Saturday, January 17, 2009
Okay, back on topic, after my Chingay practice today at the Japanese Association located at Adam Road, Jia Min and I went to Donguri after settling some stuff. ;P
This is a picture of the dolls that you can find on the side tables opposite the reception desk. LOLs.
After entry to the restaurant, Donguri, which is located on the first level of the JAS building, we were led to our seats and after taking our orders, we found out that we weren't supposed to be there ;O LOLs. It was a members-only area. LOL. WE PHAILED ;P. Anyways, they served us our utensils and water promptly.
After waiting for about 5 minutes, Jia Min's Curry and Omelette rice arrived ;D It costed $11. There were also kara-age to go with the omelette that was covering the rice, and also the curry, which was not spicy at all! Maybe I should have bought the curry to eat, the spices used in it were so fragrant that I was tempted to get one as well. ;P
After waiting for another 5 minutes, my 'January Special Set' arrived. It cost me $20. LOL. Wallet = insta phail. (Luckily I forgot to take out the spare cash in meh wallet (teh
Domo-kun)). Ah damnet. Teh photo aint clear too. ;xx LOL. oh nvm. you can see half of Jia Min's Curry and Omelette rice at the top of the photo. Followed by the next row of dishes. Firstly, plain Japanese rice in a white bowl, then soy sauce for dipping your tempura and stuff ;P and miso soup in that tiny maroon-coloured bowl (closed).
Next, on to the six dishes ;D On the top left, it was grilled fish in teriyaki sauce, followed by a whole dish of tempura, next was a bowl of salad ;o. In the next row, we have on the left, a plate of sashimi ;D, followed by some appetizers, and lastly the soba noodles. ;P
Well, the plain Japanese rice in the white bowl tasted similar to that of Tori-Q's, except that it was much stickier. The miso soup in the maroon bowl was rather salty, but it was really nice, unlike the low quality types at foodcourts which really phail completely(Srsly, those taste like shit in comparison to Donguri's).
The grilled fish in teriyaki sauce was probably the dish which was the 'fullest' in flavour as compared to the others in the 6-dish-lineup. ;P The fish meat was firm and did not reek of any wierd smell. Hahas. The teriyaki sauce was quite sweet as well. 8D The tempura next to it was not oily at all, in fact, it tasted great after dipping it in the soy sauce provided. ;P There was prawn, mushroom, and about 3 or 4 other vegetable type tempura. The last dish on that same row was the salad, which comprised not only of lettuce, but also of apricot slices. ;DD
In the next row, the dish with sashimi was nice ;D The first two slices of fish tasted the best, there was hardly any 'fishy' kinda smell xD The three red ones after it, however, had some fishy smell. lols. The last two pieces on the sashimi dish were scallops. ;D They tasted nice, but I still think that the texture and taste of the meat still lost to the first two pieces. Next was the appetiser, there was salmon roe in it ;D Yay. Egg-eating ;P The two yellowish-reddish pieces in it were actually crabmeat rolled in Japanese omelette. Absolutely appetizing and delicious ;P. The last dish was soba, which was dipped in ume sauce (or something of the sort.) Hahas.
In general, I liked the sashimi and the salad the best. This meal has proved to be worth the $20 i paid for, even the worst tasting part of it owns the other Japanese food stalls you can find outside, with exception to Tori-Q's yakitori. hahas.
After finishing her Curry and Omelette rice, Jia Min ordered a 7-UP float, which costed $3.20 I think. LOLs. 7-UP topped with vanilla ice-cream. lul. The photo provided is after Jia Min had one sip of it. Apparently, some of the ice-cream got mashed into the 7-UP thanks to Jia Min's evilness! XDD
So, after I finished my Special Set, I ordered a chocolate ice-cream, which costed $2.20 I think. hahas. It tasted just like the nestle chocolate one that you can find in the 1.5 litre boxes in NTUC. LUL.
Ah well, I'll update with a photo of SP Chingay participants soon. ;P
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