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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Meidi-Ya + Akashi!

Hello! =D

Wee! Just returned from a very satisfying dinner at Akashi which is located at various branches around the island but we went to the original outlet at Tanglin Shopping Centre.=D

And before that.. We went to Meidi-Ya! ^_^ The Japanese supermarket at Liang Court, it's got a load of Japanese products but a lot of local products too.=D I stocked up on my Japanese Instant Noodles.=D =D =D You know.. The piggy one and the foxy one.^_^ And I found another flavour! My mom and I peered at it but urm. Neither of us could read the packaging so urm. Ahem. I just bought it and hoped for the best. I mean.. It wouldn't be that bad right? ^_^" Hehe. Then I stocked up on my Japanese Rice Crackers too! ^_^ And I bought this other one that's shaped in little round balls because it was SO CUTE.xD Hehe. Oh! And I got a bottle of ponzu [citrus soy sauce] as well so I can try my hand at making yummy Japanese Salad Dressing.=D Yay!

I saw Coconut Chocolate Pocky. Which sounds hideously bad.xP So I urm.. Steered clear of that.. On the other hand, I found Pocky like biscuits filled with chocolate custard!!! Omigosh. Does that sound good or what! xD It's by urm.. Poare. And it was the last box! So I'm assuming it's good.xD [The customer's always right remember? =P] Hehe. I got a Pocky Strawberry [the Japanese one with dried strawberry bits! xD It's so good!] too because they only had Almond Crush and the lemon cream one otherwise. ^_^" And since not everyone eats the Almond Crush Pocky, and the lemon cream one feels like you're ingesting a lot a lot of calories.. There's my decision for you.=D

My mom and I bought some Japanese mochi stuff too! ^_^ It's not bad actually though I find the green one [it's a green (I think it's green tea or a herb of some kind) mochi stuffed with red bean paste] nicer than the white one but still too sweet.xP My mom likes it though.=P We also bought this mochi with yuzu [a Japanese citrus fruit] but I haven't tried it yet.=D

Wee! Then it was off to Akashi.=D The place was really crowded.O.o And we bumped into some friend of my dad's and he was all, oh! Drink my sake! *points* xD Hehe. How cool is it, to store your wine or sake at you favourite restaurant? xD It's like, wow! Personal fridge! Haha.=X Anyway.. The sake was very poetically named, "Lu4 Shang4 You3 Hua1", literally Flowers on the Roadside. =P It was really good though.. Like.. It was totally palatable.=D My mom was saying that it's very very fragrant and my parents agreed that it came from using very good quality rice.^_^ I have no clue whatsoever but it tasted really good? =X Hehe.

So I was telling my dad that we can hunt it down in Japan because I found out that if you visit the Sake Information Center in Tokyo, you can sample all their sakes [from all over Japan] for just US$5! How amazing is that? =D My hopes aren't high that you can try the really exquisite ones though.=S

I tried some of my dad's ootoro [tuna belly]. It was rather good actually!!! It was quite light and not very .. fishy. Far better than salmon.-_-" I really am adverse to salmon sushi. It's terrible. Slimy.. Oily.. and there's a funny smell to boot.O.o Ah well. Me = Unappreciative.=D Oh! And they gave us grilled tuna fat. It sounds really gross but.. It was DELICIOUS. I had no idea what it was when I tried it but it was REALLY good.xD Haha. Beams. And I really liked the cold somen I ordered.=D It's really refreshing and the sauce clung to it very well so that was yummy! ^_^

I was dying to eat salmon fish head stewed in soy sauce though and that's why we went to Akashi. Gosh. It was really good.xD xD xD There's something about stewing it in soy sauce that removes all the salmony smell that salmon tends to have, especially emphasized when grilled. Hence.. I love and adore it cooked in soy sauce.xD xD xD YUM. Beams! Haha. You must try it one day if you haven't.=D The sauce is really important since it imparts fabulous flavour.^_^ I was very pleased.

Wee! No photos tonight.. It would take too long to blog.xP

Anyway, my mom's garden is blooming. So I was tasked with the hugely important responsibility of..-_- Taking photos for brother darling.

Here's the almost-Gerberas lookalike! =D

And the Ananda..Amunda..Anamda.. I have no idea what it's called.=X But it's blossomy yellow! ^_^" Hehe. They're all shoved to one corner though so you don't get full use from them blooming. My mom is very excited. Her hibiscus will be blooming soon.=D

Anyway, this morning.. I was swooning over the Gackt+Hyde combination on Orenji no Taiyou. Seriously. They match each other perfectly. Their voices complement each other SO WELL!!! *dies of happiness* I was listening out today for who sang when and *melts* Ahh.. Listening to it many times to "confirm" it [really just an excuse..] just made melt into a puddle of happiness!

And Yoshiki's Without You Piano Ver. on his myspace site is.. *melts* SO GOOD. The guy's so damn good at the piano. Geniusy!! xD I need the CD. Right around.. NOW. *melts* Piano + Orchestra sends SY into a tizzy of dreamy happiness.xD xD xD BEAMS.

And I heard Kitade Nana's songs.. She's not bad actually!!! And she's our age but she's already released her album in USA. Like. GASP. O.o She did a song for the Full Metal Alchemist anime.=) And she's a gothic lolita!!! xD I am totally inspired. Wee!

cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : Without You Piano Ver. Yoshiki + Alice Kitade Nana + Orenji no Taiyou Gackt & Hyde]
[mood : ^_^ BEAMS!]
[food : salmon head in soy sauce + grilled tuna fat]

Labels: Akashi, edibles, Meidi-Ya

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