Part of the fun in traveling includes the delicious food we get to try out during these trips. I have always been a great fan of Japanese cuisine so I was all geared up for a great deal of feasting even before I reached Japan :)!
On the day that Bernard and I arrived in Japan, we were invited to Masako's home in Chiba to have dinner. We were really looking forward to this as Masako's mum had prepared this meal for three whole days!
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| An assortment of sushi, including fatty tuna and salmon |
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| Juicy fish egg roe! The yellow egg roe in the middle bowl is usually only served during the Japanese New Year |
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| Pan fried fish with a sweet sour sauce. Very appetizing! |
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| A FABULOUS dish, crab meat coquette. Soft on the inside and crispy on the outside! Masako's mum specialty dish. |
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| Strawberry salad. A wholesome and healthy dish |
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| Yummy French chicken stew! |
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| Savory chicken meat ball. Oiishi! |
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| Prawns with peas, a simple but palatable home-cooked dish |
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| A unique kind of seaweed that we had not seen in Singapore |
The home-cooked food were simply awesome! I loved every single dish as I can feel the love and effort Obasan had put in when she prepared the meal. Thank you so much!
And here are the lovely folks we hung out with that night:
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| My Uni classmate and buddy, Kai, and I |
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| Sahid, Masako's Brother-In-Law, Me and Obasan (Masako's Mum) |
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| Group picture! Sincere thanks to Masako's family for their hospitality! |
Great people and food, what more can we ask for?
Over the course of our Japan trip, we were also fortunate to have patronized a number of fantastic restaurants serving really good food, so I will recommend a few of these places for anyone who will be visiting Japan:
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| Main entrance to Sushizanmai Restaurant, which operates 24 hours! |
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| Group photo at Sushizanmai Restaurant |
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| Tuna sushi and don with meat from different parts of the fish |
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| Refreshing snow crab Miso Soup! |
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| Delicious sushi and handrolls |
Sushizanmai is a well-known Japan chain with fifty branches. The restaurant serves mouth-watering sushi using the freshest ingredients and the branch we visited is located right at the famous Tsukiji Fish Market. If you love raw fish or seafood and well-made sushi that does not break into pieces when bringing it into your mouth, this is a place that you should definitely visit! In case you are not aware, a small amount of wasabi is already placed between the fish and the rice, as covering the wasabi before the sushi is served will help to preserve its flavour. The restaurant operates 24 hours, so no excuse to say that you have no time to try out the sushi there! You can visit the official website for more information (i.e. http://www.kiyomura.co.jp), however, you need to know how to read Japanese (or know someone who does)!
Will recommend a few more restaurants in my next post!
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