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Some Japanese food

James of Loopymeals blogged about sashimi and it got me drooling. It so happens that I took several shots of other foods at a Japanese sushi restaurant (you can tell the name by the symbol on the plates) a few days ago.

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This is the ebiko or fish roes sushi. Very much like caviar, with tiny salty balls popping in the mouth. The orangey roe looks nice and taste good too.

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I have forgotten the Japanese name for this tiny cuttlefish. Some people cannot bear the smell of it. Others find the sweet and sticky taste not to their liking. As for me, I love them. However, there are good ones and there are cheaper versions. I remember attending a Chinese wedding dinner which served this as the appetizer. Almost everyone didn’t like it and I ended up eating them myself.

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It was dinner time and a plate of salmon sashimi will not fill my stomach. Therefore, I ordered salmon rolls which comes with rice, seaweed wrap and some cucumber plus wasabi of course.

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Something my hubby ordered. Tempura prawns. Not everyone likes raw food. And hubby has to order something that comes with rice. Typical chinaman.

BTW, tempura flour is available in the supermarket and I had tried making my own tempura before. There are two types, one made in Thailand and another one from Japan.

Posted by on June 28th, 2005 under Food

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  1. athene Says:
    June 28th, 2005 at 3:22 pm

    love japanese food,must be the jap blood in me ;. we had japanese guest last nite, spend the whole time talking about japanese food.

    making tempura is not that difficult - with the ready-made flour & all, it’s the dipping sauce that’s a challenge.

    ebbiko taste great over green/greenbean salad. contrast between the sweetness of the bean & the tiny bursting saltiness.

  2. S-Kay Says:
    June 28th, 2005 at 4:13 pm

    wooooo…….you also blog bout jap food…ehheheh…i blogged bout the jap restaurant i ate on Sunday.

    I love jap food….can eat and eat and eat but won’t get muak

  3. msau Says:
    June 28th, 2005 at 4:26 pm

    I like that cutterfish too..very yummy..Now chinese wedding dinner no more serves this liao lor…wanna eat must go for jap restaurant or buy from supermarket only..

  4. momof2 Says:
    June 28th, 2005 at 6:01 pm

    There are several Jap restaurants that I frequent in Pulau Tikus. Try Shijutei, Yataimura or Matsuki. Their set meals are reasonably priced and yet taste authentic (relatively speaking in Penang).

  5. lilian Says:
    June 28th, 2005 at 6:37 pm

    momof2 - You notice that Japanese restaurants seem to be everywhere. In that row itself, got three. I had been to one but forget the name. Wah, cheap and big bowl too. Do try out the Japin Noodle in Gurney Plaza basement. Nice ramen with siew yoke there.

    msau - Sooo expensive so must eat slowly. Few pieces cost RM6 per plate wor.

    S-Kay - When I stay at Cititel in MV, I usually pig out at Jusco’s Japanese food. Cheap mah.

    athene - Yalor, I wonder where they get the very watery soya sauce.

  6. chrissy Says:
    June 29th, 2005 at 4:58 pm

    this i must campur tangan :D yapunis (word pirated from dr.liew :P ) mum-mum is my all time fav food (hubby’s fault really). the cuttlefish, if im not mistaken is called Idako. Next time you in KL should go Kiko-Zakura (at MVM & Times Square) & Matsuba (Desa Sri Hart). Both place serves THE best yapunis food by far, IMHO. And to compare Sushi King, you should go Genki (KLCC & 1 Utama) - their choices on the kaiten belt are better than SK. If budget permits, go jap restaurant in PJ Hilton - wah!! shiok!! think also ‘lau hau sui’ already! Will demand yapunis food for dinner tonite….muahahahahar!!

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