so, the heat is on but that just means a better excuse to head out somewhere nice n cool to chill, and pig-out with Mr J. ;D
so the day began.... already 2pm, both parties running late. nonetheless, i was still early. by 23mins, apparently. so after a little maccas run of fries and oreo mcflurry *ahem fatty ahem* >=P it was time to chill for real, and time for a challenge.
decided to head to norita... because havent been in quite a while and well...its a perfect environment to sit back and sink into the comfy couches. So, what caught my attention was the tempting drinks on the menu. ICED GREEN MILK TEA. i dont know why but i had a sudden craving for soemthing green and cold... after good reminiscence of iced green tea cappucino from ichiban boshi. after a long decision (koz every other drink was unavailable >>) Mr J decided to settle with a ICED TARO MILK TEA. [copycat! hehe]
(L-R: iced taro milk tea, iced green milk tea, hand.)So, if you're asian, clearly the caption above is unnecessary (or so i think, no racism intended) but yeah.
taro milk tea: very sweet reminding me of those asian taro buns from breadtop, nice texture (does that even make sense?? loool) and very chilled and creamy. overall, 8/10 because tad bit too sweet for me, made me choke.
green milk tea: bitter compared to the taro one, but nice. i liked. especially how the icecream melts oh-so-slowly so it only has hints of sweetness [ok...i'll stop pretending to critique] but honestly, was pretty good as well, though would've been nice if it was a LITTLE bit sweeter. overall, 7/10.
hand: um what? okay...moving on LOL
well, after winning a few rounds of jenga [heheh] and forcing Mr J to accept his punishment, the trek to d.harbour started. oh-so-windy and the old 'i-spy' game really did bring back my childhood, not to mention many laughters on the way. before we knew it, the sun was setting, the wind was getting more intense... and it was time to grab a bite.
8pm at FUJIYA
'mmm what do u feel like for dinnerrs?'
'jap... over there!'
'what? where?'
so the entrance to this cosy restaurant would've been easily missed [for someone like me who doesnt pay much attention] but situated on the outskirts of chinatown, its definatly a place you'd want to go back to. :)
sunset on fujiya [before stirring]
sunset on fujiya [after stirring]
so we couldnt resist after seeing the double-paged full-photo'd pics of drinks and after contemplating which one to try... we ended up with this, because it looked so pretty. ;D so before stirring, we had a taste test and apparently, the lychee liquer was rather strong, but REALLY YUMMY ;D though all i could really taste was the grapefruit juice. sour but very refreshingg and niice. ;D since ' i dont reeally drink much of cocktails', this one was pret-tay good ;D in my opinion at least... except wish the ice didnt melt so fast so it would've been still chilled. overall, 8/10
eel chahan: I CANNOT EMPHASISE HOW YUMMYY the sauce of this fried rice was. omgawwwd was reallly nice and the eel was cooled really well as well, definately coming back for more. ;D 9/10 if only it didnt cool so quick and if only it wasnt gone so quick! ;D 
yaki udon: (aka. salty or 'yucky' udon) so i recall chosing this being tempted by the photo yet again. so i'd think i'd learn my lesson that 'photos arent necessarily that realistic' but like the seying 'you never know til you try it'. honestly, this was rather disappointing. The first taste that'd smack you would be the saltiness. waaayy tooo salty and in the end, made the drink taste like salt as well but aside from that, i guess 'yucky' was way too harsh. sorry, the name jsut sounded like it when i sed it aloud. :( Mr J got annoyed at the amount of 'colour' in this dish but i was irritated with the random sizes of the chopped veges. just didnt make me wana have seconds. overall, 4/10. 
Azuki bean Icecream Dessert: icecream, need i say more? ;D i loved how you could mix it up with the provided red-bean paste and how there was a bite to the icecream due to the beans. :) asian treat, cannot resist. lucky that there were two scoops and two people, easily divided though Mr J said the strawberry was sour. i wouldnt know but then again... next to ICECREAM, of course it'd taste sour. ;D i wasnt going to, but does the bowl give a homestyle feel? idk what im saying but makes me think of something i'd whack-up at home.... if only i could ;D.overall, 8/10
Restaurant Service: 6/10 pretty slow, but maybe koz we were in a hurry.
Restaurant Setting: 9/10 LOVE how they have dividers inbetween all the tables and even bamboo-dividers for the 'bigger tables', giving each table a little privacy and comfort. very unique though there WERE long tables in the middle that felt a tad bit weird, reminding me of canteens :S [dont ask why.]
Food Overall: 7/10 since we didnt try much, but definately will be coming back ;D
dont worry, im too noob to actually food-blog since none of the jap delicacaies were tasted [i.e. sashimi, lobster etc LOL] but i tried :(. ahas hope it wasnt too boring.... ;D
so... the end of a rather long blogpost [and my fail attempts of making a review of the place] thanks for reading, those who survived. :)
xx smilingf00l
p.s. special servicing: 9/10 ;) the extra point depends on how well it is in the near future hehe
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