dinner was at a traditional japanese restaurant at hong leong gardens called chako. i call it traditional because... the deco of the place is traditional (apologies for the limited vocab) and the menu is written on paper that had already turned yellow... the words were written with calligraphy brush (mao bi) and there were no pictures on the menu... the owner had to describe the dish to us! but... lets not judge a book by its cover... the food is really superb... however its like a chinese banquet... we had our dinner over a course of 2 hours....
dish 1: sashimi
we did not know that we had to pre-order the sashimi. according to auntie chako... her sashimi is ultra fresh because she not put it on ice. she takes them out straight from the fridge and thaws them when its needed. its the first time i've eaten room-temperature sashimi... but.... its reallyyy very very yummy!
we didn't pre-order... but luckily there was a couple who were there and they pre-ordered the sashimi... so according to auntie chako... there was some left overs for us to scavenge on...
dish 2: stir fried squid (or issit octopus) with butter and garlic...
one word - YUM!
dish 3: grilled saba
we saw auntie chako grill the fish over charcoal... that's how traditional the food are cooked.
dish 4: yaki soba
with a very generous serving of bonito flakes... i like...
dish 5: okonomiyaki (pancake)
not the best that we've had... but its still good... too much mayo & sauce for my liking though.
overall, auntie chako serves really good food... realised that hong leong gardens have about 4 japanese restaurants! will check the the rest next time!
after dinner we headed off for some dessert at cold rock @ HV... nuff said!
a very happy looking char & ej... i wonder why...
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Thanks for the good company!
More food hunting! Hope we can finish THE LIST. Where we going to eat next??
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