Home cooked...

 Was inspired to cook recently (which is rare) and this was what I came up with..

Made some Yasai Tempura consisting of eggplant, pumpkin and mushrooms... noticed the cut out flower design just like in the restaurants? :) Even had the little grated daikon radish mini tower.

 

Next up is my take on a simple home style noodle soup... I replaced the noodles with macaroni instead... soup was from scratch with the basic onion, garlic, dried anchovies and sliced pork... Also added loads of cabbage to give the extra sweetness to the soup.  

Hajime

To welcome the year of 2011 I decided to go to Hajime for dinner...

Our meal was kicked off with a Fried Octopus Salad which was not really my choice of salad because of the baby octopus but surprisingly it actually taste quite good.. It was not gooey which was a definitely a plus point for me.. The salad itself was ordinary and the house dressing was ordinary as well.. The fried baby octopus really stood out in this dish.



Next was a salmon maki which was simple and nice... There isn't much to say about this as it was pretty standard fair.



We also ordered a spider maki with caviar on top which was also a standard dish with a slight twist but not enough to make it any way more special.



Of course the sashimi is never forgotten.. It also marks how fresh the food is in a Japanese Restaurant this was really good...

Next we ordered a mixed mushroom dish which consistend of 3 different mushrooms cooked in butter and garlic.. I obviously loved this dish because I love mushrooms but without being biased it really was good... Everyone at the table concurred.

We also ordered bake scallop with cheese... it was very flavourful but a tad chewy around the edges.

Another dish we ordered was the Kaki Furai which was fried oysters. The batter was too thick and the oyster kind of dried out a bit and was not as juicy as expected.

Next came the grilled salmon... This was really nicely seasoned. It was tasty by itself without the sauce.

Last dish of the night was the 3 types of cold noodles. They served chasoba, zarusoba and inaniwa all in one boat.. I definitely liked the fact that they offered this combination to give more variety. It was  a refreshing way to end a meal.

Hajime

No. 64,
Jalan Damai Off Jalan Tun Razak,
55000 Kuala Lumpur

Tel : 03 2143 0073

Happy Birthday Ai Li!!!!

Celebrated my sister's birthday 15th Sept 2010!!!

I was a nice sister this year... Got her a birthday card which cost me RM30... Then I ordered a Durian Mousse cake to be sent to her office to surprise her... :) No pictures though coz it was eaten up by her colleagues... Haih...damn expensive cake.. :( But I got a slice and I could taste why it was so costly.. It was no mousse my fren... It was Durian... literally... durian just slathered between layers of vanilla cake... yum yum!! :D

So for dinner we initially wanted to try this place which says Korean Fine Dining which we came across at Pavillion... see see when we went in and opened the menu. It was the same (or maybe with less variety) as any other korean restaurant in town..and probably less authentic... So what is so fine dining bout that? Cheh! So we walked out back... hahah!!

Decided to try out Angus House - Japanese Charcoal Steak instead. It was definitely a good choice.

Initially the menu didnt give us much confidence and it was sparse... All you get to choose was which part of the cow u wanted and whether you wanted the full course or ala carte. So we went for the course and this was what we got....

For starters it was a fish with potato thingy... tasted not too bad...

Then came the soup, it was pumpkin soup that day.... not too shabby as well...

Then came the salad... forgot to take picture so I let u see the empty plate.. Obviously the japanese dressing was really good or else u would not see my salad plate so empty...haha!!

Then came the main course... jeng jeng jeng!! This is my sister's 250gms tenderloin in japanese sauce... It was pretty good...

But nothing compared to my 250gms sirloin which was cooked to perfection... still juicy but not bloody and it was really tender and tasty... Mmmmm.... nice!!! As u can see from the picture, I dugged in before I could take the picture...hehe!!

Look at that...doesnt it look yummy?

So after that cam dessert which I (oops) forgot to take a photo of... but it was just an okay cake... so nothing to shout about compared to the Durian Mousse... Each course was about Rm150 so it wasnt too bad.... but since I have to foot the whole bill... "Ouch!!!"

Angus Steak HouseLot 6.44& 6.45
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
Jalan Bukit Bintang
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 - 2145 6015

Yummy Volcano @ Yuzu

Okay, this posting is a bit on the late side but better late than never...

Wanted to share this super unique maki that I had at Yuzu, The Gardens the other day. It supposedly has crab and unagi in it an it is stacked in twos like towers and drenched with some special sauce... Mmmm... yummmeeeee!!! Now you see it...

Now you dont!! :D

Definitely worth trying... it was delish!!!

Yuzu Japanese RestaurantT236, 3rd Floor
The Gardens
Mid Valley City
Kuala Lumpur
Tel No: 03 – 2284 7663