Food Trip Friday---My Birthday Party At ZaZa

Celebrated my (?)th birthday last November 16 at Zaza ( yakiniku restaurant)together with my In-Laws(PIL,SIL and family,BIL and Great Granny). My MIL (sponsor) suggested a shabu-shabu party or a sukiyaki party for a change but I always love a yakiniku party at Zaza--making it like a tradition (coz she's always treating my birthday there) plus the food ( you cannot get wrong with their meat, they serve the best meats and high quality meats here in our place--that's why it's pricey ), service and ambiance of the restaurant are just great. Received a birthday sweets from Zaza as service but if we mind telling them that it was a birthday reservation ( was reserved earlier), the birthday sweets would be more gorgeous. Well, I love it anyway and hey, it's free^_^ We ordered and ate, drink, then we ordered again. It's either me who's doing much the talking, picture taking or making the meat burned and then we ordered again and before I know it, I'm on my 5th glass of my favourite shochu drinks lol!

My 34th birthday~Time flies when we're having fun ^_^
Birthday sweets for me, service from Zaza! Arigatou Gozaimashita!
Fresh Cassis Grapefruit sour (shochu based drinks)
Nama Wagyu Nigiri, can be eaten as is with the sauce (without grilling). Forgive me, but I grilled mine
My Wagyu( highest grade kobe beef) platter, soft and delicate! Literally melts in your mouth!
Pork Shabu-shabu Veggie Salad with Sesame Dressing
My share of bibimbap and Peach and Grapefruit sour ( shochu based drink )
Annin-doufu for dessert(2nd time around lol), ice cream for the kids
after

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Girl's Talk--Last Time I Pigged Out

---Pigging out also means supplying alcohol drinks into my system, Nama Shibori Kiwi Sour---

The last time I pigged out was going into a Yakiniku restaurant ( again! ) for two consecutive weeks in a month--our family usually goes out for yakiniku treats ( top notch quality and pricey meats ) at Za-Za once a month but this time we went to Gyu-Kaku twice coz there was a campaign goin' on there and it's still running up to May 5, 2010 ( to all my friends in Japan, don't miss and grab the chance until Golden Week! ) We ordered pitoro, miso harami, kalbi, horumon, oxtongue, veggies, etc ( sorry, didn't had the chance to picture all the food coz there's a lot of people around us and the seat wasn't private) but I've only had 2 glass of mixed drinks--nama shibori kiwi sour and nama shibori grapefruits sour (nama -shibori shochu based ( distilled drinks )) and of course, a heavy drinker like me doesn't end there...we went to the nearest convenience store and bought some beer and popcorn and extended the party at home! It's hard to have a drink outside then you have kids saying ' Ni hai made dake da yo!' ( limit of two alcohol drinks only )LOL!

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Food Trip Friday---Yonezawa and Sendai Gyu (beef)

We went to our favorite Yakiniku restaurant during my birthday and filled our hungry stomach with best and high quality meats. I would like to recommend the famous beef brands in Japan, the Yonezawa and Sendai beef-- the moment it touches your tongue, you will be amazed and impressed by the surprisingly sweet and tenderness of the meat. Expensive but totally worth it. Those meats tastes like heaven, so soft and melts to your mouth.
Wagyu Karubi ( beef karubi )

The main-- Yonezawa Gyu ( Yonezawa beef ) and Sendai Gyu ( Sendai beef ) --famous beef brands in Japan
9 cuts per plate for whooping 3, 780 JPY !!

Wagyu Beef Tongue
Horumon ( pork offal ) soo tasty!!

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Food Trip Friday--Bibimbab

Today' s entry-- Bibimbab

Bibimbab is a mixed up rice, a very healthy and served in a heated stone bowls. After grilling our kalbi meats and vegetables, a bibimbab is always a must eat in our fave yakiniku restaurant!

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