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Here to my favourite neighbourhood café in Cheras – Ebony & Ivory Coffee ; a place I visited quite often for a comfort bowl and a dose of caffeine when I worked nearby here. To be honest, I have not visited them after they have …
The cold and chilling weather as of now makes me thinking about Mizutaki – the Japanese chicken hotpot dish made of chicken and assorted vegetables and tofu, simmered in the essence-ful soupy rich chicken broth. Sadly, we can’t get anything like that in KL. And …
Gatekeeping this restaurant for almost… a year and a half or so… and now I am finally talking about it. That’s because I managed to score another round of visit last November, visited and savoured it again! LOL. Sorry, have to be kiasu a bit because everything is getting harder and harderrrr and harderrrrrr to secure a table!
Maguro Mart マグロマート
Situated in Nakano, Maguro Mart is indeed a tuna paradise for the tuna lovers, specializing in everything Tuna from bones to rare parts of tuna! And they are famous for the “Nakaochi”; the tender, rich and flavourful meats scraped from along the tuna’s backbone/ spine, and make your own tuna temaki with the given nori and sushi rice!
This visit was dated back in March 2024. We managed to get the reservation online and also booked the course Luxurious 8 Dishes Course that is priced at ¥3,980 per person (March 2024; price has changed now and it should be already ¥4,280 per person). Each diner must order a drink.
I must say this place is very value for money! You get to savour everything about tuna, eight courses, from first to last course at this price; with all the creamy fatty and melt-in-your-mouth tuna! Reservation is highly recommended as the place is very popular and booked out very fast. Their reservation opens one month in advance.
Draft Beer (¥ 680), in the very cute logo mug!
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Ang Noodle House 洪淋面馆 Cheras is always filled with good food and this is another great find in Taman Taynton View neighbourhood. Ang Noodle House 洪淋面馆 is offering delicious yet comforting bowls of traditional flavours in their Lum Mee and Ipoh style Chicken Hor Fun …
Yufuin is a charming onsen town located in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. It is well known for its chilled and relaxed atmosphere, scenic mountain views, and trendy cafes and of course, unique onsen ryokan. It is pretty easy to explore Yufuin by foot as the main …
When in Yufuin, come savour the Mabushi rice in Yufu Mabushi Shin!
There are two branches here in Yufuin, one is near to the train station, the Yufumabushi Shin Ekimae Branch; and the other is the Yufumabushi Kinrinko Honten which is near to Lake Kinrin. I have dined in both branches (from two different visits) but this post will be about the honten branch.
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Yufumabushi Shin Kinrinko Honten 由布まぶし 心 金鱗湖本店
We took the earliest limited express YUFU 1 from Hakata to Yufuin, arrived at Yufuin around 10am in the morning. Alternately, you can take Yufuin no Mori – the retro sightseeing train to Yufuin.
We dropped the luggage in our ryokan stay and slow-walked straight to Yufumabushi Shin Kirinko Honten, knowing that there will be a long queue if we didn’t go this early.
And yes, there was already a queue at 11.20am, where you could see here, which was not too long. We didn’t have to wait too long. By 12 noon, we were already seated and waiting for our meal to be served. Perfect timing for our lunch, as you know, traveling with elderly, every meal time has to put into consideration.
Yufumabushi Shin is specializing in claypot rice made of bungo beef, eel, and chicken. There are three proteins for you to choose from: Bungo-Gyu mabushi with Bungo Beef from Oita Prefecture, Jidori Mabushi is the chicken, and lastly the Hitsumabushi – the eel.
Each mabushi rice comes in a set, served with appetizers, pickled vegetables, soup, and seasonings on the side.
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Ahhh, Sushi Omakase, it has been a while! This place marked one of the best meals I had during my most recent trip in Japan. My summary post will be up later but I wanna pen down this best memory before everything. LOL Shibuya Sushi …
Back to my peng leng jeng series and I must share this with you guys. Recently I have found out this awesome spot for dinner, which is truly a hidden gem. Good flavours and price is extremely affordable. 辉记蒸鱼头 辉记蒸鱼头 is a small stall hidden …
