Uiks! Japanese food again! This is the Fujisawa Izakaya located outside The Starling. I was here once before with my partner for dinner. I had always wanted to visit for lunch.
Their lunch sets are more affordable than the ones at Rakuzen@The Starling but of course not as awesome.
For my first lunch visit, I had the Saba Shioyaki Set.
The lunch sets come with lemon water.
I could not resist ordering a serving of sashimi.
The lunch was not bad at all. The presentation is of course lots better than the one at the foodcourt.
I returned for the Tori Karaage Fried Rice Set.
Hmmm.... not that worth it as you get only three tiny pieces of fried chicken.
Then one Friday evening, I suggested to my partner to come here for dinner.
I was not that hungry, so I decided to eat something that I love, grilled salmon head!
hee..hee..hee.. I never appreciated fish head until much later in life. These days I love my kepala ikan.
It's a thrill digging for the flesh and soft tissue and there is a quite a bit of meat on the head. This was served with some grilled salmon bones and you can salvage some smoky tasting meat from the bones. Yummeh!
It's a thrill digging for the flesh and soft tissue and there is a quite a bit of meat on the head. This was served with some grilled salmon bones and you can salvage some smoky tasting meat from the bones. Yummeh!
Confession. I ordered this for lunch on an earlier visit. This was how it looked like.
Perfect for a low carb meal.
OK, back to our dinner.
Perfect for a low carb meal.
OK, back to our dinner.
We got this something-something maki to share. It was good as the salmon and scallops had a smokey flavor.
This was my partner's order. Eh, it looks so familiar. Yup, he ordered this on our first visit. See, he does it all the time hee..hee..
Well, I guess we could return every now and then for our Friday or Saturday dinners. And I have a nice place to visit for affordable Japanese lunch sets. Yay!
Good that you found a place with affordable Japanese lunch sets that meet your requirements. I guess you would alternate going to this place and Rakuzen for Japanese lunch.
ReplyDeleteYes, I am so pleased :)
DeleteAh seen this place when we drove past The Starling... nice to know they do good lunch sets!
ReplyDeleteTheir dinner is pretty good too!
DeleteI like the Saba fish too, I normally ordered Salted one instead of teriyaki sauce which is a bit too sweet. I normally take it with garlic fried rice.
ReplyDeleteYes, I also prefer the salt one. Sometimes they put too much sauce.
DeleteFish head?? Only in curry, I like to eat. Haha.
ReplyDeleteSashimi anytime for me.
LOL!
DeleteSome diners could write Japanese? Impressive!!! Ya...the fried rice looked quite miserable...but I love the fish in your Saba Shioyaki Set. I ordered one here but it was so thin - I would need half a dozen, at least! Your partner makes me think of my partner - orders the same things all the time. Doesn't eat duck, doesn't like lamb, not so into western - your partner like that or not?
ReplyDeleteI believe those are their Japanese customers. You bet, my partner is exactly the same hee..hee...
DeleteYour salmon head doesn't look grilled though, looks more like fried (with an even colour throughout, no grilled marks). I like salmon head too and have a fun time extracting the meat from the bones and chewing on them. Well, they say that a Japanese place must be good if they have Japanese customers (judging from some of the notes left behind in Japanese writing). ^_~
ReplyDeleteIt has a very Japanese feel to it and I think the food is pretty good. I like the grilled stuff on the menu. Will be ordering more from the section of the menu :)
DeleteFirst thing I noticed was the three pieces of fried chicken, so miserably~~~
ReplyDeleteWhat's the sambal look-alike condiment served with both saba & salmon head?
It i some kind of sambal. Not bad. I wonder what the Japanese customers think about it hee..hee...
DeleteThe lunch sets look really affordable and the portions are not too small too.
ReplyDeleteQuite good and value for money.
DeleteI am beginning to appreciate Japanese food but only the cooked ones. The fish head looks fierce. Lol!
ReplyDeletehah..hah...with all the sharp teeth showing!
Deletethe place looks so cosy and comfy...I wouldn't mind going there every week! lol!
ReplyDeleteI like it very much too :)
DeleteLooks very cosy. I would initially be attracted by the setting and then happy to find good food.
ReplyDeleteGood ambiance and good food. I highly recommend this place for affordable Japanese food.
DeleteCravingnya tengok Ikan Saba dengan Ikan Salmon tu.... teringat ingat makan Jepun set kat foodcourt IOI.... tapi ikan Saba dia separuh je, dahlah tu sebelah je pulak tu hahhaa.... U punya set ni tak de tauhu fa seaweed eh...
ReplyDelete2,3 hari ni mmg i teringat ingat ikan Salmon goreng kat Seoul Garden ....uh sedapnya
Hainom, kat sini put dia punya saba fish separuh aja hah..hah... Nampak macam besar tapi tak bagi satu ekor hee..hee..
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