ramblings..

right now in my school lab with nothing much to do while waiting so i thought i would blog here about some stuff yesterday..

had to come back to school lab to prepare some samples for today, took only about 1hour, then went to jurong point to get a haircut, since my hair was getting thicker. then, as i walked around the basement i came across something:

 

the japanese street at jurong point was opened already! XD so of course i decided to take a walk inside and have a look..

basic outlook of the area, it isn’t very big and doesnt have many restaurants yet, but it’s unique in the sense that these are stalls u most probably would not find in every shopping mall. right now, there are around 5 eating areas, namely:

- kuriya fish market, selling a lot of types of fish and seafood commonly and uncommonly seen in japanese cuisine, such as swordfish and salmon.

- kushin-bo, the japanese buffet restaurant with a wide variety of cold and hot food. went to the one at suntec city mall last time, and the food were good, especially the alaskan king crab..*yum*

- tori-q, one of the common yakitori stalls that can be found quite commonly in shopping malls in orchard such as paragon and takashimaya.

- yaki yaki, never heard of it but from the name, think should be a higher class yakitori restaurant, probably similar to Shin Kushiya at Vivocity.

- a ramen shop that i forgot the name, setting looks abit like ajisen,but there was limited seating space there, quite small.

being on a slight budget this past week, i decided to go try to sushi being sold at the kuriya fish market, and i bought these:

from left: unagi ($0.90), ebi sushi ($0.90) hotate sushi ($1.20), unagi handroll ($2.10)

sorry for the unflatering picture btw..i want a new camera. T.T . for people looking for pictures of salmon and tuna sushis, sorry but i didnt buy them cos i somehow don’t like raw fish. anws:

-unagi: tastes better than the ones outside, as the unagi doesnt taste fishy and is well-grilled. rice, as for all the sushi and handroll above, do not smell very strongly of the vinegar used to make the rice stickier and more flavoured, allowing us to taste the original flavour of the rice, and not too sticky also.

- ebi: the prawn meat is more solid and doesnt tear off too easily.

- hotate: flavour-wise, it tastes as if its been marinated in vinegar, smell of vinegar on the hotate abit too strong. but other than that, the scallop meat is quite juicy and solid.

- unagi handroll: the seaweed is very crispy and well-flavoured, and the side ingredients such as the cucumber strands placed inside give an added flavour to it. my favourite of all. =)

overall cost: $5.10. price-wise quite reasonable for good sushi.

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