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Trainees preparing their own creative roll the day I arrive

It’s quite amazing how far sushi can take you - When T first asked that I visit L.A late last year when we met in Tokyo, my initial response was more of apprehension than excitement.  Don’t get me wrong I’m thrilled to have the chance to go back and get up to speed with things [...]

Don't let the quiet shopfront fool you. I was.

Ok S and R wanted to take me to this place where diners eat out of their bags but excuse me, eating out of plastic bags is not something we savvy diners do that much in Singapore.  Perhaps I have mistaken, perhaps I’m still in my jetlagged state or perhaps [...]

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Irashai-massei

Before you even stepped into Bar Hayama.  You’ll be greeted first by this giantic poster of T himself.  T is like the living trademark of the sushi [...]

Open fireplace – A favorite among Hayama regulars

This is the first look of Bar Hayama for those guys who have heard me talking about it all this time.  This is also the first time I’m visiting the restaurant since it opened about 3 years ago.  T sold the old Hama restaurant in Venice (not Venice venice but [...]

Korean Plate Lunch was my first meal

The weather is beautiful. The air is crisp. Okay now that I’m finally here I need to get me filled. I’m out of my hotel in search of food! I am hungry and ready to eat and I know the nearest mall is round the block.

Mention American food, [...]

Finally destination in view!!

Not often the view of a desert bring relief but when my eyes opened up to the view of the Mojavi desert, I could almost scream!  I am just happy after 16 grueling hours, finally finally…

Whizzed passed customs, picked up my faithful samsonite and headed straight for the exit.   Thank God for [...]

Can anything go wrong with a serving of Kare Raisu?

The local time is 4:30am.  My body clock is somewhere past my regular dinner time.  So I’m suffering between hunger and sleeplessness while my environment is dead quiet in this god-forsaken morning hours.  This is otherwise known as “JET LAG”….and I don’t like it at all.

The [...]