Japanese

Sake Master Dinner at Ocean Room – Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay, Sydney CBD

August 24, 2010

Kanpai! Sake – Do you like it hot or cold? I can’t say I am an expert on the fine art of fermented rice wine, an alcoholic beverage made from rice that has been appreciated since over a thousand years ago in Japan. A lost in translation, most Japanese restaurants in western countries believe that [...]

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Tokonoma Shochu Bar & Lounge – Surry Hills, Sydney

July 27, 2010

Tokonoma, a lounge bar that prides themselves on their sochu, I believe it is the first in Sydney. Minh, Simon and I were on vacation in Malaysia and missed out on the initial event organised by Mark Comms but they were kindly enough to set an extra outing just for the three of us. A [...]

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Cafe Ish (All you can eat ribs) – Surry Hills, Sydney

July 5, 2010

What a rib-per. “We found out about the all-you-can-eat ribs night through ChocolateSuze‘s blog,” we overheard a group of young girls confess to Josh, the owner of Cafe Ish. Josh immediately teases the girls whether they want an autograph from Suze as we have also just stuffed ourselves silly with some lips-smacking good ribs. But [...]

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iiza – Newtown, Sydney

March 29, 2010

A friend in need is a friend indeed. I prefer not to write about my personal life story on my food blog because firstly, it is totally unrelated topic and secondly, I am always cautious about sharing my personal life story on the interwebs. But right now I think it is an appropriate moment for [...]

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Win a Masterclass with Tetsuya Wakuda at Tetsuya’s Restaurant – Kent Street, Sydney

March 7, 2010

Have you been to Tetsuya’s? It seems to be the most frequently asked question this evening. My answer is a ‘No’. I had the idea of celebrating A Table For Two’s 1st blogiversary at Tetsuya’s last year. Despite that I made the phone call to the restaurant trying to reserve a table few months ahead, [...]

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Masuya Japanese Seafood Restaurant 鱒屋 – O’Connell Street, Sydney CBD, NSW

January 20, 2010

The Ootoro has sold out, we’ve been told. After hearing Richard raving about the fatty tuna ootoro at Masuya Japanese Seafood Restaurant, it is the only one dish that I am really looking forward to experience. To my dismay, we are informed by the waitress that it has been sold out for this evening, sadness. [...]

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Gumshara – Haymarket Chinatown, Sydney

November 9, 2009

I can never get tired looking at a big slab of pork spare rib on my blog. After visiting the Shin Yokohoma Raumen Museum in Japan last year, I was convinced that I will never find another bowl of ramen that is as good as the one I’ve had in the museum. However, looks like [...]

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Merivale Winter Feast @ Teppanyaki – The Ivy, Sydney CBD

September 8, 2009

For some reason, Merivale Winter Feast promotion has never been on the top of my priority list. Don’t get me wrong, one of the items in my to-do list is to tick off all the restaurants in theMerivale group. But I am not sure why, me and Merivale don’t seem to gel very well together [...]

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Pasta Zanmai – 1 Utama, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

September 1, 2009

Why would I want to eat spaghetti when I can have all the yummy local Malaysian delicacies? And I am always over sensitive and cautious about eating raw sashimi in a hot tropical country like Malaysia, Salmonella is not what I am looking for on the menu that’s for sure. But when they mix it [...]

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Katsusando from Atomic Espresso – Neutral Bay, NSW

July 28, 2009

If you want good Malaysian food, ask Malaysian friends. And if you want good Japanese food, no doubt the Japanese are the ones you should ask. Japanese food in particular, I found most of the good ones are hidden from the public and only the local Japanese who have been living in Sydney for a [...]

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Istana Restaurant – Thornleigh

June 1, 2009

Whenever I am in Sydney, I always try to make the most of my day… and night with good food if possible. On this occasion, my initial plan was to drop by at Alice’s in Thornleigh for some Malaysian Chinese food on my way home with Big D. After being informed by our friends who [...]

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How to make Domo-Kun Cake (どーもくん)

May 20, 2009

It’s Domo-Kun! I made my very first novelty cake for the flavour tripping party at ChocolateSuze’s new home. Sorry for the late post as some readers had requested for the recipe a while ago, hope it’s not too late for those who were planning to make the Domo-Kun cake for party. What do you mean [...]

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Ichi-ban Boshi – TGV, Sydney

May 11, 2009

“A table for one,” I said. (You heard me right) The day that A Table For Two dine alone is finally happening sooner than I anticipated. Disaster! However, the opportunity of getting hold of a table at Ichi-ban Boshi makes eating by myself perhaps is not such a bad thing after all. This ramen noodle [...]

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Akaneya – King Street, Sydney CBD

April 29, 2009

I feel the earth… move… under my feet… … as I take a big bite of this super crunchy deep-fried soft shell crab. The shell soft crab salad comes in abundance with two massive crabs and lots of fresh green lettuce, tomatoes, shaved spring onions and spanish onions. The spicy hot mayo dressing on the [...]

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