About a month ago I decided to to upload my 23andme dna results to WeGene. Within a day I got my results. Just look at the image below, WeGene says I am part Chinese. It also said I have Kyrgyz blood as well! I doubt this though. The database is still small. It should read […]
This is where I study Japanese with my Japanese teacher once a week. Great location to study. Related posts: Great Beef place in the Tan Phu District Gourmet Shop and Restaurant in Phu My Hung This is life Healthy Farm in Saigon Vitamin B12 and Flaxseed In Saigon
As some of you may know through my blog’s name, SaigonNezumi, I must have some roots in Japan. Nezumi is rat/mouse in the Japanese language (I was born in the Year of the Rat). Oddly enough, I never really focused or even considered living in Japan. With the amounts of Japanese Drama that I watch […]
I stayed up late last night, this morning in fact, watching a really great Japanese horror film starring Mirai Shida and Haruna Kawaguchi called POV: Norowareta. Those of you that watched Ringu will love this film. It is a ghost story Japanese-style, no gore or any blood. The film will make you jump though. I stayed […]
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This may seem like a Japanese week on my blog since in the last 5 days I have eaten at 3 Japanese restaurants. Remember, I am half-Japanese and I was raised on Japanese food. It is the best food in the world, in my biased half-Japanese opinion. Today I visited the newly opened Itsumo Japanese Restaurant in Pham Ngu Lao. It is now one of my favorite Japanese restaurants. (more…)
There is another Japanese sushi restaurant in town. Though Sushi Dining Aoi has been open since January, my visit there yesterday was the first time I was able to take some pictures. I went there with Thuy (@betoneko) and her friend, An. Both studied in Kyushu for many years and are lovers of Japanese food. Sushi Dining Aoi is located (more…)
Today I met up with Clifton for lunch at the Zen Plaza Sushi Bar in District 1. Despite being walking distance from Zen Plaza, this was my first visit to Sushi Bar 2 is over a year. For once, I remembered to take some photos of the food I normally order there which includes the Ebi Ten Maki sushi rolls and Sakae Furai fish dish. One noticeable thing about the Sushi Bar over the last three years is that the size of the portions have gradually gotten smaller. (more…)