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…)