I know…

My girl loves Japanese cuisine and I know that she would love to go for that. However, she would not say it out as she feels it is a little expensive so she would choose to go without. Well, there is only one place here that we do like and I would not say it is all that expensive unless of course, if you compare it to eating at the coffee shops, that is!

The 1st of June was a public holiday and I expected parking to be a breeze in that area – on normal days, it would be such a pain trying to find a space be it around lunchtime or in the evening for dinner but there was something going on at the temple a stone’s throw away so there were a lot of cars around…and I had to leave mine by the side in the parking area and though it was not a designated parking space, I made sure that I was not blocking anyone’s way and would not inconvenience any of the other road users.

Needless to say, my girl was delighted when I told her what we would be having for lunch. They do not have a very elaborate menu but there are still many items that we have not tried, one reason being the fact that we had not gone there all that often so everytime when we did so, we tried to order things that we had not had before.

The pickled ginger comes free – they always have a tub of that on the table (alongside the wasabi which all of us have not acquired the taste for) and anyone can just help himself or herself to as much he or she wants…

…and that was what my missus did. She’s the only one who likes it.

We had their potato salad (RM7.90)…

…before and we loved it so we had that again this time around…to go with the kimchi beef rice (RM18.90)…

…that came with this complimentary bowl of miso soup…

…and yes, we enjoyed all three.

My girl chose the tempura shisamo maki (RM10.00)…

…and the summer sushi roll (RM13.90)…

…both of which we had not tried before. I thought the latter was very nice and there was even a prawn inside but with the overpowering taste of the pineapple (with a little bit of avocado underneath), and the sauces added, I could not detect that special taste of the rice synonymous with sushis and all the rest  so between the two, I think I preferred the maki.

The chicken karaage (RM8.90)…

…was good and went great with the special sauce that came with it but I guess there is just this much that one can sing in praise of fried chicken.

The total came up to RM76.80, inclusive of drinks and the 6% GST…and I would think it was worth it since we all had our fill and enjoyed all that we had ordered that afternoon.

Incidentally, I heard on the grapevine that this place would be closing soon so when I saw one of the bosses, I took the opportunity to confirm this bit of news with him and indeed, he said that somebody else would be taking over the place, the staff and all but he was not sure what plans the new guy would have for it and whether he would retain the existing Japanese menu or go for something else. Oh dear! We only have three or four in town and this is the only one that we like…so I guess we would have to drop by more often to enjoy what they serve to our hearts’ content before they finally call it a day…