just listen to me mew

Sorry for the lack of posts the past few weeks. I’m still trying to figure out how to use WordPress, especially how to put up pictures without having to first upload them elsewhere and then linking it here. Sigh. Oh how I miss the idiot-proof and straightforward interface of blogger. Geez. I think I might just switch back…

Anyhow, despite me being the  writer for the food pages, I regretfully never had the chance to try Sun with Moon Japanese Dining and Cafe. But all thanks to JY’s generosity, I finally got to taste their much-raved about dishes last night. JY and I both ordered one of their specialty kamameshi. This traditional steamed seasoned rice pot comes in a heated metal bowl and a wooden cover. And of course, that novelty timer (which looks just like those you use when you play boardgames) which tells you when its time to lift up the wooden cover and smell its delicious aroma.

Before that, we selected an appetizer each. JY went for the recommended traditional Sun with Moon tofu. Served with bonito flakes, spring onions, one unidentified Japanese condiment and a little bowl of soya dipping sauce, the tofu was cold, smooth and bland; until of course you added the sauce. Definitely delicious but JY felt it wasn’t worth the $8.50 (if I remember correctly). Being the die-hard sashimi lover, I ordered the maguro, avocado and cucumber roll topped with shredded spring onions. Quite unique as it was wrapped in rice paper rather than the usual nori. Unfortunately, I thought the cucumbers were cut a little too big and the rice paper rolls a little too chewy. Made for less-than-fully-satisfied-whole-piece-in-the-mouth-at-one-go-eating-pleasure. Heh.

JY had the chicken assortment kamameshi while I decided on the yakiniku kamameshi. Knowing how much I adored the fatty yet silky goodness of foie gras, JY kept coaxing me to get the beef + foie gras kamameshi. Too bad I wasn’t in the mood for that kind of sinful overindulgence (and high price tag). Didn’t really matter too much actually, as my yakiniku turned out delicious. I have to say that it was more like the glorified version of yoshinoya’s beef bowl but with (of course) higher grade beef slices, fluffier rice, tastier sauce, and chestnuts, fat edamame beans and pickles. Absolutely delectable. If I could, I would have stomached the entire bowl of rice. I did have a little taste of JY’s rice (which he offered me after hearing me rave about my toothsome grains of rice) and sadly, it wasn’t as good as mine. I think it was most probably because it lacked the sauce that accompanied the yakiniku. Nonetheless, the chicken “sausage” in his bowl was yummy.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to try the famed Tofu cheesecake (for reasons I shan’t be too proud to disclose of here) but JY gave it two thumbs up. Oh well. It gives me a jolly good reason to go back! Heeheehee. (: