there's more dont's than do's over here

LOL at hentai kamen on the left

i went to yokohama last month, and incidentally there was a deepavali fair at one of the parks. managed to eat some tosai but no roti canai though

jeng jeng jeng...

jenghis khan


by the way, im going to kyoto next month for meeting. got half day to lepak. any recommendations or famous omiyage i can buy?

you mean otabe? triangle with red bean paste inside? i think i've tried it somewhere before. didn't know it was famous in kyoto

anyway, today's Fuji-san:

sugar-frosted

i'll try, but here the leaves are still green. either that or the leaves just fell without turning red. no autumn 'feel' yet but its starting to get quite cold already

hey, good job firedaus. unfortunately i dont have much useful info to share (まだ新人だから。。）
maybe this is useful for those who travel by train a lot:
Jorudan train route finder

here's mount fuji having a bad hair day:

hey guys, reporting from kyoto. tomorrow i have half a day to jalan2 before going back to shizuoka. hope to visit kinkakuji & kiyomizu temple, or either one

selamat hari raya aidiladha to you guys..

here's some pics from kyoto

nijo-jo



kinkakuji



kiyomizu-dera



sunset at kiyomizu

if you love pocari sweat or other sports drinks, you can buy the powder form and just add water. usually 1 packet is less than 100yen and can make 1 litre of drink. if you dont mind the diluted taste, you can top up to 1.5 litre bottle

if you're in the kyoto area and you're interested in manga, you can visit the international manga museum:
http://www.kyotomm.com/english/index.html

inside there's shelves full of manga that you can read (if you can read japanese but mostly old titles. there's some samples of manga translated into other languages too, but no bm version. there's a small gift shop selling some manga/anime related goods.

doesnt look cheap for me. gyuudon is cheaper. 350yen can get already. if reeeaaally budget just buy 2 or 3 onigiri at konbini.

but i love ten-don as well. the ones they sell in supermarket are slightly cheaper than in the proper shops

anyone going to C75? i saw the catalog selling in bookshops here already

let me share what i cook here in japan:

yakisoba:
3 packs of noodles + perencah = ~200yen
fry whatever you want to add into your yakisoba (meat, prawn, vege, tauge), then add noodles and perencah. add fried egg on top if you want

kitsune udon:
5 packs of frozen udon noodles = ~300yen
for the soup you need dashi (like fish stock granules), kicap, mirin (cooking wine), gula secukup rasa. feel free to add whatever toppings you want (spinach leaves, karaage, tenpura, egg etc)

tenzaru soba:
dried soba noodles = 4 portions for ~200yen
dipping sauce = ~200yen for small bottle
boil soba noodles, put some shredded leek or spring onion into dipping sauce.
how to eat: take some soba noodles, dip in sauce and sluuuurp noodles. best served with prawn or vege tenpura (~100yen per piece at supermarket)

instant noodles:
100-300yen per packet. my personal favourite is nong shim korean noodles, 98yen per bungkus. superior to maggi kari, trust me.

miso soup:
miso paste = depends, but cheapest is 100yen for a packet. can last a looong time.
boil water, add dashi, miso paste and whatever extra you like (vege, tofu, wakame)

grilled saba (mackarel fish):
fresh or frozen saba = 100-200yen a piece.
sprinkle salt on fish, put in grill (most japanese stove have built-in grill)

This post has been edited by asuk: Dec 19 2008, 05:50 PM

tanjobi omedeto emperor-san
thanks for holiday today

buy in supermarket cheaper. sixpack is ~1000yen.
there's also something called happoshu, it looks like beer, smells like beer, tastes like beer, but not technically beer. its cheaper though.
only yesterday i went to yakitori bar. didnt look at the beer prices, just order only lol

This post has been edited by asuk: Dec 23 2008, 10:13 PM

lol how come your sushi doesnt have fish on it?

ni macam ada experience je ni....

happy belated new year guys. here's some pics from Mishima Taisha

sounds fine to me. i'll try to be there. who's the main organizer to contact in case i couldnt make it?