I was in Bangkok last week and the first day I was there, I went to for a buffet lunch at my hotel, Emerald Hotel. It’s 550baht (approx RM55) per person and there’s quite a lot of Japanese food to choose from. The most worthful food to eat there was the fresh oyster and salmon sashimi.

I ate a lot of those and luckily I didn’t puke it out, love them a lot. It’s a Japanese restaurant call Daichi Restaurant at Emerald Hotel, Bangkok. If you get a stay there, check out the buffet.

Fresh juicy big oyster. I never had such big oyster before in Malaysia.

Dad took the raw prawn to the tepanyaki section to pan fried it, it’s big too and same juicy. Damn nice man!

You might be thinking, “Don’t you eat ramen (a kind of Japanese noodle) at Ajisen Ramen?” Ah, no I don’t. You know, Ajisen Ramen is a pretty famous restaurant that serves Japanese food and ramen. However, I do not order rament on most of my visit to the restaurant because I don’t really spend a lot of this. I feel like the food at Ajisen Ramen is a bit expensive and the cheapest I got is this Chicken Teriyaki Rice set @ RM12.90 with a Misou Soup. It’s better for me to avoid going into this Ajisen Ramen at Gurney Plaza because it’s always the taxes etc. GST and Service Charges that cause trouble to us.

As far as I know, the outlet in Gurney Plaza is the only one Ajisen Ramen in Penang. Talking back about the Chicken Teriyaki, it’s quite a nice one. Chicken is quite crispy and nice to bite with but then the portion maybe a little small to me. Tasted like a but sweet and salty and it’s a good try. I think I’ve tried it a couple of time. =)

This restaurant is always on the end of my eating list, when really no other choice only then we get in here. Hehe.

Wednesday is the day where I and my parents will go out for dinner. Typically, on this day, they don’t go to gym nor any sports game nor any meetings. It’s like a family night for us. As for other days, either mom cook for dinner or mom take-away food for me to eat at home.

On one fine Wednesday night, we didn’t know where to eat and I suggested to go for Japanese food as you know I love Japanese food a lot. 2 restaurants came in my mind, the jail theme Japanese restaurant in town or Jurin at Pulau Tikus? This is because this is two of the so many restaurant in Penang that we haven’t visit before. Well, we went to Jurin as it’s near to our house.

It’s a well-decorated Japanese restaurant, you can see through the inside whenever you pass by Belissa Row on Burma Road. Though, I still feel it lack the Japanese feeling. There’s smoking and non-smoking area in the restaurant, which is a good thing as I hate smoke. It stink, it smell, it suck.

Going through the food, we had finally made our order. Dad and mom shared a set and I myself a set. We had a raw salmon sashimi for appertizer. I do not recommend this for order because it’s so expensive for a freaking 6 pieces of raw salmon at RM24.

It’s better for you to order my dinner set which has a grill salmon fish and again 4 slices of salmon sashimi. With vegetables, miso soup and fruits, it’s only RM34. Grill salmon is nicely grill though I prefer it not to be that dry. At least some sauce is pour on it will be better.

Dad and mom’s was a tepanyaki chicken set. They don’t really know well about Japanese food and 1 of which they know is tepanyaki, the Japanese grill and fried plate. They said it was nice and I didn’t try it.

Overall, it’s pretty full after the dinner. Food was nice to eat, but we are not going to order for sashimi next time. It’s expensive!

Yoshinoya is a fast food chain selling Japanese beef bowl and some other Japanese food. I was first introduced by my brother few years back in Kuala Lumpur. There’s a few outlet in Kuala Lumpur but unfortunately none in Penang.

It’s pretty famous in Hong Kong. It’s always full housed there but I don’t see the crowds here in Malaysia. In Singapore, sometimes.

So many times of visit to Yoshinoya, I have never change my order before. Every time is the same famous Beef Bowl. It’s selling for about RM9 for a beef bowl and a soft drink while around RM15 for additional soup, a pudding and a salad.

Maybe during my next visit to Kuala Lumpur, I’ll order other food at Yoshinoya, but I miss the Beef Bowl! Wonder when will the first outlet to be open in Penang?