Author: Kimberly Low

Breaking the rule

Going to break the rule. What rule?

Rule of not being whiny and negative. But fuck it, it’s my blog. And whiny and negative I shall be today.

The dark list:

1. Indicators are not decorations on your car. They are for you to tell people where you’re going so they could avoid ramming 1000kg of metal towards you, you fucking dumbass.

2. Respect is earned, not gained with age. Successfully staying alive longer than other people does not equate success…it hasn’t taught you how to treat other people with respect, has it?

3. Emails don’t come with mind-reading capabilities. Think and think again before you hit SEND.

4. Sharing on your public Facebook a “sneak peek” of other people’s months-worth of blood, sweat and tears before it’s supposed to be public is not just rude, you also ought to be fucking sacked.

5. Name dropping. Ah, my favourite. Because that alone sums up the entire value of your self-worth. None.

6. It’s okay to be quiet if you have nothing to contribute. You know what they say about empty vessels.

Apologies.

Workout time

It is workout time!

We finally found the right treadmill – one that can support my 6′ 5″ husband’s weight, has incline feature and a suspension system.

Delivery was today and I was so excited to go home and try it.

Hubs was giving me live pictorial updates of the entire process….including how they mangled our staircase flooring moving the treadmill up :(

I wish Malaysia has better delivery service. How hard is it to bring tarp or have foams taped to the edges of the item?

Anyway…..here’s our new toy!

# – I call it, our time machine.
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I just did a 20 minute barefoot run.

Scratch that. Running? It was not even brisk walking.

I know cause I googled definition of brisk walking and it is about 6kmh.

I was doing more like 4kmh -_-”

# – My goal was 30 minutes but I hit stop 9 minutes 38 seconds before I keeled over and died. At least I burnt 182 calories!
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Live long and prosper.

Found my sea urchin gonad fix

I love sea urchin gonads…or as the japanese calls them – uni. The best uni I have ever had was on a chirashisushi at Tskukiji Market, Tokyo.

Imagine if the sea was made of clotted cream……that was how it tasted like.

Since, I have never tasted anything as close. So I just stopped looking and hope to be able to afford another trip to the land of the rising sun for my fix.

Recently though, at the advice of a friend (hello, Lainie!)….I convinced the husband to get out of the queue for Sushi Zanmai (which I love by the way for their reasonably cheap and decent Japanese fare) in 1 Utama and headed towards Iciro Sushi Bar.

Best decision we have ever made!

Ichiro Sushi Bar is a pretty small restaurant tucked behind the more prominent ramen restaurants in 1 Utama’s Isetan.

No-nonsense decor but still comfortable. We sat at the bar and was met with two Japanese chefs.

We went at an odd hour, so was pleased to have the restaurant all to ourselves. What a great change of environment from the chaotic Sushi Zanmai earlier.

Greeted with an iPad menu, the first thing I ordered….

# – Luscious uni sushi.

So, it did cost RM16 a pop, but they’re so generous with the gonads it’s totally worth it. Still not Tsukiji standard, but pretty damn close. I was truly happy.

We also had several other types of sushi, same generous portions of fresh seafood. Love it!

# – Crab, scallop, salmon roe and fake crabmeat (sorry, that’s my ghetto indulgence).

I ordered a loose sushi (bara chirashi) because I needed MORE rice and also, it was special lunch deal item (can take a girl out of Cheras, can’t take Cheras out of her). What a superb decision I made because it was so delicious!

Mixture of japanese rice, salmon roe, chopped omelette, chopped tuna, chopped salmon, chopped octopus, chopped cucumbers, tobiko, pickles and more uni! Loved it!

# – Bara chirashi.

We also had a roll, which I forgot to take picture of….beautiful! And salmon sashimi, which I also forgot to take picture of :P

Not the cheapest lunch we’ve had, but it’s the kind of place where you’d walk out full, happy and willingly broke. Definitely going back!

Ichiro Sushi Bar
Eat Paradise
2nd Floor, Isetan
1 Utama Shopping Centre (Old Wing)
Bandar Utama
Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-7726 5899
Operating Hours: 11am – 10pm