japanese cultural walk (remake)

well.. this might seem boring bcos it's juz a repeat of wat we did last saturday.. but this time, i was prepared to snap lots of picture to bring more life to wat i've described last week.. and this week, we have an additional of a new member, Sihao (siao).. woot~

although we set to meet at 3pm at PS, that timing was not even close to wat time we actually assembled.. siao newbie to our swiss culture.. and like wat i've told him, we swiss have this special ability - the power to bend time.. in layman terms, rubber time.. yeah.. we can stretch 15min into 1hr.. so as to say, "i will reach in 15min time" in actual fact might mean "i will reach in 1hr time".. nice power ah? hahaha.. and of cos, siao wasnt too pleased abt that.. on my way to dohby ghaut.. on the train.. saw 2 japanese girls boarded the train in yukata!!!
then all i dare to do is secretly took photo of them lor.. humji to walk up to them and request them to take photo, though i've rehearsed the phrases to ask in japanese inside my mind liao.. but.. still humji.. so secretly take lor.. hai.. onli can take backview of the nicer looking one.. she's not bad looking wor.. KAWAII DESU!! wat a start of my japanese cultural walk ah? sorry that a fat neh hand is blocking the view.. she practically took up her standing place + my previous standing place.. kns.. i was pushed back by her lor..

once we assembled at ps, and zm couldn't find the stuff he wants, we quickly proceeded on with our cultural walk. first stop - sunshine plaza... zm juz wont get sick of looking at hobby stuff, just like i cant get sick of looking at japanese supermarket products.. hahaha.. once reach there, upon entering the inside of building, you wont miss this shop..

this shop specializes in selling anime models.. those small models where u just attached the body parts, or maybe dun even to attach anything as it's a one whole piece alreadi..

the figures above is from an anime - Fate/Stay Night.. this is the kind of model i was refering to. anyway, this is a nice anime.. the team that did this anime was the same team that did shingetsutan tsukihime.. both animes were veri nicely drawn one.. and plots are pretty good too.

the next shop is more of a manga lounge.. there's place for u to read manga inside, and it's lots of manga inside.. and the stuff they sell.. more like pple rent a place to put their items there to sell... but pretty good for a nice place to read manga.. but i'm not too sure if need to be member or not.. bcos i never try.. take note of the shop name.. crap~ hahaha.. there's a specialized model shop somewhere opposite this shop.. it sells lots of gundam models.. and of cos some other models u dun seem often in normal hobby shop.. this zm, noticed patlabor ingram 2 (model #2) last week.. and he veri gian to buy liao, but never buy.. this week he wanted to buy liao... TOO BAD!! it's reserved by someone else alreadi!!! onli left ingram 1 (model #1).. serve him right for hesitating! then siao did some more cek ang.. he asked the shop owner when reserved one, she said 1-2 days ago.. WOOT~ it's rubbing salt on wound man! siao and mi had a good laugh on it..

that kinda ended our walk at sunshine plaza, so we carried on to our 2nd stop - liang court.. this time we juz went straight to meidiya..

laiyi said abt sesame dressing for salad... but i couldnt find it leh.. but this is the closest i can find there.. it's sesame paste.. and on the picture i saw the paste spread on top of a salad like dish.. but still dun dare to comfirm that this is it.. so never buy for him.. will need to do more research on it..

the other duo were spending a lot of time looking at sashimi.. juz to make themselves drool as it was alreadi dinner time.. then i joined in the fun. those sashimi definitely look fresher than we get to see in sakae.. hahaha.. but of cos, expensive... finally, we decided to go for dinner..

we went to tomton and tampopo which is inside meidiya too.. this is zm and siao looking at the menu. left side is tampopo, and right side is tomton.. u entered from the left side though.. they are linked..

the speciality of tomton is their black pig (pork)!!! look at the logo, it's cute ah? LOOK AT THE CUTLET!! OISHII DESHOU?!?

we were assigned to the room of the restaurant, i.e. not the general dining area.. more exclusive lidat.. interesting ah? the table is a shallow type with a hole below for u to put ur leg if u choose to sit instead of kneel.. and who would actually kneel.. zzzz.. beside if u kneel, the table would be too low for u to eat.. so sit is still better lah..

we order ramen.. their speciality - black pig (pork) shabu ramen! they claimed that the soup is cooked for 2 days one.. and believe mi, even if that claim of them isnt true, but the soup is damn nice.. it may look spicy, but it isn't.. really.. the ramen itself is veri filling le..

we oso ordered omelete rice too try! woot~ hahahaha.. i've been always wanting to try japanese style omelete rice ever since i watched "tiger & dragon", a jap dorama.. and it's nice too!!! ahh.. the omelete is nice~ and of cos, we ordered the cutlet too.. but eh.. it came later, and i was too busy eating liao.. so i forgot to take a photo of it with my hp.. but i did take using siao's hp..

we actually wanted to order some desserts to eat too.. but zm and mi buay tahan liao.. too full! we sat there.. waiting for my stomach to digest those food and hoping to move to dessert.. but unfortunately, we couldnt do so.. so we left the restaurant, leaving the conquest of the dessert for the next time.. but we did try something else instead.. hahha.. we bought a pudding~ AHHH~~~ that's a craving i had since i watched "my boss my hero", another jap dorama.. those doramas are having bad influence on us sia... we bought this pudding with caramel.. first scope.. put into mouth.. AHHHHHH~~~ I'M IN HEAVEN!!!! I NEVER KNOW JAPANESE PUDDING TASTE LIKE THIS AND GODLIKE~~~~ AHHHH!!!!! u know.. u put the pudding between ur tongue and the roof of ur mouth cavity.. then u go mash it and grind it.. AHHHHHH~~ that feeling~~~ it's simply heavenly.. i believe those selling in tomon might be a level higher! gotta try it next time!!!

leaving liang court, we began to walk towards central, while passing through merchant court area.. spotted a few nice chill out place and dessert place... ahhh.. next time we could try those cafes/bars/restaurants.. they seem goo

before crossing the bridge to the other side of the river, saw this performer.. pretty cool.. but hor.. no one donating lidat leh.. quite sad.. er.. that includes mi too.. =p

when we reached central, we went straight to the "supermarket" as said by mr ng zhenwei.. eh... i think it look more like a convenient shop than supermarket leh..................... though it's called yamakawa super.. hmmm..

then we went to the upper levels of central.. then we saw tomton again!! but then ah.. hmmm.. their menu slight differ.. same to their pricing... this tomton here hor, got shabu shabu!!! but a bit steep.. ard 30 odds after those plus plus per pax...

and this curry udon restaurant.. most probably our next target japanese restaurant to try.. zm has this craze for curry udon.. dunno why...

today we mainly look ard for food lah.. that was my mission by the way.. hahahha.. yup.. and with that, we ended our day at central, and our japanese cultural walk.. hey! if any of us interested in this walk, zm and mi would be happy to bring u through all these again! hahahaha.. i think we'll never get sick of this...


-miscellaneous-

as usual, i'm clearing my hp's photos..

this piece of art.. hahaha.. i dunno.. it captivated my heart.. this is actually made by wayne (my nephew) for her mum (my sis).. looks sweet hor? that day my sister was sick.. and was quarantined in my other sis' room.. so that whole night, her children never got to see her.. then this wayne actually went to make this thing here and placed it in her bag.. darkness moment of the night came and everyone went to sleep.. i secretly took out this piece of paper and took a photo of it.. bcos i really find it sweet.. awwwwwwww~~ he even bothered to ask mi how to spell some words wor when he's making it.. he dun like asking mi things one.. bcos he dun like to give mi a superior kind of feeling..


this next photo ah.. was supposed to put together with swiss comp club there one.. er.. but hor, that post quite some time ago liao.. so i'll juz put it here.. it's to suan siao rene she got no space to move her arms ard.. old joke liao.. and er.. a bit lame..