Japanese
Review: Sushi Zen Japanese restaurant at The Gardens Midvalley
A new favourite restaurant of mine is Sushi Zen at The Gardens Midvalley. It is located on the lower ground floor where the Cold Storage supermarket is, and is a free standing open concept restaurant. The seating runs all around the counter of the restaurant so it isn’t exactly a choice location for a tete-a-tete.
That [...]
Review: Shin-Nichi Japanese Buffet Restaurant
Yesterday, Pink Elle and I were feeling a little frisky so we decided to have a nice dinner instead of crawling off home for more instant noodles. We were originally headed for Euro-Deli for an Oktoberfest indulgence, but under-estimated the horrendous traffic. Since we found ourselves around the UOA Building, we thought to go to [...]
Choya Umeshu - a favourite drink
A favourite alcoholic drink of mine is Choya Umeshu - a Japanese plum wine. I can’t quite remember when I was first introduced to it, but it has been a while.
You may recall seeing small green glass bottles that looks smaller than a beer can, usually in the chiller of the liquor store. There is [...]
Somen noodles in miso soup with seaweed
Some days, I don’t feel like a heavy dinner. This is usually when I’ve had a good lunch or a late lunch, or just simply when I don’t feel like cooking very much.
On those days, I usually whip up something simple (and on a cold day) something hot to line my tummy so it doesn’t [...]



