Akamaru Shinaji Ramen @ Ippudo, KL

Still the best place for ramen in KL for me!

Japanese meal @ Sushi Zento, Ipoh

I liked this. The fried chicken was juicy and tasty, the sashimi was alright.

Japanese a la carte buffet @ Ichiban - The Izakaya, Kota Damansara

Good value for money! I thought it was pretty good.

Japanese buffet @ Maui, Damansara Perdana

We went there in July to celebrate a fren's birthday. For the price - around RM40 per person, it was so worth it!

It was an ala carte buffet - meaning we had to order what we wanted. The wait could be a pain so order a lot in one go and keep on ordering if you do not want long pauses.

 The food was good. Pretty authentic and it had most of what you want in a Japanese meal!

Look at the pics below and see the range of food they have:-

Japanese @ Misato, Chinatown (London)

Just walk Wardour Street from Wong Kei and you come across this small unassuming eating joint:-

You would prolly just walk pass by, not paying much attention to it. Not very attractive from the front - but come during meal times and yr attention will be drawn towards it. For you would notice a long steady line outside!!!!

Yes, people queue up and wait for long periods of time (even during freezing winter) just to get a seat in this place.

But once you are in, you may still be surprised at what is the big deal. It serves pretty ordinary sounding Japanese food.

But it is goooooood!!! The portions are HUGE and the price is sooooo affordable! So no wonder you'll see a lot of asian students eating there. You'll prolly end up sitting next to another Malaysian the next time you are there!

I had this grilled salmon bento set the first time i was there

But most people will go for the rice with meat options - the prok or chicken katsu, curried, or the delicious beef! The mountain of rice in the pic above is covering a generous portion of pork katsu!

Jap food @ Sushi Tei, Tropicana City Mall

One of the first few places we dined at the Tropicana City Mall was at Sushi Tei. To be honest, we din think much of the main courses of rice and ramen. But the appetizers (yeah, a lot eh?) were pretty good!

Dai Dai Roll

Ika Sugatayaki - grilled cuttlefish

Hand rolls - Salmon Skin (R) & California (L)

Japanese dinner @ Sakae Sushi, Subang Jaya

It was a belated birthday celebration for me sis-in-law and we ended up at Subang Parade. I suggested going to Sakea Sushi since i knew she liked Japanese.

It was a Saturday night and there was a queue formed outside when we reached there. A good sign.

i was hungry and i started off with this before the mains arrived.

It was rice and mango wrapped with salmon. The mango went really well with it.

I had Chicken Katsu Curry rice. it was kinda small for me - yes, i'm comparing with the portions found at Misato, London (must blog about that another time). But it was nice. Typical Japanese curry. The photo was too blurry so i won't embarrass meself by putting it up!

Me sis-in-law had the Beef Bibimba - according to me sis, this is a Korean style dish.

Basically, the food is served on a hot stone bowl. Not too bad.

I ordered soft-shell crabs which were nice too.

And i really wanted to try their special makimonos - i ordered the Sunshine Maki - generally prawn in rice wrapped with mango. A wonderful blend of tastes. Nice!

Another plus point of this place is that they have kiddies sets too. Me niece had a 'Minibus' set!

Will definitely go there again. It came up to RM210 (around 30 quid) for 5 adults and 2 kids.