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A season has past and spring is coming soon. Guess I should really have to be more hardworking and work harder on the backlogs. Autumn is a romantic season, the weather is chilling and joyful; with the sun up high in the sky but you …
Nikko is a small town that lead to Nikko National Park. A picturesque place, completed with Japan’s most astonishing shrine; the scenic lake; and it is best to come here in autumn for koyo! I was there in late September and it was just barely …
Love in Khao Yai A merely 2.5 hours’ drive from Bangkok; Khao Yai is the UNESCO World Heritage Site, where it housed the third largest national park of Thailand which is spread across 4 provinces (Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Ratchasima and Prachinburi. Gifted with the …
When you are travelling with a bunch of people who are into CH3CH2OH; as always, the first agenda after breakfast… will be looking for CH3CH2OH… drinks and drinking. LOL. For full itinerary, check out JAPAN TRIP 2024: 11d10n in Yamagata, Sendai, Aizu Wakamatsu and Tokyo …
Here to my favourite neighbourhood café in Cheras – Ebony & Ivory Coffee ; a place I visited quite often for a comfort bowl and a dose of caffeine when I worked nearby here. To be honest, I have not visited them after they have …
The cold and chilling weather as of now makes me thinking about Mizutaki – the Japanese chicken hotpot dish made of chicken and assorted vegetables and tofu, simmered in the essence-ful soupy rich chicken broth.
Sadly, we can’t get anything like that in KL. And I can only drool over the photos I took during the autumn days I savoured it in Fukuoka and also my first Toriden experience in Hakata .
This time, I managed to get the reservation online through TableCheck. Diners are required to book the course in advance and I booked the most basic course – TENJIN course for our group. Priced at ¥ 6,600 per person (tax included) and everyone loved this nutritious packed and very tummy warming meal.
The course comes with 2 types of appetizers (boiled toriden tamago with meat miso and seasonal vegetables), Hakata’s specialty goma saba (mackerel with sesame sauce), their signature Braised Chicken Wings, Hakata mizutaki with zosui (rice porridge) and the day’s dessert.
The November’s Course 2023 was more or less the same as March’s Course 2023; with a slight difference on the seasonal appetizer and the dessert. And this round, we were smart from our previous experience. The last round 4 of us had only one portion of rice, but this time for the six of us, we asked for 3 pax portion of rice to be made into zosui even though we were quite stuffed with the earlier dishes. This carbo ending was extremely comforting, very rich and absorbed all the essence from the broth.
Getting here:
About 2 minutes’ walk from Nakasukawabata Station 中洲川端
Toriden Tamago
Boiled egg sat on a bed of meat miso with beautiful attractive orangey egg yolk.
Continue reading FUKUOKA: Toriden Hakata Honten (Autumn)
Gatekeeping this restaurant for almost… a year and a half or so… and now I am finally talking about it. That’s because I managed to score another round of visit last November, visited and savoured it again! LOL. Sorry, have to be kiasu a bit …
Ang Noodle House 洪淋面馆 Cheras is always filled with good food and this is another great find in Taman Taynton View neighbourhood. Ang Noodle House 洪淋面馆 is offering delicious yet comforting bowls of traditional flavours in their Lum Mee and Ipoh style Chicken Hor Fun …
Yufuin is a charming onsen town located in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. It is well known for its chilled and relaxed atmosphere, scenic mountain views, and trendy cafes and of course, unique onsen ryokan. It is pretty easy to explore Yufuin by foot as the main walking street starts right in front of the train station. There are many small artisanal shops, cafes and dessert stands, craft boutiques, museums lined along the main walking streets.
To come here, you may board the retro looking forest-theme sightseeing train – Yufuin no Mori ! The journey takes about 2hours and 15mins to Yufuin. This train is covered by the JR Kyushu North Kyushu Pass and JR Kyushu All Pass. Reservation is a must to board onto this train (there are no non-reserved seats available on this train).
When in Yufuin, come savour the Mabushi rice in Yufu Mabushi Shin! There are two branches here in Yufuin, one is near to the train station, the Yufumabushi Shin Ekimae Branch; and the other is the Yufumabushi Kinrinko Honten which is near to Lake Kinrin. …
Ahhh, Sushi Omakase, it has been a while! This place marked one of the best meals I had during my most recent trip in Japan. My summary post will be up later but I wanna pen down this best memory before everything. LOL Shibuya Sushi …
