Two New Gourmet Paradises – Arashi Shabu-Shabu & Old Town Café

Japanese cuisine (nihon ryōri, 日本料理) is always being my top favorite selection in my list. Yeah-yeah-yeah, you are right. I’m sort of incredibly fond of Japanese food. Ha-ha. I love its beautifully decorated dish because it offers a great, colorful and bright visual. Absolutely stunning. So not only my stomach; it’s in fact feeding my eyes too. *wink*


Most of its ingredients are being freshly served in a small quantity. Previously, just out of idle curiosity, I ever wondered how the Japanese could fill their stomachs with these so teeny little foods. To be honest, it seems rather like a snack than a proper meal. After that, I realize that Japanese cuisine frankly comes with absolutely great varieties and you could order as many different types of dishes as you like at the same time. So, this makes sense. This could explain why my curiosity may not be the case.


Yum-yum. Besides the nice and delicious taste, I like the way it’s being served – combination of fresh & oomph ingredients and soy-based product with the simple, healthy cooking style. Not being too oily to eat, and disgusting when having more.

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Old Town Café has opened up a new branch in Indahpura, Kulai now.

Listen. It’s the first Old Town Café in Kulai. Really. I mean, it has many branches all over in Johor, most of them are located within the hot-populated areas likes JB town, Bukit Indah, Taman U, Tebrau and so on. These areas are now mostly under high development and also the concentration of most of the developers. Of cause, not to be offending, Kulai is one of the highly populated areas, as considerably-developed as other places too. The thing is most of the people here are still tended to be a bit conservative and old-fashioned, though. So it’s really astonishing when we happen to know this Old Town Group is setting up their business here.



This café is about 5 to 8 minutes driving distance from my place. Just occasionally. We carried out a little survey about the menu price here with its other branches and we’ve finally found that the price here is slightly higher than the others. We have no idea about the reason behind. But, anyway, it’s definitely given us another new choice of the dining place to hang out with next time.