Oyster Night dinner at Champignons at Oasis @ Ara Damansara

Champignons in Oasis Ara Damansara is a French restaurant serving freshly made french cuisine. Visited them as they have their first oyster night. The food were good and they have many customers looking forward to try their oysters.

Taste:8/10(Good. The oysters were good and quite fresh but the selection is quite limited and small size. The restaurant has wrongly estimate the demand for their oysters and we feel not enough even though we have taken 2 dozens. The first round were ok but second round oysters were small. Truffle chicken breast with risotto mushroom taste great with very tender meat and smooth. Sausages were great as well. A bit disappointing that they only give one lamb sausage on the platter. It should have 2 each).
Price:3/10( Expensive. The oysters at MYR7.00 a piece, truffle chicken breast with risotto rice at MYR45.00, house wine at MYR30.00 and sausage platter at MYR35.00).

I would recommend you to come here to taste their well executed food such as the trufle chicken breast and their homemade sausages. They have a good lunch set deals as well but of course its for other menu.


The size of oysters on first round selection is quite big.

Good house wine.

Nice oysters but selection is quite limited. Second round oysters a bit small and seems not enough for the customers.

Delicious Japanese dinner at Jyu Raku @ Subang Jaya

It has been a while that I didn't treat myself with good Japanese meal. Since its Tuesday night, I might as well head straight to Subang Jaya SS15 for a good Japanese dinner. I did tried Jyu Raku previously and I do like their quality of their food especially their dinner sets which comes with sushi. Their sushi were good as the portion of fish meat always cover the rice. This makes their sushi similar to the experience you had it in Japan.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. Great sushi with generous portion of sashimi. Oysters were very fresh and tasty. Appetizer given were delicious. Udon noodles was succulent and tasty).
Price:4/10(Near expensive. Twin oyster at MYR24, udon and sushi set at MYR38 and toro sushi at MYR6.00 each. There are 10% service charge and 6% GST).


Very fresh toro tuna.

Kitchen area of Jyu Raku.

Complimentary appetizer.


Delicious fresh oysters. The size was huge. Compliment with lemon, soy sauce and Tabasco sauce. The presentation of the oysters were great.

Fresh and tasty oyster.

My sushi and udon set. The set also comes with salad, fruits and chawanmushi.

Fresh sushi. Consist of toro tuna, amber jack, tamago and salmon.

Udon and salad.

My style of eating sashimi type of sushi. Lots of wasabi.

Chawanmushi contains gingko nut, chicken meat and mushroom.

Soy sauce, chili powder and tooth pick.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.079146, 101.592717
Address: 13, Jalan SS 15/5a, Ss 15, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Public transport: The nearest train station is Subang Jaya station. 20 minutes walk from the station.

Fresh sashimi at Yamada Japanese Restaurant @ Subang Jaya

Visited this restaurant this week for dinner and find out that their sashimi rice set were quite fresh and delicious. The interior of the restaurant is very Japanese with wooden wall and ambient lightning. I like the place because it's cosy, and food is authentic. It's run by an old Japanese chef who prepares the sashimi himself. The restaurant also well stocked with sake and Japanese beer and Choya. The pricing in this restaurant is higher than the other Japanese restaurant within the same row but you get the quality of what you are paying for. The portion is quite huge as well.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. I do recommend to have their sashimi and raw stuff here as they are fresh and tasty. The standard is almost similar that you dine in Japan with nice cosy Japanese style environment. The sashimi slice were quite large and thick. Preferable to come on Tuesday and Friday as the items will be very fresh on that day).
Price:3/10(Expensive. The price here is slightly more expensive with other Japanese restaurant within the same row of shops. Dinner set starts at MYR60.00 here. But for the price that you pay, you get a better quality food item here. I took their sashimi and unagi dinner set which cost MYR85.00 exclude GST. The good things is they don't charge service charge).


Hot towel and green tea provided.

Very traditional looking restaurant. Its normal weekday. So not many people around.

Chawanmushi, salad and appetizer.

My sake oyako chirashi don with unagi. Sashimi salmon, salmon roe and grilled eel. Its also comes with fruits and miso soup.

Generous amount of sashimi on top of rice. With adequate amount of ginger.

Delicious and fresh raw salmon and salmon roe (ikura).


Fish roe.

Unagi or grilled eel.

Fruits.

Complete my meal with miso soup.

Ingredient inside chawanmushi. Gingko nut, chicken and kamoboko (white fish pureed with outer pink).

GPS/Coordinate: 3.079011, 101.592688
Address: 5 Jalan SS 15/5a Ss 15, Subang Jaya 47500, Malaysia.
Public transport: The nearest train station is Subang Jaya station via KTM Komuter. It's 20 minutes walk.

Best oysters from The Union Oyster House @ Boston, Massachusetts

The Union Oyster House located in Boston not only serving great seafood but also is a national historic landmark. It is one of the oldest America's restaurant established in 1826. The restaurant was also a favourite eating place for Kennedy clan and Daniel Webster one of America's five greatest senators. In this oyster house, you can really feel the local atmosphere and the history with many writeup and paintings on the wall. I came here during lunch time and were lucky to be able to have a seat at their oyster bar. I had a plate of their raw oysters and they were very fresh and taste the best.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. I just had their oysters here which were very fresh, juicy and taste great. Have a recommended Samuel Adams summer ale - a seasonal brewed beer which taste good).
Price:3/10(Expensive. The price of the oysters were at expensive side at USD16.50 for half dozen oysters).


Historic Union Oyster House.

Having Samuel Adams summer ale.

The staff expert in opening the oysters.



Very nice, clear, juicy and fresh oysters.

The oyster bar area.

Bar area. The restaurant was very huge. There are a few sections.

Dining style table also available.

Private dining area.

Awards and mentions.

The Union Oysters House in 1920.

The Union Oyster House. Home of America's oldest restaurant.

Beware of lobster attack!

The Union Oyster House have its own souvenir shop.

Different type of knives for different type of oysters.

GPS/Coordinate: 42.361287, -71.056910
Address: 41 Union St, Boston, MA 02108, United States
Public transport: 4 minutes walk from Haymarket subway station.
Opening hours: Open daily from 11.00am until 9.30pm.

Whale meat dinner at Kujira @ Shibuya, Tokyo

This is my second time visit to this restaurant serving whale meat. It was back in year 2011, that I have tasted whale meat for first time. This time around, I brought my friends who eagerly wanted to try out whale meat at Kujira in Shibuya Tokyo. This time round we ordered many types of whale meat with different cooking method. Kujira is one of the few restaurant in the world which still serving whale meat. Whale meat is very unique as the meat is quite succulent. Japanese believes that eating whale meat can prolong age and looks young. I not sure how true is the claim.

After your dinner, you may take a pamphlet which give justification about eating whale meat. According to the pamphlet, the world is in balance when whale is around as whale consume a lot of fish in the ocean. As a result, the source of fish will be reduced when whale is around. So a controlled whale hunting must be carry on and human should consume whale to control the fish resources in the ocean.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. We ordered sashimi, lightly roasted, teriyaki, fried and tempura whale meat. From all the 5 cooking method, tempura whale meat is the best as the meat is tender and blend well with the batter which gives crispy texture when eaten. The meat structure is tender and succulent when raw and smooth meat without smell when cooked).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. We ordered ala-carte portion of whale meat and choose which type we want to try. The dinner set is not worth it as the menu is fixed and you can't choose what you like to have. We have ordered whale meat in fried 842 Yen, sashimi 950 Yen, tempura 842 Yen, lightly roasted 950 Yen and teriyaki (Japanese sauce) 1058 Yen. Rice at 324 Yen per bowl. The whole dinner cost around 5,300 Yen for two persons).



Sashimi whale meat. This dish is eaten raw. Without smell with some blood taste. The texture is succulent. The white colour tendon is very chewy.


Lightly roasted whale meat. Almost the same as sashimi but slightly cooked.

Fried whale meat.

Teriyaki whale meat. Cooked in Japanese sauce.

Tempura whale meat.

Comparing each type of whale meat. From left: fried, teriyaki, sashimi, tempura and lightly roasted.

Pamphlet about justification of eating whale meat.

They have lunch set which is reasonable priced.

Coordinate/GPS: 35.659785,139.698586
Address: Dogenzaka 2-29-22, Shibuya. If you are from Tokyo Metro Shibuya station on Hachiko exit, just walk towards Shibuya 109. It is located on your left before reaching Shibuya 109.