Kopitiam Bagus.Bagus 捌哥.捌哥特色馬拉茶啡廳 (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★★★☆

I'm still trying to adjust to life back home after spending more than a week in my home away from home (Tokyo). 

With our afternoon meeting finishing right on time, I thought I should drop by Kopitiam Bagus.Bagus (捌哥.捌哥特色馬拉茶啡廳) for a quick afternoon tea.

Teh tarik (凍拉茶) – I haven't had Malaysian pulled tea for quite some time so this was long overdue. 

This was slightly disappointing due to some astringency in the tea. The waitress didn't hesitate to ask why I didn't finish. 

Kaya toast with fresh butter (鮮牛油咖央多士) – Of course, their kaya toast with coconut pandan butter was the main reason I was here! This was still very very nice. Perhaps the best kaya toast in town!

Somehow I was asked what kind of egg I wanted to go with my kaya toast. I know it was the traditional way they serve up kaya toast in Malaysia and Singapore (with egg) but I have never been offered any egg during my previous visits (and I have been here 20+ times before!).

Food Rating: 6/10

Price: $$$

Address: G/F, 188 Yu Chau Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

Closest Metro Station: Sham Shui Po

Tel: +852 2253-6911

Opening Hours: 11:00am - 10:00pm daily

Toshi Yoroizuka Kyobashi (Tokyo, JAPAN) ★★★★☆

Mom and I only have time for one last meal before departing for Narita Airport and I have planned a little surprise for her. It's going to be a return trip to Toshi Yoroizuka Kyobashi, one of her favorite dessert spots in Japan.

Given our tight schedule, I've already planned ahead and reserved two seats at Toshi Yoroizuka's exclusive dessert bar on the second floor of their Kyobashi location.

We were first started off with a small snack consisting of two slices of sponge cake, fresh berries and yoghurt.

Mom needed no introduction as she's been here on a couple of occasions. As usual, we went with the famed dessert bar's signature dessert, "Ukishima", Chef Yoroizuka's contemporary take on the classic Mont Blanc.

Ukishima is a beautiful and delicate creation by the chef featuring a brilliant mix of chestnut vermicelli, chestnut meringue, hoijcha ice-cream and red bean paste, finished off with a shower of rich and intense matcha ganache. Mom's a happy camper now~!

Once again, online reservations for seats at the counter dessert bar of Toshi Yoroizuka Kyobashi are available through TableCheck.

Food Rating: 7.5/10
Price: ￥￥￥
Address: 1/F Kyobashi Edogrand, 2-2-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031 Japan
Closest Metro Station: Kyobashi
Tel: +81 3-6262-6510
Website: www.grand-patissier.info/ToshiYoroizuka/shop.html
Opening Hours: 11:00am - 8:00pm (Wed - Mon)

Tsukiji Tama Sushi Harumidori 築地玉壽司 晴海通り店 (Tokyo, JAPAN) ★★★☆☆

Tsukiji Tama Sushi (築地玉壽司) is a sushi restaurant chain in Japan with a long history dating back to 1924. The restaurant is best known for its high-quality yet reasonably priced sushi, offering a variety of fresh seafood sourced directly from Tokyo’s Tsukiji Outer Market (formerly the famous Tsukiji Fish Market). Since its Harumidori location (晴海通り店) is right across the street from our hotel, it made perfect sense that we grab an early lunch there before heading off to the airport.

The main dining area is located on the second floor of the building.

Sushi counter with an elderly and a kid, thanks but no thanks!

In Japan, it was always a pleasure to have the convenience of an English menu, and even better when it included a nice photo of each item, in this case every sushi and roll came with its own picture. 

Crab meat with crab roe sauce – The crab roe sauce wasn't as dominating as I anticipated.

Unago (1,000 yen) – Mom's favorite with a homemade sweet soy and according to her, not bad.

Sushi platter – Jelloman wanted this all for herself and she thought a few of these including the uni and toro were pretty decent. 

This one is mainly for little nugget.

Fatty Tuna (600 yen) – was pretty good although I won't mind it to be more thick cut.

Prawn (800 yen) – little one's favorite and it's probably the best sushi we had this morning.

Scallop (400 yen) – Pretty nice although I didn't think the additional minty flavors did much to enhance the sweetness of the scallop. 

Abalone (800 yen) – Very very hard. I wanted to use the word "crunchy" but let's just say that it's more than just crunchy. And I thought it was pretty bland.

We intentionally didn't fill up our tank leaving sufficient room for more food in a few hours. Stay tuned.

Food Rating: 5.4/10

Price: ￥￥￥

Address: 2-15-19 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan

Closest Metro Station: Tsukiji / Tsukijishijo / Higashi-ginza

Tel: +81 3-3541-0022

Website: www.tamasushi.co.jp/shop/harumidori/

Opening Hours: 11:00am - 3:00pm, 5:00pm - 10:00pm daily