Yoshidamen Kishimen @ Nagoya

Yoshida Kishimen
- https://yoshidamen.co.jp/
- various branches in Nagoya

Note
- 1st visit in 2013 [+]
- both visits were to the branch at Nagoya Station, ground level
- kishmen is a flat udon noodle, a Nagoya specialty
- bought instant noodle pack only for this trip without dining at shop
- JPY860 / S$10 - 4 pax (2 x 240g + 2 miso seasoning + 2 shoyu seasoning)

JPY860 / S$10 - 4 pax (2 x 240g + 2 miso seasoning + 2 shoyu seasoning)

Maruya Hoten Meieki-ten @ Nagoya

Maruya Honten
www.maruya-honten.com (Japanese Only)
Meitetsu Dept.store 9F, 1-2-1 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
JR & Meitetsu Nagoya Station
+81525857108

Note
- various branches but visited the one next to Nagoya Station
- no reservation, walk-in only
- had dinner at 9pm with 5 minute wait
- walked past at 12pm and there was a queue of about 50 pax
- 1st visit in 2013 [+]

Pricing (depending on sides - miso, salad or sesame tofu)
- 1/2 eel + 200g rice - from JPY2,350
- 2/3 eel + 300g rice - from JPY2760
- 1 eel + 300g rice - from JPY3,550
- 1.5 eel + 450g rice - from 5,400

3 ways of eating
1) rice + eel only
2) rice + eel + condiments (wasabi, onions)
3) rice + eel + broth

Gram Pancake Cafe @ Osaka

Gram Pancake Cafe
- https://www.cafe-gram.com/en/
- various outlets all over Japan
- first outlet in Osaka, 2014

Note
- 1st tried in Bangkok [+]
- visited the one in Aeon Mall, Osaka on way to Wakayama (opens 10am to 10pm)
- at 11am, only 2 servings of souffle pancake left although there was just one other table occupied

 Souffle pancake (limited quantity) - JPY950 / S$12

Caramelised banana pancake - JPY900 / S$11

Souffle Pancake Recipe

Note

- Trying out a recipe after the memorable Gram pancake in Bangkok

- nice, soft, fluffy, light texture 

- but different from Gram’s in terms of colour (more yellow) & texture (less cottony)

Gram (left) vs Home-made (right)

Recipe from Internet - Just One Cookbook

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon @ Bangkok

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon Bangkok

5th Floor, MahaNakhon Cube

96 Narathiwas Ratchanakharin Rd

Silom, Bangrak

Bangkok 10500 Thailand

BTS Station Chong Nonsi - Exit 3

Note

- S$75 pp 3 course set lunch

- free flow bread

- coffee/tea not included

- smart casual dress code

- ladies - elegant + appropriate footwear

- gentleman - smart shirt, long pants, closed shoes 

1) House made bread (Rosemary, cheese, baguette, bacon, croissant, squid ink)

2) Amuse-bouche (Foi gra raspberry jelly + Lemon grass foam on squid ink crispy)

3) “Petit four”

Set 1 

1) Rock fish soup bouillabaisse style, toast with rouille

2) Caramelised pork pluma served with green risotto (basil)

3) Crispy meringue, Yuzu chantilly & coconut water granite

Set 2

1) Homemade pate en croute with duck foie gras & pistachio

2) Steamed cod fillet with green asparagus on a sea lettuce veloute

3) Caramel lightness accompanied of orange compote and mandarin sorbet

Taling Pling @ Sukhumvit Soi 34, Bangkok

Taling Pling

25 Sukhumvit Soi 34

Bangkok

Tel: 02-258 5208 9

Note

- 2nd visit but different branch

- nice ambience with floor-to-ceiling windows

- S$25 per pax - 6 dishes for 4 pax

Salad - Cowslip creeper flowerets with prawns THB 185 / S$7

Crabmeat curry with wild betel leaf THB 250 / S$10

Roast duck red curry with taling piling fruit THB 185 / S$7

Chayote leaf stir fried with oyster sauce THB 135 / S$5

Fried - Crispy cat fish with chili paste & Thai basil leaf THB 165 / S$6

Deep fried sea bass with fish sauce taling pling styles THB 450 / S$18

Coconut ice cream THB 90 / S$4

Taling Pling fruit THB 80 / S$3 (known as belimbling in Spore)

Taling Pling drink


Taling Pling fresh fruit ( complimentary)

Gram Cafe & Pancake @ Bangkok

Gram Pancake & Cafe

Siam Paragon (G floor Food hall, near Pablo & Krispy Kreme)

Opens 10am-10pm

Note for takeaway “Premium Pancake”

- famed pancake from Osaka
-  THB75/S$3 each or THB350/S$14 for 5

- separate queue for dine-in & takeaway

available every 1/2 hr from 10am and every 1.5hr from 12pm 

- 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm

- 1.30pm, 3pm, 4.30pm, 6pm, etc

- check if they have stock even if it says “sold out” as we were lucky at 11.30am as someone apparently cancelled a pre-order

- super soft & fluffy with light cream as accompliment.