Hong Ha Vietnamese Bread, Mascott

 Hi everyone!
So, last Tuesday I went to Hong Ha Vietnamese Bread at Mascott. It is quite interesting because I never really had Vietnamese Bread before. There are ranges of menu that can be chosen from. The popular menus are pork roll and chicken roll. I went for pork. Basically it has carrot, pork, cucumber, coriander, shallots and onion (which I asked not to put in because it is smelly..) and the sauces which are some sort of custard and red sauce which I do not know what it is. They also ask you whether you want to put chili or not. For me, of course yes!

The first bite, I think the taste was a bit weird. However, eating it more and more, it tasted good! It was very refreshing with all the vegetables inside. The custard and the red sauce also give a very nice flavour to it. I honestly think that the pork was actually a bit smelly. However, for you the pork lovers, it does not really matter!!
Overall, it was very very good. I really want to come back to try the chicken roll!

Wagaya Restaurant, Sydney

 Hi Everyone!! More about Japanese restaurant here.
So, last Friday I went to Wagaya Restaurant at Sydney, in Chinatown. It was not the first time I went to this restaurant. However, the feeling of Japanese in this resto is so "Japanese".. With the Japanese people serving, the feeling cannot be even more Japanese. With ordering the menu, it uses an electronic touch-screen where the visitors can just order foods and drink by touching it.

Eel tempura

So, that night, because there were 24 people in the dinner, we can tried a lot of menus. We ordered eel tempura, soft-shell crab salad, dragon roll, aburi salmon cream cheese roll, aburi salmon and scallop roll, beef tataki, sashimi and some ice creams. The eel tempura was very nice. It was so crispy outside and so tender inside. The sauce used also contributed a lot to the dish.

 The soft-shell crab salad was pretty good too. The dressing for the salad was very good. It has lettuce, tomato, corn, cucumber and the soft-shell crab of course. However, the soft-shell crab was not as crispy as I thought it would be. It still tasted good though. Then the beef tataki came out, I thought it was so average. I thought they overcooked the beef. It was pretty strange as well as there was no sauce on the beef tataki. We had to dip it into the sauce instead. Probably just a different way doing it.

Aburi salmon cream cheese roll

Soft shell crab salad

 Then, the rolls came out. There were three rolls that we ordered. The first one was the dragon roll. It had eel at the top with the fried lotus seeds at the very top. It was very very delicious. The next roll was very good too, the aburi salmon cream cheese roll.. It was heaven. The cheese was just melt in my mouth. With the combination flavour it got, it was a gold. Also, the scallop and the salmon roll were very good as well. Who does not like grilled scallop and salmon on their roll? With a little bit of fish roe, it was a perfect simple roll.

Dragon Roll

The sashimi was alright, I did not think it was very good. However, when I visited the restaurant the first time, I thought the sashimi was much better. I had the scallop on Friday and it was not as good as a year ago when I went to this restaurant. The other components were quite average, except the tamago (eggs). I thought the tamago was quite exceptional.

Black sesame roll

Then, who does not like Japanese ice cream with its unique flavours?? There are green tea, black sesame and vanilla that the guests can choose. However, do not choose vanilla!! You can get vanilla ice cream everywhere.... So, I tried the black sesame.. I was VERY VERY GOOD! I liked it so much, rather than the matcha/ green tea (especially if you have trouble sleeping at night after having green tea).

Overall, the experience I had here was very nice. The service was very good and quick as well, with the touch-screen technology helping the serving process. However, booking is necessary as this restaurant is very crowded.

Sushi Tengoku Kensington, NSW

Hi everyone!

Aburi Scallops

So... yesterday I went to Sushi Tengoku in Kensington. That was my second time going to that restaurant. The restaurant is not that big and classy. It was such a casual dinner. However, the foods are not much like the place. They sell sushi, sashimi, roll and things that are normally sold in the sushi restaurants. But, what so different about this place is about their generousness in the portion. For example, look at the aburi salmon and the aburi scallop, you can hardly see the rice. Because the rice is kind of like hidden in the BIG BIG BIG Salmon and Scallops. Well, people might think.. hmm.. Big does not mean delicious..? Well, fortunately, this is not the case here. The scallops and fishes are so fresh. And because they are big, you can really taste the stuff (sometimes in some sushi restaurants what you can taste is just rice and soy sauce). Also, not only the seafood, the sauces are very good too. On the top of the aburi salmon and scallop, they put this delicious Japanese mayonnaise then blow-torch it.

Aburi Salmon

Volcano Roll

Not only the aburi sushies that are good, the VOLCANO roll is worth trying. Well, the first time I looked at it, it does not look very appealing (The thing is, not any single thing in this restaurant looks pretty to be honest), but geeeeeeee, it was good. I did not really know what they put on the roll. I think it should be a kind of fish roe or something. But the flavour is quite creamy and sweet. I think that was an excellent combination of flavour.


Then, I also ordered the sashimi moriawase. It is a mixture of the sashimis. There are tuna, salmon, king fish, octopus, and squid. Of course, they are raw. Anyway, I think the sashimi is quite average, comparing to some other sushi places, but still delicious.

Sushi Moriawase

So, overall, it is a worth-trying restaurants. And like me, once you try it, I think you want to come back. Because this restaurant offers some sort of uniqueness in the sushi that you will not get in any other sushi restaurants (especially the BIG scallops)!