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Ikura Sushi Restaurant

"A good relaxing Japanese restaurant to dine in"

If you are a Japanese food lover in Brunei, and you wanted a nice beautiful restaurant to dine in (Not Noisy), then you should visit Ikura Sushi restaurant. Newly open this year (2013), Ikura Sushi Restaurant offers a great dine in feel, good service and good taste Japanese food with reasonable price. After dining in there for several times in a month, here is our reviews & recommendation.

1.) Restaurant Atmosphere

There is this nice comfortable feel to Ikura Sushi Restaurant when you dine in, maybe it’s because of the beautiful interior design. It’s a good place for hanging out with friends, dinner with family or time with your love one. Good place to have a conversation as it is not a noisy environment.

Long table good for big group of people

Private Room 1

Private Room 2

Private Room 3, good for meetings.

2.) Recommended dishes by us

Ikura Sushi Restaurant offers a variety of Japanese cuisine in their menu, some dishes are different from other Japanese restaurant in Brunei, and it’s worth to try. We are not judging the food taste here, as different people have different preference when it comes to food taste. When we dine in Ikura Sushi Restaurant we didn't really go for the typical Japanese cuisine dishes. Instead we try on something different, and this is our recommended dishes. 

One of the best "Chawan Mushi" in town.

Chicken Koroke, the Salmon Koroke is good too.

One of the best :"Ebi Gyoza" in town. The Gyoza skin is very nice to eat.

Kani Cheese Maki

Unagi Cheese Maki

Can't remember what this dish is called, but it's very nice.

For you cheese lover, Cheesy Oyster.

Agedashi Tofu

Cold Tofu

Something we did for fun, grilling the Teriyaki Chicken, turns out to be nice.

I guess at this point you must be wondering what about the taste of other dishes, or you didn't see your favourite Japanese dishes here, Well.... dine in Ikura Sushi Restaurant to find out yourself. But wait, there is more dishes we want to recommend you below.

Kinoko Itami Teppan

Chicken Katsu Omulet Rice

Chicken Teriyaki Omulet Rice

Salmon Don

Unagi Don

This is what we had tried so far, and it's all good :-) Will be visiting Ikura Sushi Restaurant again to try their other Japanese dishes.

3.) Ice-Cream Dessert

One of the reasons we like to dine in Ikura Sushi Restaurant is because of their unique home-made Ice-cream dessert. Trust us, the taste is so good you will go back to have it again. All the Ice-cream are freshly home-made by the lady boss herself, and sometimes certain flavours are sold out in a day.

For Durian Lover

Delicious Mango Ice-Cream

Tasty Strawberry Ice-Cream

Of course, the Matcha Ice-Cream (No photo shown here) are very nice too, very different from most Japanese restaurant in Brunei, you should try that too.


4.) Location
So you want to know where is Ikura Sushi Restaurant? Here is the restaurant information.

Address: Unit 36 & 37, Block C, 1st floor, Gadong Central Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.

Phone No: 242 2020 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/IkuraSushiRestaruant

Opening Time:
Monday-Thursday, Saturday 
10.30 a.m to 2.00 p.m, 5.00 p.m to 10.30 p.m
Friday 
10.30 a.m to 12.00 p.m, 5.00 p.m to 10.30 p.m

"Look for the Ikura Sushi Restaurant Cute logo"

Well..... dine in there and you may receive your own VIP card (as shown below) to enjoy discount every time you dine in there. So if you have not dine in there, give it a try. It is a good relaxing Japanese Restaurant to dine in :-)

"Out of Topic"

This is their Tea pot & Tea cup

Hachiko Statue

Located at Shibuya, Tokyo, the statue of Hachiko won't be hard to find. It's located just in front of Shibuya train station and near to the famous Shibuya crossing.

The story is back in 1924, a Professor of  The University of Tokyo, Hidesaburo Ueno,  adopted an abandoned dog, which he named Hachiko. The dog was a Akita breed. Hachiko used to greet the Professor  everyday whenever he come back from work at the same time at the Shibuya Railway Station. Hachiko and the Professor followed this routine everytime until May 1925, when the Professor died and never returned home. But Hachiko waited there for the Professor to return home for the next 10 years (some say 9 years)  :-(

Other commuters and shops owners nearby who had seen the bond of the dog with the Professor felt sorry for it and started feeding it at the station. Hachiko finally died on March 8, 1935. His remains have been preserved at the National Science Museum of Japan, Tokyo. 

Today the Japanese people would refer to Hachiko to inspire their children. And in honour of Hachiko, his statue was made at where he waited for the Professor to return home. 

Images below from Wikipedia:

Japan Festival 2013 in Brunei

Another exhibition for you to visit if you are in Brunei Darussalam. Again, Even if you are not any of those three mentioned, this exhibition is worth your time to visit and learn something about Japan. The details of the exhibition can be found in the poster.

The Spirit of Budo at The Brunei Museum, 2013

If you are in Brunei Darussalam, and you are a Japan History, Culture or Martial Arts lover. This is something for you to go and visit. Even if you are not any of those three mentioned, this exhibition is worth your time to visit and learn something about Japan. The details of the exhibition can be found in the poster.

If you are visiting Kyoto, Japan then Kinkaku-Ji (temple) is a wonderful place to visit and a must visit. Kinkaku-Ji or the Golden Pavilion is a Zen Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. It is formally known as Rokuon-Ji and was the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Kinkaku-Ji is an impressive structure built overlooking a large pond, and is the only building left of Yoshimitsu's former retirement complex. It has burned down numerous times throughout its history including twice during the Onin War which destroyed much of Kyoto, and burned down once again more recently in 1950 when it was set on fire by a monk. The present structure was rebuilt in 1955.

Tokyo City Sky View

You can see Tokyo Rainbow Bridge in this photos

The photos are taken from Tokyo Tower special observatory. It's an amazing view to see when you are up in the Tokyo Tower.

Photos Courtesy of Forest Han Photography

www.foresthantravel.blogspot.com 

Deer in Nara

Konichiwa.... Yokoso Japan!

Deer are everywhere in Nara, Japan. You can almost see them immediately the moment you reach Nara prefecture. You can see them the most at Nara Park and at Todai-Ji (Temple).

According to Nara locals' story, Deer from this area were considered sacred due to a visit from one of the four gods of Kasuga Shrine, Takenomikazuchi-no-mikoto. It was said the god appeared on Mt. Mikasa-yama riding a white deer. From that point, the deer were considered divine and sacred, protecting the city.

Now the Deer in Nara are considered as national Treasures and are protected by the local government. So now the deer roam around the town, especially in Nara Park. Snack vendors sell "Shika Sembei" or Deer Biscuits to visitors so they can feed the deer. But be careful not to have any papers around you, the Deer tend to take a bite on it.

This Deer is waiting for someone to feed it

Photos Courtesy of Forest Han Photography
www.foresthantravel.blogspot.com