Aoyama Japanese Restaurant @ Sri Hartmas

After so many months and now Aoyama had a new look where they had move to a shop next to them and also had a new renovated look. The first impression on the new look is like wow... such a nice and bright entrance and finally they revamp hahaha...

New cutleries set as well?

As usual I will head to the bar counter so that I can get items which out from menu from the Head of Chef Boon. This time he had prepare something light with single portion for sharing but with more varieties.

We start with something real light which is the cold tofu with crunchy anchovies. Smooth texture of tofu and crunchy yet crispy anchovies it's just a good starter ;)

After the starter, here comes a Onsen Tamago Salada. Normally we eat onsen tamago just like eating half boiled egg. But this time it's comes with salad and the texture of it combine with vege is pretty amazing.

Something which I had been waiting for so so long... Here comes my soft shell crab handroll and yet it stills can't beat the soft shell crab in Kampachi :(

A break time with Edamame(japanese green peas)

Continue with something real interesting. which is the Dobin Mushi, where essence of seafood boiled in a teapot and you pour the soup into a tea cup and drink it. I found it pretty cool too.

Normally we eat tempura of brinjal, prawn, pumpkin and now we have mix slice vege tempura which is the Kitsu Tempura. If you like spicy you can also sprinkle some chilli powder on it, it also comes with a tempura soy sauce for you to dip on.

Actually after having most of the food which so call light, I'm pretty full but Boon had also prepare a Hotatei Shoyu Yaki(grill scallop) it's was juicy tho

Finally done with the dish and no matter how full am I, I still can finish my dessert coz this is my favourite part in Aoyama, which is their Macha ice-cream! woohoo!! as usual more red bean pleaaaaaseeee.... hehehe...

Was also recommend to their coconut mix sesame ice-cream, was told it helps to digest haha.. but I don't think so and the taste is weird and I personally dislike it.

On house a secret recipe dessert which is prep grape with wine and fresh cream on top.. I don't like the taste as I don't really like the taste of alcohol =P but the grape was still fresh haha..

Taste: 7/10
Value for Money: 6/10

Address:
10, GF, Jalan 27/70A,
Desa Sri Hartamas,
50480 KL10G Jalan 27/70a, 
Desa Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, 


Contact: 03-2300 0683

Day 2 :: Part 2 Jiu Fen (5th November 2010)

Soon we done with Yeh Liu and also got stalk by a cab driver to convince us to take his ride, and yea we took it in the end and we got a bad headache after coz his driver skills is madness!

He drop us at Kee Lung and from here we took a bus transit up to Jiu Fen.

Once enter the alley of Jiu Fen, this is where te food expedition starts! Non-stop craving =P and was told by Nicole that Jiu Fen is famous for "Ee Yuen" means yam glutinous which before it was cook it looks like this where it comes with packaging

where after it was boiled and serve with red bean soup, it looks like this

Seriously and honestly this is the best! and what I'm missing most... love the taste of the purple yam ball, it has more texture.

Found another shop selling the same thing and it's more like a family business and been running it for long and I personally love the look and feel of it ;)

and they serve the same way with red bean soup, bet this is the way to make it taste better ^^

Besides trying different stalls selling "Ee Yuen", found a very special way of eating ice-cream, where they grate the peanut freshly and put it on "popiah" skin and after scoop two scoops of ice-cream and wrap it up. It was awesome isn't?!

After one ice-cream we move on trying another ice-cream. Which is Dorayaki ice-cream! coolness!

Been seeing this sausage lady in lotsa people's photo album and finally i met her! and her sausage is not bad besides her being own ambassador for it XD bought a 3 flavours sausage to try on and to me I still prefer the original taste of sausage instead of the garlic and forgot what is the black sausage flavour hahaha...

Besides those yummy ones, found some food which I dare not to try which is this "kueh" which looks like "ang-ku kueh" but it's a bit geli compare to our "kueh" la hahaha

There's a lot of souvenir shop as well but there's always things which is unique and some it's not so choose wisely! hehe

After done going thru the food alley and you will finally end up on some breath taking view of Jiu Fen housing area which on the slope downhill

Along the alley, there's also some nice construct and design shops o maybe because of the weather and people?hhhahha

After going thru the "makan" alley,  and also looking at the nice view.. and guess wart?! we needs to walk back thru the alley to catch the bus to go back Taipei.

Here ends the second day trip of Kee Lung where we covers Yeh Liu and Jiu Fen and back to Taipei explore Xi Men Ting!

Day 2 :: Part 1 YehLiu Geopark (5th November 2010)

We had took the train and after a transit with a bus ride to Kee Lung district to reach Yeh Liu Geopark.

Soon after we reach, we quickly rush to the bus station to catch the earliest bus and yet we still needs to wait half an hour for the next bus ride and it takes about 2 hours to reach Yeh Liu.

There's is a shuttle bus to Yeh Liu Geopark once you stop at the nearest bus stop.

Chin Ni got a student pass so her entrance fee is always half price of ours!

Let me share some info to you bout Yeh Liu Geopark. Yehliu Geopark is famous for its sea-erosion landscape, while most of the spots are very close to the sea, tourists are advised to observe the tour guide regulations in case of the occurrence of possible danger or causing any damage to the natural resources.

Once we get in.. there's this cute statue and we started to photograph haha...

The most famous rock in this geopark is the Queen's head which looks like this

Of course we snap photo with it hahaa...

Even this uncle use a D200x to capture the Queen's head suing tripod as well!

Once we done havin snap shot with the Queen's head, we move on with more breath taking scenery. And the view from observation deck is AWESOME!!!!

It was raining all the way during our observation and here comes 2 malay lady named Lynette and Kelly hahahaha

Really love this place  a lot.. strong wind.. nice stones..

There's another Queen's head which form by the sea too.. which it was place at another area.

After spending 1 hour plus enjoy the view and stones, we quickly look for lunch which there's row of shops right after you get out from the geopark exit. Therefore, we saw a stall displaying fresh oyster and just makes us crave for O-a-chian!! and it's cook by a young chap!

We actually had our lunch in this shop, we ordered a seaweed soup, fried rice and O-a-chian, this 3 dishes for NTD140(RM14) only! cheap uh?!

And here ends the journey at Yeh Liu and after we went to Jiu Fen which you'll find out in my next post ;)