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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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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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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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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Wagaya – Haymarket, Sydney

March 27, 2009

“I think I know which one is the bomb,” says the hungry digital elf confidently. He picks one of the six salmon sushi off the plate and put in his mouth. No doubt he is safe. One down, five more to go – the sushi roulette continues until one of us put a bullet into [...]

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Nakashima – The Rocks, Sydney

March 19, 2009

Who would have thought me and Helen are still hungry after sampling all the free food at the March into Merivale launch party? While the other foodbloggers bid each other farewell and decided is time to head home, we found ourselves wandering around looking for more food and ended up at The Rocks, having a [...]

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KOKO – Crown Towers, Melbourne

February 6, 2009

“Billy, come. I’ve told the waitress you are a foodblogger and she is going to show you around and take pictures,” Mr V.I.P insisted again after giving me a full tour of Crystal Club on 29th floor earlier on. But this time, we will be having our little tour inside KOKO, one of Melbourne’s premier [...]

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A little pressie for our four legged friend

December 14, 2008

You probably thinking why there is a dog doing on a foodblog!? This is my dog, her name is Amelie. I am probably bias, but isn’t she the cutest girl in the world?! If you are a dog lover, you would understand how difficult it is to go vacation and leave your dog behind. She [...]

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Shin Yokohama Raumen Museum – Yokohama, Japan

December 11, 2008

“Where can I get a bowl of ramen like this?” Hop on the subway to Shin Yokohama station, follow the well-signed route, cross over the sky bridge, walk down a few blocks, turn around the corner and soon we found the building that we are looking for (We actually totally walked past and missed it). [...]

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