yummy cold ramen noodles at menkuitei are the best on a warm day!

(except it was very cool inside from the a/c) we got their newly 100% vegetarian

hiyashi chuka , perfectly summery-tasting with the mustard - and m tried their

cold jar jar men, which we normally associate with heavy sauce and noodles,

was so refreshing and light! a great mix of flavors - salty, umami, fresh, cool, so good.

this is it post/mid mixing, showing its dark roasted soy bean paste sauce :

then after a long walk, we stopped for a little dessert at just sweet dessert house,

after seeing they offered some shaved ice - korean and taiwanese both.

we opted for patbingsu (the korean one), which surprised us by coming topped

with cornflakes (!!) but overall it was very refreshing and hit the spot.