. We browsed through the menu and decided to order the set since it was the very economical and reasonable. 

We really enjoyed their food and the kids really love their garlic fried rice, it was so fragrant and tasty. Overall, I would say that the food in Okinawa is very tasty and nice. I am sure we will be back again very soon.