Yamato

What a glorious morning, woke up and saw this

My name is Yamato I am not a Thai Anyway one day if I go to this Ploen Chit place I will review in the mean time please see my below Japanese posts.

I not eat buffet lunch or dinner for a long long time already wonder how it will feel

Here's a video of a traditional Japanese dinner at a Ryokan. Video 2 parts last nights dinner and tonight's dinner which I just finished

Arrived at my Ryokan, the room Sleeping time

Yesterday morning took a Shinkansen from Osaka to travel to a Ryokan in Kawaguchiko

Last night dinner at in the hotel Japanese restaurant Benkay Starters Tofu made by chef from the best beans in Japan, Toyama soya bean Taro from Fukui prefecture, known to be the best in Japan, lightly salted on the top and steamed, remove the skin and enjoy Another way of preparing the Fukui taro - black and white miso on top Sushi and fish Sashimi tofu - super creamy and fragrent Sashimi Clear soup Boiled turnip, fried tofu and green beans Yellow tail Deep fried fish from Hokkaido, great with beer Special tofu skin with a type of mochi thing Crab meat in Japanese rice with miso soup

Great Japanese Breakfast this morning

Narrow and expensive room but great location Nice view Took a walk downstairs

So arrived in Osaka this morning went to lunch at a shopping mall known as Lucua, had beef shabu-shabu On the 10th floor, the entrance of the restaurant Preparing the wine Starter Salad Pan fry beef Assorted dishes Seared marbled beef Preparing sauces for the shabu-shabu Here comes the thinly sliced marbled A5 beef Just don't know what to say The vegetables Great lunch

Aiyo sista I suffer I cry ain’t nobody know.

If you are willing to be more practical and don’t worry about branding you can save a lot of money. I only go for this brand and I encourage you to try doesn’t it look smart? It’s a good choice.

Went for an expensive haircut near home yesterday before leaving Bangkok. Charged 120 baht or $5 so why is it expensive you may ask? Well it’s 50% more than my regular 80 baht hair cut. Nevertheless this young man looks more professional compared to the usual old man. Also his shop look very clean and well equipped more like a salon than a barbershop. Had a very satisfactory haircut I must say will come back in say 2 weeks time.

Almost at destination, Osaka, awaken for breakfast Red snapper porridge Using on board complimentary WiFi 20MB

Got to sleep, start work right away when arrive

Looks good too. As long as you enjoy.

Had brunch with wife at the legendary Old German Beerhouse. Its moved to a new premnise in Sukhumvit Soi 13 from Soi 11. However their Soi 11 joint is under renovation and will reopen, means there're gonna have 2 beerhaus soon, isn't that great? Getting my beer Juicy sausages Moist More beer Had a great lunch there today, real German stuff.

Was a long walk from the SQ lounge to the boarding gate

Great chicken rice in Suvarnabhimbi Airport’s Singapore Airlines lounge Also nice pad Thai Great somtam Tomyam goong is nice too

If you don’t like or think it’s inappropriate please tell me hor just don’t ban me hor I’m new here I don’t know many things.

I really have no idea how much the plate of sashimi costs but this meal costs 12,639 baht ($530) inclusive of tax. Also include 2 bottles of sake 2,000 baht each and 6 large bottles of Singha beer for the chefs, so drinks itself is already 5,000 baht or $210. I expect this sashimi alone to cost at least $600 in Singapore with such quality I mean.

Before you say this meal is expensive be fair and ask yourself how much is this meal going to cost in Singapore, I mean prices are very subjective if we do not put this into perspective . So will be good to ask this meal with 2 big bottles of sake how much is it going to cost at a high end restaurant like this 70-80% customers are Japanese executives.

Very high quality sashimi Sanma Akagai Uni Buri Akami Chutoro Otoro Hokkaido oyster Enjoying every piece of the freshness Finally

I am very lucky to be living in Bangkok where one could find great international food here and most of the time cheaper than in the original country. For a person who travel much I am quite particular with food quality and coming from Singapore I know how ridiculous "good food" can cost. Bangkok has a large Japanese community living here as there are many Japanese factories and businesses located here as such Japanese food here is in the level same as in Japan, so say the Japanese professionals I encountered here who swear by it and often claimed Bangkok to have the best compared to the other cities around this region. Best as in the freshness, quality of cooking and prices. If one likes fresh sashimi I highly recommend Sushi Tsukiji in Thaniya. Fresh seafood is airflow in twice a week directly from Japan. Starters, tofu with minced pork Fermented squid with Thai herbs Grilled ginkgo Grilled chili, we had 3 servings of this The master preparing our sashimi Finally

Life of a travelling screw salesman in Thailand, after two and a half days of work its time to leave for home Got to top up for the 143km journey home. Gasoline is getting more expansive, 27.09 baht per litre for diesel or S$1.15 Cook my own dinner, traditional rice noodle with sliced pork and a hard boiled egg Bon Appétit