Oceanshaft

On recommendation from gougou, watched this Youtube video called 日本の形 - 鮨 which you should watch too! 是非是非ですね。It's hilarious. You might not get all the jokes if you haven't lived in Japan, but it's still ridiculously funny! And no, you better not follow the steps in the video if you go to a real sushi place...

The video is produced by ラーメンズ, a Japanese comedy group, and the official website of this series is here. The whole surreal atmosphere of the video reminds me of Salaryman Neo.. which is on Youtube too! (here's a sample, sorry, Japanese only)

Yes, must watch the rest of the series soon...

Well, didn't get to write much for the last few weeks, so perhaps it's time to update on what I've been doing... Hmm... 3 weeks ago I went out with my family to Waraku, a Japanese restaurant. We went to the branch at Central, recommended previously by friends. It was good. Not an up-scale high-class restaurant, but the food was authentic and the price was not high either. Worth a repeat visit.

Just this previous weekend met up with some of the other Singaporeans who studied in Japan as a Malaysian friend of ours was stopping over on his way home from Tokyo. Being informed of the gathering only the night before, I blithely assumed we would be eating neither Japanese or local cuisine, only to find out that due to our organizer's desire to finally prove that our local fare can match Malaysia's, we were to lunch at Straits Kitchen at the Hyatt hotel. We started on the buffet without asking the price, and only found out the true cost upon payment. To sum it up - the food was great, but the price was high.

By the way, the economy must be doing well this year. Just look at the masses that descended upon the mooncake fair at Takashimaya...