Fascinating Isetan The Japan Store @ Lot 10, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Its quite exciting to see Isetan opening a real Japanese concept store in Malaysia. All the products and environment in this Isetan store does imported from Japan and make you feel like visiting a Japanese department store. Malaysian do like Japanese products very much. Although the exchange rate is not favourable to us, we still like to buy Japanese products. This can be seen when people flocking to The Isetan store in Lot 10 and the newly opened FamilyMart. I do admit that I attracted to the products over here. I spend almost half a day exploring this mall and tried the food at their food court. Here you can have authentic Japanese food. If you like soba noodles, they even have a Japanese chef making the soba noodles here. Fresh on the spot. If you like Japanese drinks, the selection is abundant from beer, wines, sake and Japanese non-alcoholic drinks. Isetan The Japan Store currently has five floors operating, with each floor has its own dedicated theme: The Market, The Museum, The Studio, The Room, and The Cube. The store does great for window shopping but not so friendly to your wallet. A broom imported from Japan, cost MYR500, Doob technology figure at MYR950 to MYR3200 and clothes mostly above MYR1000.


Isetan The Japan Store.

Time Out Cafe.

Sake containers - looks nice as decoration.

Home and lifestyle products.

Little Harajuku section.

Theather Products Handbags.

Doob technology figures.

Doob technology sample figures. Priced at MYR950 for 15 cm to MYR3250 for 35 cm figure. The Doob room will capture multiple pictures using high resolution DSLR camera on multiple angle of your body to produce the 3D model of your own.

Last fresh sushi meal at airport @ Sushi Kyotatsu in Narita Airport, Japan

Don't worry if you are craving for fresh sushi and don't have chance to visit Tokyo city centre. Narita airport have a good sushi restaurant to satisfy your craving. During my transit at Narita Airport after a long journey from USA recently, I found out this sushi restaurant in Narita airport serving good quality sashimi and fresh sushi.

Taste:8/10(Good. Fresh and tasty nigiri sashimi sushi. Great service too. It's good however can't beat the sushi quality and taste in Tokyo or Tsukiji market).
Price:3/10(Expensive. Airport food tend to be expensive as it is last chance for visitor to savour their favourite local food. I have chosen their premium sushi set at 5,000 Yen. I am quite satisfied with the quality however the portion is smaller to what I normally have in Tokyo city).


Although the price is quite expensive, there is long queue in order to have a meal in this restaurant.


Ten pieces of premium sushi set. Contains toro, fresh shrimp, ikura, eel and tuna.

Delicious piece of fatty tuna.

Medium fatty tuna.

Raw ebi prawn sushi.

Egg sushi.

Many foreigners and tourists alike.

Follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

GPS/Coordinate: 35.771969, 140.392861
Address: Terminal 1, No.3 Satellite, 3rd Floor of Narita Airport. Nearby gate 34.

Kobe beef Kaiseki 511 lunch steak set @ Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

Kobe beef is one of the must try item when visiting Japan. Kobe beef Kaiseki 511 located in Akasaka is one of the restaurant which serve good kobe beef in Tokyo. The plates, service and ambience in this restaurant is unparalleled. I came to this restaurant for lunch and selected the full steak set on today's cut. According to the waiter, today's cut is the round part of the cow. He said the meat will be slightly hard but I try it anyway. My full lunch steak set comes with seafood salad, chicken soup, noodles, the main Kobe beef steak weight 150 gram, dessert, tea and coffee. The food was good and enjoyable. Service here were great.

Taste:8/10(Good. The Kobe beef steak were well seasoned and flavourful. However, the steak was a little over cooked for a medium rare beef. The soy foam which come with the steak blends very well with the beef).
Price:2/10(Expensive. The full lunch set of 5 menu courses cost almost 6,900 Yen. The meal was still alright although I expect tastier beef).


Finally reached this Kobe beef Kaiseki 511 for lunch.

The restaurant located at lower ground.

I were shown this chart as the waiter trying to explain which part the meat are from and the pricing attached to it.

Very modern and proper fine dining restaurant.

Start off with green soba noodles which were great.


Salad with raw salmon, shrimp and scallop.

Chicken soup.

Proper utensil for the lunch.

The main attraction at Kobe beef Kaiseki 511. I ordered their today's cut.

Properly seasoned meat but with slight overcooked for medium rare.

This soy foam which melted on the steak like butter.

My main dish. Kobe beef, rice and soy foam. The kobe beef also comes together with some small potatoes and an okra.


Kobe beef.


Dessert of ice cream and water melon. The water melon were good. Other than that, its just normal.

Tea.

I also have a cup of coffee which is just normal.

GPS/Coordinate: 35.674681, 139.735364
Address: Akasaka 4-3-28 | Plaza Akasaka, B1, Minato 107-0052, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan.
Public transport: Around 8 minutes walk from Akasaka station via Chiyoda line.
Opening hours: 11.30am to 2.30pm and 6.00pm to 11.00pm. Closed on sunday.

Tasty uni ikura don from Sushi Zanmai @ Tsukiji Market, Tokyo

Tsukiji market in Tokyo is a one stop centre where you can find the best and freshest raw seafood. One of the attraction dish here is uni ikura don which combined two best melt in your mouth delicacy which is sea urchin and fish roe (red caviar) on top of cooked rice. The firm globes of salty salmon roe complement well with the rich and softness of sea urchin. There are many variation of rice bowl available in the market but I found uni ikura don offers the best flavour.

Taste:10/10(Excellent. Fresh fish roe and melt in your mouth sea urchin. Adequate flavour on the rice with slight sourness of vinegar and the sea urchin taste sweet).
Price:3/10(Expensive. The rice bowl priced at 2,800 Yen).


Rice bowl with a lot of caviar.

Uni ikura don. Sea urchin and fish roe rice bowl. I like the popping juicy fish roe.


Fresh fish roe.

I eat it from this Sushi Zanmai shop in Tsukiji market.

GPS/Coordinate: 35.665316, 139.770458
Address: 4-4-3 Tsukiji, Chuo 104-0045, Tokyo Prefecture
Public transport: Tsukiji station on Hibiya line Tokyo metro or Tsukijishijo station on Toei Oedo line.

Okame Sushi @ Tsukiji Market, Tokyo

Okame serving great sushi without waiting in a long queue if you want to savour fresh sushi of Tsukiji market. Just located beside two famous sushi restaurant - Sushi Dai and Sushi Daiwa, Okame is surprisingly less queue if compared to both. In term of quality, Okame does serve fresh sushi with even more pieces when compared to Sushi Dai and Sushi Daiwa. Having tried Sushi Daiwa before, I can tell the difference between both. I ordered "Omakase" course which was assorted sushi combination selected by a sushi chef, and quite like the taste of a few pieces of sushi. Some of the pieces with some salt on top of it which creates an intense saltiness and adds flavour to the sushi. This sushi restaurant is good and it is one of better the sushi bars in Tsukiji market area. If you have limited time and don't want to queue in long line, Okame is simply an option to consider and it will never disappoints you in taste.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. The sushi were very fresh and the taste is great. The sushi here is a bit different as some of the sushi have soy sauce ready and some is not. Also, some of the sushi have some salt on top of it which is quite unique. Their sea urchin, toro and fresh prawn is taste the best. Buttery and creamy. Sushi Daiwa taste better than Okame but it's not that far off. The difference is Sushi Daiwa have their sushi ready with correct amount of soy sauce and wasabi which makes the sushi taste better).
Price:2/10(Expensive. The restaurant does not accept credit cards and make sure you have enough cash. Their omakase set - chef choice price at 3,600 Yen. The price includes 10 pieces of sushi, a tuna roll and a choice of 2 extra pieces of sushi).



Long queue outside Sushi Daiwa and Sushi Dai.

Looking for other good sushi option which have shorter queue.


Came to this sushi restaurant. Okame.

Similar environment inside Okame compared to other sushi restaurants.

There are two chefs preparing fresh sushi.

You can see that the queue start to build outside.

My first 5 pieces of sushi.

The broiled tuna comes with dash of salt. It does enhance the taste of sushi.

Scallop, broiled tuna and raw ebi prawn.

Horse fish sushi.

Ikura or fish roe.

Delicious sea urchin with dash of salt.

Tuna roll.



Last two pieces of toro or fatty tuna.

Delicious hot miso soup.

Satisfied breakfast.

GPS/Coordinate: 35.663705, 139.769599
Address: 5-2-1 Tsukiji | Tsukiji Fish Market Bldg. No.6, Chuo, Tokyo Prefecture.
Public transport: Tsukiji station on Hibiya line Tokyo metro or Tsukijishijo station on Toei Oedo line.