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Bar Hayama - Sake tasting

Reader’s warning: Alochol content sizzling in this blog entry may reach 20%.  Continue reading only if you are of legal drinking age.  Always drink responsibly. Always better to read more, drink less.

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 [...]

Bar Hayama

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 [...]

The New American food

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, [...]

I survived

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 [...]

Connecting at Narita

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 [...]

Antidote to a boring day

Don't think about it buddy…join the line!!

OKAY please don’t take this seriously. This could really do serious damage to your health if it could not teach you and I a little about the virtue of patience and reward.  No I’m not referring to the plate of power-pack high cholesterol char kway tiao that will choke up [...]

The new yaki is yummy

Thank God for a long weekend

Ok I have a confession to make; the fact that I’ve not had pan-fried salmon (sake) for such a long long time its texture and taste have long abandoned my short gastronomic memory is a cardinal sin no saintly foodie should easily forgive.  Partly because if and when I do have them, they are usually eaten raw even though I’m [...]