Dance lil lady dance...

Downtown San Diego.. on a Saturday night...

Any place worth entering....


Has a massive, massive queue...


Being too lazy to queue... we decided to have drinks 1st .. at a bar nearby...


mmmmmmm.... nothing hits the spot like the 1st beer of the day...


finally... time to hit NOBU for dinner...


The blue electric guitar on the wall, tell us.. we have arrived!


Sony moment.. !!!

the party crew... PRE boogie.... cool, calm and composed... :D


I love NOBU... it's tres chi chi:)

Nobu is renown for its fusion cuisine... which blends traditional Japanese dishes with western ingredients. Its signature dish is black cod in so. Nobu is also famous for its soft shell crab and shrimp tempura rolls. The success of Nobu New York spawned several similarly themed restaurants is various parts of the US, London, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Tokyo !

So.. here we are at Nobu Hard Rock San Diego.. it's packed to the gills i tell ya..

After dinner, we decide to visit another bar.. before we hit the clubs...



here is STINGAREE...


Here are our SHOTS ... pretty maids, all in a row...
Prepare to meet thy maker.. lol :P


Cheers honey... do it fast... it's less painful that way!


After the shots.. we leg it down to... the PARTY!!!

By the time we get there.. the place is rocking...



And more impressively they have my favourite movie, the FIFTH ELEMENT playing on the flat screens.... oo yeah... that's what i am talking about!


As the night progressed .... it got messier for some... !




Yet another Sony moment !



After 2 hours of boogie-ing.. i had enough.. and my stomach was growling again...

Aiiyo.. no mamak in the states.. so how???

Well, we chanced upon the next best thing....

ATM PIZZA!!



Gawd.. you've got to love this country, you do!!

"Aortic Aneurysm by the slice"... no better way to go ... lol:)


Gorgeous, creamy, cheezy, greasy, hot off the oven pizza....

Just the thing to neutralize an alcoholic stomach!

Fantastic end to the night...
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Oh wait a minute, our "rent a car" was low on gas....




yes, yes.. isn't it cute??? we rented the cutest Chrysler i tell ya... and it was zippy, economical, and i could actually PARK it... so there u go!

AH.. there's the gas station..

We loaded up on unleaded (because that's all they had... being sooooo eco friendly and all)...


and headed on home...



the view on the bridge of the city, reminded me why... I love city life... Having said that, a part of me was already starting to miss the chaos that is KL as well as the late night mamaks ...

hmmmm... the 1st signs of homesick hitting me ... me thinks...

( oh well.. nothing a good shopping spree can't fix.. haha!)

Just what the Doctor ordered...

How many times have I eaten at Hajime ... and how many times have I been completely impressed??

..... countless times!!!

Hajime is tucked away on Jalan Damai (just off Jln Tun Razak) further along the road behind the French Embassy...



These people know how to do fresh sashimi... Clean white concentric lines on the salmon tell me I have arrived ! ( Yeah baby... )

And just look at the paper thin Yellowtail Cappacio... sliced to perfection... doesn't the sheerness of it just kill you..!


With a deft hand, the expert chef flambes our DOCTOR'S ROLL!!!
(it's actually the salmon cheese maki) but affectionately known as the Doc's Roll... because it sends the Dr. running!!! No just kidding... because their regulars are Drs who love, love, love this roll :)



Viola !!! The end product! Are you impressed???


Some Spicy Salmon Salad... to counter-act all that cheese and keep your gut flora healthy...

And they even do pretty decent Chicken Nanban .... for those who can only do so much raw fish... (Their chicken taste fresh - no weird smell... i.e. not like tesco chicken:P)

And the superb Eringi Butteryaki... (fancy-schmancy name for mushroom)... that is just so tres, tres gorgeous it melts in your mouth like butter . Hence the name butteryaki!!!




The show continues! The experts move with grace as they bring out surprise after surprise...
This one's called the CRAZY GOMA ! (crazy sesame)

The man pounds, grinds, pulps the sesame in a frenzy... and this results in some amazing concoction...



The dip with which you eat your roll hits your nose and has that crazy kick you don't expect! Hence the name... Crazy Goma !



Another "melt-in-your-mouth-I've-gone-to-paradise" dish, the Ebi Miso Mayo. Fabulous prawn dish. Just try it.



And finally, almost as if lead by psychic powers, the chef knows not to overkill a wonderful meal by doing too rich a dessert for his guests.
This lime sorbet, ice-cream trio is light and refreshing and goes down well.


That's enough good quality Japanese to last me a while... i think...


Hmmm... maybe I'll come again next week :P

Food : 7/10

Ambiance :7/10

MSG level : moderate
Service : Excellent ( the chef actually comes over to talk to you!)

Hajime,

No. 64, Jalan Damai,

Off Jalan Tun Razak,

55000 Kuala Lumpur

HAJIME Ampang

CIKI: i was at this swanky new japanese restaurant on Jalan Damai, Ampang this weekend. Unfortunately i didn't have my camera with me so all i could take were these "bad shape" shots from my nokia... eek! forgive...
Anyways, the way u order in this restaurant is u tell the chef to design a meal for you. He then proceeds to make you the most insanely delicious fusion concoctions your tastebuds dare to imagine..
For example, fugu, spicy tuna puree sushi, Dr's roll(a high cholesterol roll that would send the dr running ! ), soft shell crab temaki with caviar and the infamous ox tail soup with meat so succulent and tender its hanging from the bone.. drool...

This is another place I have to bring CUMI.. and soon !

On top are the (really bad) photos, from my mobile, of some really fantastic japanese...

Address :

Hajime,

No. 64, Jalan Damai,

Off Jalan Tun Razak,

55000 Kuala Lumpur

Food : 7/10

Ambiance :7/10

MSG level : moderate