Azabu Sabo (The Central) .. (16th Mar 2009)

hi hi people who are reading... or just seeing the pictures... I had semi lost my desire to write... so let's see what I can write on this...




Matcha Milk shake

I felt that there is a different in the standards of each individual branch. The Matcha Milk shake here is slightly less "greentea'ish" than the one I had Marina Sq. I felt it is more a Milk shake with some Matcha powder, even though it looked rather greentea'ish on the whole.






Lunch set

Unatama Don







Spicy Tantan Ramen

This wasn't spicy, so don't get tricked by the name of it. At the frist taste, I felt this was too soupy. The noodles was quite chewy or Q Q one. For the little amount that I paid, I am okay with the little minced pork and leeks swimming like little guppies in a big ocean. I enjoyed having the soup afterwards.

Okonomi - Yaki with seafood

Usually I love this... however, I cannot get over the bitter taste of the lettuce or cabbage they used for this dish. So I just eat this, because I have to pay for it.

And we moved on to desserts!!!

Black sesame warabi-mochi parfait





ShiraMitsu

I wasn't in mood for ice cream, so I decided to go for a mixture of everything without the ice cream. And I love the brown syrup that come along with it.... I felt this was a very colorful and beautiful dish. :) I enjoy this quite a bit. :D

If you are going for something cheap and good, this is a great place to go.




Save on lunch and get their daily lunch sets, but do not miss their wonderful desserts!!!

Azabu Sabo (Marina Square) .. (14th Mar 2009)

Being the glutton that I am .... I had to have more desserts!!!

here's some to tempt u all :P

Black Sesame Warabi - Mochi Parfait




MatchaKiruan




Hokkaido hot ball with premium Vanilla ice cream, red bean paste, sweet potato and brown sugar syrup




MatchaKiruan




Matcha Milk shake





IT was good enough for me to go back twice afterwards to just to have the dessert. :P

Tomo Fine Dining (14th Mar 2009)

Miso dip and raw vegetables
I always enjoy their miso dip with the raw veggies :)




Sashimi platter
I felt the sashimi served that day could be better. I been to this place before, and was very impressed with the food there. However, the sashimi served that day was VERY disappointing.

Tonkatsu Ramen set

The breaded pork chop was good :P I enjoyed the ONE piece I had.

Cold noodle Ramen set





Sake Chazuke

I like my rice soggy, so this dish was quite enjoyable for me.

Enoki Maki and Nankotsu

I always like enoki wrapped with bacon!!! :P yummy.





Kaki Maki

Nothing beat this!!! oyster *yummy* this was really good! I had 4 pieces of that!!

and wanting more :P

Black Sesame ice cream n Yuzu ice cream






I think when a place reaches the top... the only way for it to go is down.

It is hard to maintain the standard of a place... somehow, I was hoping this would be different.

Wood Restaurant & Bar (13th Mar 2009)

Happened to be in the neighbourhood, and decided to pay this place a visit. Had been a while since I been there, and lack of memories of this place might just give me a fresh outlook on this place. Just maybe it will happen.....

Mixed field mushrooms simmered to perfect consistency with crispy croutons.
Nothing like a good bowl of hot soup on a rainy day :)

Pan fried to perfection, served on a bed of stock simmered wild rice

I didn't like this dish too much... maybe i am not a BIG fan of wild rice, I tend to find the texture slightly too hard for my liking. The salmon was too dry for my liking.

After this visit... I remember why i did not go back to this place.

Italian Gourmet (11th Mar 2009)

I was in the mood for something cheap and filling, rather than good GOOD italian food. So i decided to go to the nearest stall near Ikea, which I was supposed to pick up some stuffs from.

Cream of mushroom

This soup tasted like canned soup.... maybe slightly less ingredients in it... My dining partner actually said the campbell tasted better....even if this was supposed to be made from scratch.

Garlic Bread
I like this alot. I like the fact there was enough butter, and they were generous enough to put some herbs to give it a better taste.





Gorgonzola Mushroom pasta
As I was having only vegetarian food, I replaced the ham in this dish for mushroom instead. It was done very well. I enjoyed this alot.

Formaggi pizza
Like the previous pizza I had at this place, the cheese wasn't enough. But then the extra packs of cheese shavings satisfy my need for at least one cheesey pizza slice.

This is a stall to come for cheap italian food, especially if I only go for vegetarian stuffs. It has the making of a neighbourhood stall, not a place to go for, if u are looking refined italian stuffs.

DOMVS (7th Mar 2009)

DOMVS seemed to have a whole new set of staff. From the chef to the service staffs


Bread basket

Bread smoked Scamoza Cheese

Deep fried smoked scamoza cheese served with tomato salad, basamic dressing

Trout Carpaccio

Thinly sliced smoked and cured ocean trout with rock salt and garden salad

Fettuccine fatte in casa ai funghi porcini

Fettuccine with ceps mushroom sauce

Zuppa di gagioli borlotti con soffritto di cotechino

Borlotti bean soup with toasted cotechino

Fegato d'oca in padella con composta di arance rosse

Foie gras with blood orange compote

Gamberoni alla griglia

Grilled jumbo prawn with aubergine

Beef brisket

Beef braised in black pepper sauce served with polenta and vegetables

Saffron Risotto

Carnaroli rice cooked in vegetable stock with asparagus

Mango charlotte with exotic coulis and raspberry sorbet

Coppa pannacotta
Cup of pannacotta topped with fresh berry sauce

Chef's selection of cheese

I didn't exactly enjoy myself this time round. Well... the chef had changed and I am not used to this new chef's style. I only enjoyed the Fettuccine with ceps mushroom sauce and the Foie gras. I am utterly disappointed with the cheese selection that they had served. I do not like too much pepper in my food, and did not actually understand why I was served 2 portions of "similar" pepper cheeses.