Haha, yea, I guess spring finally's here!! See the blooming sakura!!
So beautiful!! I saw this when I passed by George St on Friday when walking to Davis Trading for some Asian goods...OMG, the sakura are so beautiful~~
Hopefully they could stay longer, rain rain pls stop harrasing Palmy ya ^^
I am very glad that Spring is here, because not just able to see the sakura, i can wear dress now!
To celebrate this, I had lunch at steak out with my colleagues yesterday.
Although the meal was very cheap and the portion size was relatively huge, but the service was really bad. Well, the manager was very passionate and 'super caring and friendly', however. we actually waited our food for nearly an hour.....Luckily i was not very hungry...but I was not very pleased with this. Yeah, I am very picky in terms of dining and eating, just a very strong foodie nature of myself...
Why I claimed the manager very friendly, she is a Singaporean, and also Ping's fren. So actually it was Ping's idea going there for lunch. I had steak here once, and it was ok, but perhaps not coming back. I felt that somehow the manager was a bit over. Sorry that I dont appreciate her passionate service, I rather would feel grateful if my meal was able to be served faster.
So this was what I have, chicken salad. It was a good presentation, and taste was alright. A huge portion tho, but just cost NZD10. So actually not bad.
I also got this free dessert, home made banana cake. It was just normal....but I am not complaining because is freeeeeeeee.
Is actually good that this restaurant is trying so hard to improve their business, but I guess they might need to improve their service better. Somehow, I still dont mind coming back if I have to, well, the other concern pulled me back was Nicole was saying she found a metal in her plate last time while dining there....Hmmmm.
Customers are always right aye? And we have the right to choose as well~ Opening a food business is relatively not an easy job....
That's why Nicole and I chose another fine dining dinner at Yatai last night!
I saw the update on Yatai's page (yes is facebook ==), and a new chef arrived Yatai and started making new but weekly menu in this Ikazaya. OH my, I was so excited when I figured out Yatai is serving Nabe for this week!!
Yea, although I said is Spring, but this week was relatively colder compared to previous week. That's why Nabe is on the weekly menu. So Nicole and I took the last Nabe served on Sat (last night) as Yatai closed on Sunday.
I was speaking with the new chef (i guess, or he would be the owner then) while booking for my table on Wednesday and I also was enquiring if I had to pre-book the nabe...The Japanese guy who answered my call dont get my 'nabe'.....oh my, is my japanese pronounciation that sucks?? NOOOO, I want improvement, i really want to study Japanese....=(
Anyways, he finally got me, and suprised I love nabe! yes, i do!! I tried out nabe once at Hanamizuki, that was ok, (pls check my relevant blog post here: http://bluelavender930.pixnet.net/blog/post/90175724)... just somehow I felt that the nabe i had at Hanamizuki was not very ordinary.
And Yatai did make a good job!!! Well, i guess that's the best we can get in this small town. I still insist that the best and ordinary will be in Japan, and perhaps, I still havent tasted the real nabe....I wouldnt be surprised~
The chicken nabe was very tasty, and yes it met the raw egg very well. I just cant stop it, and I ordered white rice even tho it cost like NZD4 for a medium rice....But at least I was very satisfied! Yes, I am a rice-person, but I still like eating noodles occasionally.
tamago kake gohan!! I started loving it now!! Ok, fyi, it means cooked white rice topped with raw egg. I was reluctant to have it when I saw the popularity of this meal in Japanese tv shows, but then, I found it was actually a very good match!!
haha.....I am so high when it comes to food, especially Japanese meal and cuisine~
We also ordered okonomiyaki, yummmm.
And last, I definitely wont miss the daifuku!
Got served 2 different daifuku this time, I felt lucky~ ^^
that's my weekend....how was yrs??
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