5/24 Dinner at Nenohi, Ginza Glasse 10F

I took a special guest from Hong Kong to my favorite Japanese restaurant in Yurakucho/Ginza area (with my girlfriend also!). Yes, of course, the restaurant is "Nenohi" in Ginza Glasse building which opened on 4/23 Wed . (The other restaurant in Tokyo is in Oazo building, Marunouchi.)

The photo on the right is when I went on the opening night on 4/23 with 3 other ex-colleagues.....a very special guest Muhsin came to Japan after 7 years.....the restaurant staff are very friendly and even gave some gifts to take home - so Muhsin took 2 "masu" for drinking sake. (In fact, I went for lunch on the same day! - drinking beer etc etc)


The food at Nenohi is very healthy, fresh, top quality, and though Nagoya-born (flavour tends to be very strong), the flavour is just the right level (not much salt). And the atmosphere is very much modern Japanese (I hope I'm right on this one!) and I really like it. My favourites are Tsukune (red chicken meat ball) dipped in egg and Nagoya-style Oden (a Japanese dish which has a variety of different things such as steamed fish cake, tofu, egg, vegetables, etc boiled together in a broth seasoned with soy sause --- is this right? --- but Nagoya-style means with miso sauce instead of soy sauce. And what's even better is - they have a wide selection of original sake - Morita is great.

It is interesting that not many people know, but this restaurant is run by a group called Morita Foods, and has over 300 years of history......currently run by the elder son of SONY founder Akio Morita, who was the former chairman of the same group.....interesting!?

Taiwanese NABE (Pot!)

Second working day of the new year 2008, and I went out to a Taiwanse restaurant in Ginza, Ten-Shan-Fei-Wei (天香回味) with my colleague and client! Basically they have very healthy Taiwanese hot pots, with a lot of herbal medicine inside. The distinct smell is very much noticeable as you come out of the elevators....and a much stronger flavour in the lines of "herbal spice" once you enter the restaurant on the 7th floor of Ginza Velvia-Kan. But I'm afraid they do not have vegetarian option - apparently the soup has some chicken inside it.

And guess what - the Taiwanse restaurant in ADK Shochiku Square building 2nd floor, Taiwan-Kaisen (台湾海鮮) which is very close to where I live right now, is a sister restaurant!

Talking about restaurants, nothing beats Nenohi in Oazo building for me, and they will be opening a new restaurant in Yurakucho area in April this year, so I cannot wait to try out the new place.

Life is interesting indeed, and my life right now is moving at such a fast pace........meeting loads of new people, getting a lot of inspiration from them.

Party this Saturday awaits......I cannot wait.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

2008 is definitely going to be an exciting year....with the start of LuvP Planet in April 2008. We have so many ideas of what we want to do, and today 1st Jan 2008, I've been spending time with my family at home, telling them what plans we have come up with for the new company.

And I just want to tell you my father seems quite excited to hear about our plans! My brother and my sister-in-law has already started helping me.....my sister-in-law has sensitive skin, and so she has been telling me what cosmetics products she uses, and finds effective...Matsumoto Jushi, JIMOS / DoctorBio brand MacchiaLabel, ORBIS, etc.

Well, we have very high hopes for this new year, let's make it another fantastic year!

And I'd better do some exercise - cos I've been eating like crazy, all the Osechi cuisine, as well as drinking lots of sake from lunchtime, then Italian wine in the evening....Japanese food is just too great!

Some pictures taken during the new year holidays......
(1) Osechi Ryori - my mum did not make it!
(2) Our stove at home - very helpful in the winter season.
(3) Our garden had a visitor - can you spot our friend in the picture?