It was my cousin’s birthday this week and we had dinner with him at the cozy Izakaya Tamako, in Plaza Damas. Agedashi tofu is an old and revered dish. Izakaya is a type of Japanese drinking establishment which also serves food to accompany the drinks. The food is usually more substantial than that offered in [...]
Kissaten @ Jaya One, PJ
June 17, 2009 By 15 Comments
[At 3 p.m. precisely, a staffer in Meikyoku kissa Lion in Shibuya quietly announces the start of today's "concert." Silence descends as she places a record on the player. A gray-haired customer puffs on a cigarette at his corner table. The hush is almost reverential, and indeed the meikyoku kissa (a "tearoom for musical masterpieces") [...]
Haikara Style Cafe & Bakery @ Subang Jaya
February 18, 2009 By 23 Comments
When we saw this sitting on the counter, we just had to take a closer look. It’s Japanese green tea bread! (RM8.80) If you want to buy excellent, fluffy, hot out-of-the-oven green tea bread + sweet bean, Haikara-Style Bakery is just the place to get it! Although on the expensive side for bread, it is [...]
Fukuya @ Jalan Delima – Kaiseki
February 16, 2009 By 13 Comments
Apparently the Canadian Embassy closes at 4.00 pm sharp these days (even though the website says 4.30 pm). Anyway, it was obvious that a quick fuss free lunch was in order. Besides, taking half day leave meant only being able to get into the heart of town, at the earliest, 2.00 pm which didn’t leave [...]
Sushi Tei @ Tropicana City Mall, PJ
February 2, 2009 By 21 Comments
Sushi Tei from Singapore arrives at Tropicana City Mall! We thought it would be a good idea to check out Tropicana City, as well as Sushi Tei, the first ever branch in Malaysia… kill some time over the weekend. Apparently, Sushi Tei likes to think of itself as ‘no ordinary’ Japanese restaurant. It believes that [...]
Japan, Kobe : My Trip in a nutshell
January 14, 2009 By 16 Comments
TOUCHDOWN, KANSAI AIRPORT , OSAKA, JAPAN. (On route Kobe) The view from my window at sunrise. How pretty… Osaka is the city capital of Osaka Prefecture. Osaka was historically the commercial capital of Japan and the second largest metropolitan in the area of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto. The other more notorious and infamous thing that Osaka is known [...]
Kirishima Japanese @ Dua Annexe, KL
January 7, 2009 By 23 Comments
No.. we did not leave our brains at the door… We are back! First week of work after the long break is always the hardest… First run of the first week after the long break, is also, always the hardest. Since we survived the first couple of days of work as well as our first [...]
Genji Japanese Restaurant @ PJ Hilton
August 28, 2008 By 16 Comments
I love sitting at the sushi counter.. because.. that’s where all the “AKSHUN” is! (action) And if someone asks.. hot or cold? i usually say “Cold.. and your smoothest please!” We really got hammered this time.. Whilst the sashimi was indisputably fresh and in a class of its own, the price was just over the [...]
Rakuzen @ Hartamas Shopping Center, KL
August 8, 2008 By 12 Comments
Our families eat here a lot. And from the look of things, especially the line that is snaking form the counter to the outer part of the waiting area, so do half of the PJ/KL folk! When you first walk in to Rakuzen, you get the sense that it is going to be a really [...]
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