Japan: The Food Heaven on Earth

A few weeks ago, me and my family decided to visit Japan for a short holiday. It was both hell and heaven on earth to me.

NO NO NO NO, because:

• Language Barrier: Not a lot of people speak English.
• Weather: HOT summer, it was around 30 degrees Celsius/ 86 degrees Fahrenheit pretty much everyday.
• Transportation: It takes time to get used to the railway/subway map. See here.
• Price: When converted to Indonesia Rupiah, everything is quite pricey there.
  ( 1 JPY = 113 IDR = 0.010 USD) expensive in terms of entertainment shopping.

YES YES YES YES, because:

• Food: You will always find good food in Japan, all restaurants serve good food.
• Lifestyle: It's interesting to see their lifestyle. The busy, discipline, and clean lifestyle. Funny seeing almost all of the business people are wearing white collared shirts.

This post is going to be all pictures of food I ate in Japan..

Kaihomaru: One of the Best Fresh Sashimi in Jakarta!

Definitely one of the best sashimi-eating experience I've ever had, here in my own hometown - Jakarta, Indonesia. No regrets! Located in Jakarta's so called Japan Town (Blok M). Kaihomaru is a small Japanese restaurant, not too big, not too small, it can probably hold around 50 people in a restaurant.
Stated on Jakarta100Bars.com that Kaihomaru is one of the best Japanese Restaurants. It's sad that maybe not a lot of people know about this place and they don't have website or anything like that.

This is Tairyo Mori, 10 different kinds of sashimi moriawase.

Hotategai Butter Scallop, Japanese type of mushroom on a shell.

Uni, BEST OF THE BEST OF ALL // Sea Urchin

Shishamo, it is a Japanese fish that is grilled and fried as a whole and served with its roe still intact (pregnant fish)

Unagi, tender and just nice. 

Dashimaki Tamago, Tamago means egg and this is some kind of egg omelette. TASTES SO GOOD!

Agedashi Tofu, it was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, yum!

Mochi Ice Cream, Matcha

Mochi Ice Cream, Ogura

Inside the mochi ice cream, it has these little white pearls that is sweet and crunchy.

It was definitely a great experience after all. Will definitely come back for the Tamago! SATISFIED and no regrets!

Kaihomaru
Jl Melawai VI 23
Melawai, Jakarta Selatan - Kebayoran Baru
021-7398-741

Bucket List

Inspired by Wanderbites' Wanderlist, I would want to make my own list of places to go & blog.

Jakarta, Indonesia:
1. Tak Kie Kopitiam
2. Potato Head Garage
3. Bakmi Loncat
4. Ragusa
5. Colette & Lola
6. Nasi Goreng Gila
7. Kaihomaru
8. Ayam Suharti
9. Sarang Oci
10. Bubur Sanki
11. Bakmi Kadut
12. Pisa Cafe
13. Altitude Enmaru
14. Altitude Salt Grill
15. Ninotchka
16. Sop Konro Karebosi
17. E&O
18. Gado Gado Taman Sari
19.

Indonesia:
1. Bebek Bengil, Bali
2. Naughty Nuri's, Bali
3. Jimbaran, Bali
4. Batagor Kingsley, Bandung
5. Bumi Aki, Puncak
6. Mirasa, Puncak
7. ?

Portland, Oregon:
1. Pine State Biscuits
2. Nong's Khao Man Gai
3. Yuzu
4. Pok Pok
5. Voodoo Doughnuts
6. Screen Door
7. Ned Ludd
8. Tasty & Sons
9. Salt & Straw Ice Cream
10. Podnah's
11. Biwa
12. Du Kuh Bee
13. Five Guys
14. Papa Haydn
15.

USA:
1. Tapioca Express
2. Facing East, Seattle
3. Piroshky, Seattle
4. Gino's, Chicago
5. Pike Place Chowder, Seattle
6. Sprinkles
7. Paseo
8. ?

Others:

1. Jamie Oliver's, Singapore

2. Ippudo ichi

3. Wild Honey

Comment below for recommendations of places I should go.

Salt and Straw: Savory Sweet Ice Creams

Would you like to try a savory yummy dessert? We got one here in Portland, it's called Salt and Straw! This ice cream place offers weird kinds of flavors. Ever tried a SEA SALT with Caramel Ribbon flavor? or Honey Balsamic Strawberry with Cracked PEPPER? Think of some weird flavors you would want to try, they might have it here. Seasonally, they change their specials menu and so you can come back every season to try their new unique flavors. They started out their business as a food cart. As they got very popular, they finally opened an actually shop, and now they have 2 shops. Their food cart is located in SE Division (closed for winter) and the other 2 shops are in NE Alberta and NW 23rd (Uptown Portland)