How to cook instant Japanese Curry!

I love Japanese curry. To me, it tastes a bit like Maggi kari soup with a thick texture. Imagine that, with tonnes of soft carrot and potatoes over a plate of hot rice. One word: YUMS. Two words would make it: SUPER YUMS. The best part is, Japanese curry is usually sold as an instant paste in Malaysia so anyone would have the skills to cook them. It is just like cooking instant noodles with a little additional chopping skills. I usually make a big batch of curry at once and then freeze the leftovers so that I can have them at some other time by just reheating it. Perfect for those lazy days when I don't feel like chopping and cooking and then washing a chunk-loads of pots, pans and dishes.

Ingredients: (Serves about 5 people)

1/2 a packet of Japanese curry paste (about 100g)

2 medium sized onions

2 medium sized carrots

2 medium sized potatoes

1 tbsp of oil

Water

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Sushi Cake [Rice Cooker Recipe]

Today is the 20th of March! Today is his 21st birthday! Hurray!!! *partypoppers*

To mark this special birthday, I planned ahead and made a special cake for him. Yup, it is the sushi cake. The reason why I thought of making a sushi cake is that: he has this constant craving for sushi. Every 2 or 3 days, he will be whining about wanting to eat sushi, pleading me to just give him some sushi rice and seaweed so that he can satisfy his weird cravings! Therefore, I just thought like, "Hey, maybe I can do a fusion of something like a cake and also like sushi?" I did try to Google for sushi cakes but all I get are pictures of sponge cakes decorated with fondant sushi. That's not what I am trying to look for, and I couldn't find a recipe and tutorial available online. In the end, I just decided to create my own version of a sushi cake. 

Tadaaa! This is my sushi cake! ♥♥♥

Ingredients:

2.5 cups of raw Japanese rice

1 cup of sushi vinegar

Mayonnaise

1 can of tuna in brine

1 small avocado

Several cherry tomatoes

21 medium-sized prawns

1 packet(box) of Korean roasted seaweed

Salt

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Shunka Japanese Family Restaurant (Sungai Petani branch)

This restaurant can be called on of those high end Japanese restaurants that you would find in Sungai Petani. I usually don't eat here often because the price range is above average, but I do come here for special occasions. For example, I'm here this time to celebrate one of my roommate's 21st birthday!

So, I think we were their first customer that day for the dinner shift. We chose to sit in the box because we find it a bit uncomfortable to sit at the dining chair outside of the box. Not that the chair is made of pins or whatever, but it is just that the space allocated for one chair is pretty small and it is quite hard to get on and out of the chair =.= Sometimes, I feel that a person who is slightly bigger in size would find it difficult trying to squeeze in and have a seat. A box, on the other hand, is more spacious.

So, skip the talk and I shall show you all what I ordered that day. I don't really remember the price of each and every item but I can tell you the price range for each dish is around RM 7-RM25. 

Tamagoyaki ♥

Seasoned Fried Tofu ♥

Ddukbukki ♥

Katsudon set ♥

Fish and Chips ♥

Kimchi Fried Rice ♥

Ishiyaki Bibimbap ♥ This was my dish!

By looking at the dishes above, you can totally notice that this restaurant is not entirely Japanese cuisine. They have some of the Korean cuisine and also Western cuisine. I think it is kind of like a mix. If you frequent this place, you can apply for a membership where you will get a card and you can get 10% discount off your total bill! I think if you go on members day (which is either a Tuesday or Wednesday), you will be entitled a 20% discount. For more info, you all can visit their website by clicking here.

Location of shop:

16, Jalan Jati 1/1, Pusat Perniagaan AmanJaya, 

08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah.

Opening hours: 11.30AM - 11.30PM

Landmarks: Nearby Amanjaya Mall, next to Domino's Pizza.

Contact number: 04 – 440 0895

Happy eatin' ☺

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Kinmizu Japanese Restaurant in Sungai Petani

Yippeee! Today marks the end of another system! Two down, four more to go :P

So, as we finished our Respiratory System paper today, boyfie and I decided that we should go treat ourselves to some good food, so we went out to try something new for lunch! This time, we went to this Kinmizu Japanese Restaurant which is situated right behind the locally famous Yoshiya Japanese Restaurant. Being a student here for a few years now, and many more years to come, we decided that we should always opt for new things so that we will know this town well enough before we leave it! :D

Let's start with the interior shall we? They have two private boxes, as seen.

The kitchen is behind the square hole and this is their counter.

A little more pictures on the interior of the restaurant.

So, this is the menu and I was just thinking of taking something that looks
artistic when I was snapping this picture :P

Now, let's move on to the food that we ordered. Erm, since it is only me and my boyfie, we couldn't eat that much of a variety anyway. I will include the pricing of each item underneath the caption, so you'll know the price range for this restaurant!

Okay, first and foremost! His California roll ♥ RM 4
SUPER YUMMY

Then, my lovely Salmon Sushi ♥ RM 6
DOUBLE THE YUMMY

His Salmon Teriyaki Set ♥ RM 19
It comes with rice, miso soup and chawan mushi too!

This is my Tori Shogayaki Set, which is basically just chicken stir-fry.
It comes with a huge bowl of rice, chawan mushi, miso soup.
Oh, and two slices of oranges too! It is not bad! ♥ RM 17

There are many more other things which are worth trying on the menu but I only have like one stomach and couldn't possibly eat so much at once! I guess I will be coming back here in the future as their food is really not bad. The price range is also pretty normal to me, considering it is Japanese cuisine. I think the fish based sets are a little cheaper compared to the surrounding Japanese restaurants and their fish slices are thicker too.

Location of the shop: 

Lorong 20 (Taman Patani Jaya), 

Sungai Petani, Kedah

Contact number: 012-569 4618

Opening hours: Mostly for lunch and dinner time only.

I am sorry for not taking a picture of the exterior of the shop, but I can tell you that the shop is painted grey in color and it is located on the row of shop-lots which are behind Yoshiya Japanese Restaurant. If you're a local, you'll probably find it easily.

Happy eatin' ☺

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Homemade Salmon Sushi and Sushi Rolls

Sooooooooooo... I made sushi yesterday for dinner! This is not the first time I made it though. It's just that the previous times, I did not think of taking photo's of the whole process and stuff. This time, I made it into like a step-by-step process kind of thing. Got loads of pictures to show!

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