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I came across KAMOSHITA from social media; it featured the steaming hot Oden on its first carousel photo post. Immediately, I marked down this place and hoping to make a visit if I am in Singapore one day. And yes, I made it here! KAMOSHITA …
It’s the Seafood Day this month in Pin Xiang Xi Signature Cuisine , we definitely have to check it out before their set promo ends. This set menu is priced at Rm 768++, we changed some dishes on the set menu and also added on …
Shun Shun Lai Café 顺顺来咖啡馆
Shun Shun Lai Café is located at Taman Taynton View neighbourhood which has recently draw an attention to the people around this Cheras neighbourhood and people from other areas. Thanks to the power of social media, even my mum also asked me to dine in here!
Shun Shun Lai Café is a simple open-air café with a small yet creative and hearty menu specializing in Asian dishes fused with local flavours. The menu mainly comprises of rice bowl, soup with rice, small snacks, dumplings and tong sui. Price is very affordable too; main dishes are priced around Rm 20-ish and snack dishes are about Rm 8 – 9.
I daresay this is one of the recent most happening cafes in Cheras. I always see a queue on weekends whenever I pass by, and even on the weekday’s nights, there is quite a crowd! I was here twice and here is the compilation on both visits.
Osmanthus Oolong with Tea Jelly 琥珀桂花乌龙茶 (Rm 8)
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Jiu Ding Ji’s Roaster & Coffee Maker 玖鼎记 When it comes to Cheras eat , this is my recent discovery for breakfast, brunch and also lunch if you are in the mood for a bowl of char siu siu yok wonton noodles or roasted meat …
Yoshinari Hanare Located at Plaza Damas, took over the place where SAI SAI used to be. Yoshinari Hanare is a new concept branch of Yoshinari, serving two tasting menu that will not burn a hole to your wallet. They offer Omakase Sushi Course that is …
Aizu Wakamatsu
I must say AIZU WAKAMATSU is ONE OF THE JAPAN’S BEST KEPT SECRETS!
Aizu Wakamatsu is situated in Fukushima Prefecture, on the western side of Fukushima. It is truly a hidden gem, with very well preserved cultures and well-known for its award-winning sake and samurai tradition.
Actually I wanna say Aizu Wakamatsu is one of Fukushima’s best kept secrets but I have yet to explore the whole Fukushima; so as of now, I can only mention Aizu Wakamatsu is one of Japan’s best kept secrets. LOL
I immediately fell in love with this city as soon as I arrived at this place. This place is very peaceful, very slow pace and chill, and … basically no crowds with little tourists around (at time of my visit). Well, continue with the rest of the passage and you will know why. Do note that many attractions in Aizu Wakamatsu close as early as 4.30pm, so please plan your time wisely.
We travelled to Aizu Wakamatsu from Sendai in the evening. We hopped on the Shinkansen at JR Sendai Station and made a transfer at Koriyama Station to Aizu Wakamatsu. The journey on the rapid train that brought us to Aizu Wakamatsu was about 1hour 10 minutes on JR Ban-Etsusai Line.
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For full itinerary, check out JAPAN TRIP 2024: 11D10N in Yamagata, Sendai, Aizu Wakamatsu & Tokyo
As most attractions are not located within walking distance, Aizu Loops Buses came handy to us and they serve as the best transport to explore around Aizu Wakamatsu.
There are two types of bus running around the city.
Haikara-san Town Bus (blue line) runs in the counter-clockwise direction.
Akabe Town Bus (red line) runs in clockwise direction.
Be sure to get the One Day Pass at the Aizu Wakamatsu Bus Station Information Centre (just in front of the JR Aizu Wakamatsu Station) and board the bus at Bus Stop #4.
One Day Pass is priced at ¥600 and you can ride on both Haikara-san and Akabe Town Buses. It is very well worth the money spent. If you didn’t get the bus pass, it gonna cost 210 per ride (as you hop onto the bus).
You may find the cute mascot characters are on each Haikara-san and Akabe bus that helps to distinguish the buses.
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Our day tour in Aizu Wakamatsu was started off with a great breakfast in Aizuwakamatsu Washington Hotel, the hotel where we stayed for 2 nights in this city. It is located very near to the station, just about 2 streets away from the station. Although this very standard business type hotel is neither the newest nor the fanciest one, it has got what you need and very clean too. The room is huge (I booked the twin room) and the breakfast was awesome!
Breakfast is what I look forward the most when staying in any hotel. Every morning, I snatched the window seats with the perfect city view so that I could mesmerize the view overlooking the castle while enjoying the perfect breakfast. At the breakfast counters, they serve local delights and fresh local produces too. I couldn’t help but munching down lots of local speciality dishes, fresh local vegetables (always love their greens and wafu dressing sauce!), rich creamy milk produces and yogurt, and many more!
Mitsutaya 满田屋 Mitsutaya is a miso specialty store founded at the end of Edo period, which is around 1835. They serve this Aizu’s local delicacies “Miso Dengaku” whereby ingredients such as mochi, tofu, konjac are skewed and miso glazed, and then grilled over the charcoal …
If you have not heard of SUTADONYA, SUTADONYA is the home of legendary Tokyo Stamina Don. They offer this specialty stamina boosting sutadon that is made of stir-fried pork belly with plenty of garlic and umami-packed special soy sauce, and blanket over hot fluffy white …
