rakuzen japanese restaurant

rakuzen

mother-of-all-final exams finished today at 7pm. and so what better way to celebrate the joyous occassion than to pig it out at a relatively reknown japanese restaurant, which on normal days is just way too 'atas' for a lunch/dinner and would burn a big hole in the pocket too?

"rakuzen it is", said the sister.

and rakuzen it was.

being my first time, i was very jakun tailing behind my sister who proudly proclaimed it was her fourth visit. pfffttt... fine.


pretty little things

we were seated at the top floor as we had earlier placed a booking. what amuses us most is that rakuzen subang has probably the most minimum signage amongst all other japanese restaurants in the same row of shops (tomoe, ryu men tei, hyotan etc.) but has the best word-of-mouth recommendation by many. if not for my sister who told me "that is rakuzen" i would not have stare at the shop everytime driving past it and then pestering my sisters to bring me there.

well, finally :D


complimentary potato salad


spider roll- rm18
fried soft shell crab roll topped with flying fish roll


sushiya no sakusaku sappari salada- rm28
sashimi salad with rakuzen dressing


rokkaku bento- rm55

bento set consisting of...


the obligatory miso soup of course :)


chawanmushi
(ala carte is at rm10)


cold udon


hotate (scallops)


sunomono


nimono (mushroom, chicken, carrots)


salada


chirashizushi (sashimi slices with rice underneath)


yakimono (grilled fish)


tempura (prawns, brinjal, pumpkin)


fruits (watermelon and honeydew)

it was just the two of us and out of excitement and hunger we kinda over-ordered. hehe :p by the end of the meal, both of were simply too stuffed and had difficulties getting out from the seats.

imho, the food's pretty good albeit kinda pricey... some items in the bento set is really unnecessary (for e.g. nimono, salada, cold udon). might as well cut on the items and the price as well... but it was on the sister's tab so it's all good :)

thankiu berry much! on the 1st of may i belanja you mcdonalds sundae ok!

... and so that is how i popped my rakuzen cherry!


rakuzen japanese restaurant
13, jalan ss15/5a,
47500 subang jaya.
tel: 03-58804717
(opposite sjmc hospital and a few shops from tomoe japanese restaurant)

[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

slap-a-politician day #2

(read episode 1 here)

i just have to get this out my heart before going to the exam hall tomorrow.

there was ONE man (besides my father) i used to look up to.

in our sejarah textbooks he was regarded and placed high up the sky (even mountain was too low to describe his superiority) that NOONE in the Malaysia boleh! history could match up his 'Wawasan 2020' and kewibaan membawa Malaysia ke era kemodenan and all the sejarah shit they conveniently shoved down our throats hoping 13-17 year old budak sekolah naively absorbs all these shit which would need to be vomitted out to get 35 A1s or something.

happily this budak sekolah got an A1 for sejarah in spm and believed whatever the sejarah textbook said were all truths. nevermind that 9 out of 10 chapters were about tamadun islam and whatnot...

after all these 20 years of my life reading itu bintang, watching tv tiga and listening to rtm radio, i have never felt so cheated in my life. cheated right from the day i was born.

cheated through books that were supposed to educate me.
cheated through television programs that were supposed to enlighten me.
cheated through radio that was supposed to entertain me.
cheated through newspapers that claims to be the people's paper.
worst of all, all these years of schooling ruined me into believing our leaders are holier-than-thou and DAP+PAS+PKR are all oppositions who just can't stop biting the government's pants.

i admired a man whom behind that mask portraying everything good about him is the most fraudulent, sly, corrupted to the core, dictator, cakap tak serupa bikin, gajah di depan tak nampak kuman di seberang jelas kelihatan, the cause for malaysia's judicial rot, bloody bas-ketiga.

because of all these screw-ups and mess you've singlehandedly created, we should have been a very prosperous country. my dad wouldn't have to be toiling blood and sweat 365 days in a foreign land, deprived of his family around him and my sisters and i wouldn't have to live all these 20+ years without a dad at home with us.

i dont want to slap you, i just hope for karma to work his way to you.

i hope you naive budak sekolahs out there read THIS: (22 fiascos in 22 years of power) before idolizing him.

too many beladee bas-ketigas in our country.

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no prize for guessing what my speech this may 21st will sound like ;-)

pictures of this and that

to be frank, i dont have any food post (backlogs cleared!) and i am very very very busy studying for my finals of all finals in my 15+ years of studying. i've been confined at home eating maggie mee, so unless you want me to post my my maggie mee lunches... here are photos of this and that accumulated for the past month or so (in no chronological order).

most taken with my n95, quality's pretty impressive i must say!

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visit to bank negara, love the background! (if only it was real gold, heehee)




the only place i've chanced on 'tau' spring water being offered
... and it's in friend's cafe ipoh!




with khian and yee san while waiting for jac :)
khian- one of my closest ipoh/mgs friends after all these years...
yee san- haha we go wayyyy long back in time. since standard 1, ms daisy!! :-)




mgs girlfriends reunion! jac why your bro never look up wan?????




count the toyota estima(s)! actually still got a few more but too shy to take picture from outside. i can only stare with envy from my bedroom... and snap picture! apparently it was an estima owners cny gathering organized by my neighbor




yes, you icsj folks in aus/us/uk/whereever u are... a lil' update for u bout our long awaited new campus! all 10 stories as promised :-) sorry there are not the latest photos but u get the picture :) *click for larger view- bad photo editing (just to show u guys the building's really long!)






sneak preview of the new library @ 5th floor!
inti's fav color seems to be pastel green...


ipoh famous mountains along the highway




offerings to gong-gong whom i've never come to know of...






DiGi's super awesome workplace!
(2nd pic) that's a bakery IN the office!
(3rd pic) so pretty!!!


caramel machiato- love the color! taste awesome as well!
thanks to khian, i learnt to surf the net using my n95 too :-)


surprise parcel received today!


the most beautiful musical snowglobe i've ever seen and own... <3

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will resume food-blogging after mother-of-all-exams! till then... wish me loadsa luck!
10 more days to......... FREEDOM!

brewsterlane kitchen

brewsterlane kitchen

brewsterlane kitchen is opened by an avid antique collector/repairer/seller, mr lee and his son. how did we come about this place? i mean of all places to eat in ipoh which have been tried and tested for good food, why come to a place relatively unheard of and parking is ... well, just horrendous as the shop is situated at the traffic lights junction. the answer is simple: mr lee repairs our antique furnitures and my mom thought it'd be nice to pay a visit to his new eatery-antique gallery when we were back ipoh last week.

how is japanese cuisines and chinese antique furnitures related is beyond me. but anyway who cares if the food is good, right?

well, to start off... the menu is just disappointing. no pictures, no descriptions and confusing. nevermind, i suppose flaws are inevitable being a new entrant in the f&b industry. maybe the food taste good with/without a nice tempting menu like sushi/pasta zanmai.

every set comes with a bowl of coleslaw, a chawanmushi, a plate of cauliflower, carrot, mushroom sidedish (??), a bowl of soup of the day (its not miso soup wtf), a bowl of rice, fruits, a refillable cup of green tea and the chosen main dish.

slice beef in sukiyaki sauce- rm24.90

boneless chicken in shoyu butter sauce- rm13.90

mackeral fish fillet grilled with salt- rm18.90

pork belly with sizzling tofu- rm14.90

pork belly (japanese curry)- rm11.90

mixed pork deep fried with bread crumbs- rm12.90

fish and chips- rm7.90

(from 2.30-6.30pm free 1 coke)

while i thought my slice beef in sukiyaki sauce tasted rather ok... most of them complained about their dishes being salty and un-japaneselike. either salt is cheap or the chef was feeling rather salty that day. heehee. my mom and uncle had fun oooh-ing and aaah-ing over the antiques though.

i think mr lee and son should just stick to the antique business rather than f&b. or turn the place into an antique gallery + olden style kopitiam. just my 2 cents worth though.

brewsterlane kitchen
140-142, jalan sultan idris shah,
30000 ipoh.
tel: 05-2541889

[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]