Everyday Food I Love

Kinryu Ramen in Osaka is hard to miss with it  colour red building and a gigantic green dragon on its roof. Kinryu, which stands for "Golden Dragon" serves Kyushu-style tonkatsu (pork) broth ramen and is a well-known landmark along Dotonbori. Kinryu is open 24hours a day, sometimes only one staff is manning the stall and it was self-service restaurant. For this economical restaurants, you have to pay for your ramen at the vending machine in front of the shop, with only 2 choices - standard ramen (600 Yen) and with more pork slices. Then hand your order tickets to the staff, take you queue number and find a seat at the tatami-mat platforms surrounding the open air kitchen and wait for your ramen.

Koshu Ichiba Wonton Men is a won-ton soup noodle chain in Tokyo, there is a branch located in Shinjuku. If you hate waiting, skip the lunchtime rush and head over for a warming evening meal instead. Their noodles broth here is made from a mixture of seafood ingredients such as dried shrimp, dried bonito and seaweed with well balanced flavours; and the noodles have just the right texture and consistency.  Koshu Ichiba also offers a range of side dishes.

A delicious and affordable Hakata ramen from this ramen joint named Hakata Tenshin, it has a number of outlets in Tokyo, and we went to the one nearest to our hotel at Kabukicho in Shinjuku. This outlet is located approximately 50m from the entrance of Kabukicho, the red-light district in Shinjuku, on the left row of shops, watch out for the eatery’s catchy huge pig mascot displayed outside the shop. Many locals drop by for a quick meal here and most of them sit at the counter. Hakata Tenshin’s thin noodles were cooked perfectly served in those piping-hot pork broth which was gloriously rich, milky and tasty. A standard bowl also comes with a large piece of nori. Add to that nice spicy mustard greens, a dash of sesame seeds, crisp and sweet pickled ginger, and a dab of garlic, and you'll get a perfect bowl of pork ramen.

Get away from the everyday life with a romantic atmosphere. A panoramic view of the Rainbow Bridge, buildings in Tokyo city unfolding before your eyes and fishes swimming elegantly in the aquarium in the restaurant. Enjoy your meal with their Chef's specialty dishes made with fresh and seasonal ingredients abundantly used, while enjoying a fantastic aquarium and a typical scenery of Odaiba.

This ramen restaurant is using the recipes of Mr.Teruhisa Shimizu, famous ramen master in Japan. Specialising in 2 types of broth, Tonkotsu (Pork Bone) and Gokuraku (Pork Bone, Vegetables and Chicken Claws), the broth are simmered for 48 hours to bring out its exquisite taste. Noodles are made daily, fresh, with their secret recipes and ramen making machine . Ahh! My comfort food, a bowl of quality piping hot soup and ingredients ramen.

A small countryside bakery in western Japan has enjoyed a surprise hit with its "iPhone cookie", a handmade chocolate biscuit decorated with colourful, edible application icons. Green Gables in Tokushima prefecture pioneered the tasty treat in 2008 as a special birthday gift for a customer's husband, said Kumiko Kudo, the 44-year-old owner of the store.

Aragawa - World's Priciest Restaurants 3-3-9 Shinbashi B1F, Minato, Tokyo, Japan Tel: +81 3 3591 8765 Topping Forbes’ annual listing of the world’s most expensive places to dine for the past three years in a row, Aragawa serves select Sanda wagyu steaks. Superbly tender, the Japanese beef is broiled in a charcoal-fired brick oven and presented simply, with pepper and mustard. One Michelin star.” Tokyo is an expensive city to dine in but with prices starting about USD$370, Aragawa tops them all. It's really no suprise since the restaurant is situated in one of the city's priciest districts. But hasn't stopped a regular stream of steak lovers coming back for seemingly simple ensembles like steak with pepper and mustard. Reservations are tough, but the succulent $400 Wagyu (Kobe) beef, courtesy of pampered sake-fed cows. The platters of beef, sourced from only one local ranch. Wagyu (Kobe) beef, courtesy of pampered sake-fed cows The meat was grilled in a special br...

After only 3 hours of sleep, Joeanne and I woke up at 4.30am(!!!) to catch the earliest train to go to the famous Tsukiji Market. *It was Joeanne's whole idea to go there* Tsukiji Market is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and according to Joeanne's Tokyo guide book, it is a place you must not missed. If we were there earlier, we would get the chance to register and witness the giant tuna fish auction inside the auction area. But since the train station only open at 5am, it was a bit late for us to register.. so we watched from the outside XD What so special about this auction is that, some fish can be auctioned up till 1 million yen! But only Joeanne interested in that =P I'm only interested in the food. But don't be fooled though... Unless you're buying the raw stuff at the market itself, restaurants here are not cheap. Though it is a 'market'.. it doesn't mean the restaurant sells cheap food too. ...

We woke up pretty late on our last day in Tokyo, and Disneyland/Sea is to be blamed for it XD Next stop,... Akihabara and Harajuku :) With my ala crippled leg, I walked with my train map in hand and full of semangat, leading others to our destinations. In Akihabara, first thing that you'll see are rows of electronic shops and high tech items, computer, anime and otaku goods. If I were to hang out here with BB and my girls, this place will be an awesome one to explore and need at least half a day to cover at least half of it XD But since we were in a rush, we didn't get to explore much. Instead, we proceeded to find a nice maid cafe for a try. There were a lot of maid cafes here and most of them are pretty desperate to get a business. You'll see lots of them along the row, handing out flyers side by side. While trying to find a cafe I saw in the internet, we stumbled upon a cute japanese girl wearing all pink. The girl was cute, so does the flyer ...