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has been here for the past week or so. My boss and I had dinner with him once last Friday, and then again last night after work at (the Malaysian place in Okubo).
I had my first nasi lemak in four months. And my boss was in for a nasty surprise when he unknowingly downed the cili potong sitting in the tauyu saucer. LOL
After dinner, I tagged along with them to a snack (snack cum karaoke bar) in Shibuya. It must've been one of their regular haunts, since the bartender knew them by sight. We belted off a few numbers and - don't play-play - those two can sing! And powderfully at that. But out of all the songs they sang, I could only recognise Sakae-san's Nada Sou Sou. The rest were mostly enka. I played it safe and stuck to easy pop ballads, like Itou Yuna's Endless Story. We also did a round-robin version of the never-ending Satoukibibatake.
One other interesting observation was the kimono-clad mama of the bar. An aspiring enka singer, she was handing out promotional posters of herself. If I'm not mistaken, Sakae-san bought her single, and I got her to autograph one of her posters. This whole state of affairs is startlingly similar to the drama thats airing at the moment, (DramaWiki article ), minus the jinx-ish bit.
Sakae-san is flying back to KL next Wednesday. He says he'll be back more often this year though.
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Gong Xi Fa Cai! It's that time of the year again, and I've got a major craving for yee sang. I went searching for some the night before last after work, at I found on Google. Alas, 'twas all to no avail.
was in Ikebukuro, which is quite close to my office, so I stopped there first. None of the staff were actually Malaysians so they had trouble understanding what I meant by yee sang.
Next was Rasa Malaysia Singapore in Shinjuku. I found the address, but the restaurant itself was no where to be found. Must have chap lap-ed. Probably should have known better, since the website was down.
Before heading home, I tried in Okubo. When I stepped inside, I was greeted by the taukeh auntie in BM, no less. Apparently they used to serve yee sang five years ago, but since then their Malaysian Chinese clientele has dwindled. *sigh*
I guess all I can do is keep looking. There are still a few more places in Koenji, Ginza and Setagaya I think.
Update:
My father just told me that he sent over a box of yee sang by PosLaju. Yay! Hope it doesn't go bad by the time it arrives.
nestum's tunes: mr children - shirushi
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