do you eat to live, or live to eat?

the latter for me.

We were introduced to Wahiro, as an alternative to Kuriya. Visited twice. Very pleased with the food and of course, cheaper than Kuriya. haha.

And so we decided to take on an offer from the chef. =)

It is H-U-G-E, isn’t it? 3.3kg, flown in from Japan, alive.

Before we embark on the historical moment, we had some starters to tease our tastebuds.

fish tempura..

huge cockles.

grilled dry cuttlefish.

clear clam soup.

grilled fish in ponzu sauce.

edamame with sea salt.

fresh uni (sea urchin). the uni was so gooooood. the sweetest i have ever tasted.

Now, we’ll officially start the Taraban Gani feast. It will be prepared in 5 ways.

First up, the roe. my heart skipped a beat. simply marvellous. it is soft and just slips down the throat with the freshness lingering in the mouth. all of us were speechless. engrossed in savouring the essence.

the crab head is as big as mine. lol…

the chef recommended a bottle of sakae to go with the next dish.

SA-SHI-MI. the chef used the thickest part of the leg, which makes the texture thick and juicy.

the whole piece simply melts in the mouth and extremely sweeeeet~ i felt like tearing, it was heavenly. a break-through for all of us.
texture is similar to sweet ebi, but more volume and slightly crunchy.
the orange thin film, no idea, skin?

let’s calm down.
follow on, tempura-style, using the end of the legs where there’s lesser flesh.
not quite exciting but tasty too!

we had the steamed roe, sashimi and tempura.

Now, the grilled ones. It’s so juicy!!!!! I love it. We didn’t touch the lemon wedges at all.

slurps… yum yum yummy~

busy with the grilled crab legs.

the final lap – last dish of the night.

Nabemono. (hotpot)

adding vegetables, mushrooms, tofu and others.

let it simmer….

my 1st serving.

side track, a joke to share:
the king crab is called Gani.
hot pot is usually referred as Nabe.
so, the hotpot that we’re having is Gani Nabe.
(if you mis-pronounced it, it will be __________? hahaha.)

At the end of the hotpot, the chef added some rice to the remaining soup and we had such delicious porridge. excellent!

To end of the wonderful meal, we were served black sesame and yuzu (lemon) ice-cream.

I’m a happy girl. ^_^

What a sumptuous and satisfying meal~
and a big hole burnt in the pocket.