Can't have enough of Miso

Dining at Miso again, we have been there quite a few times as you can see from my previous blog post about them. I like the ambiance there, and you can always bet on it that there is a table available for you (hehe, exclusive).

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Miso Japanese Restaurant 1
Miso Japanese Restaurant 2
Miso Japanese Restaurant 3

Kimchi Fried Rice

Stuff from the Dobin Mushi

Soft Shell Crab handroll

Shake Shiyaki

Salt grilled salmon, awesome as usual <3

Chasoba

Chilled green tea soba with fried tempura seafood. Perfect for hot days where you have no appetite.

Miso Japanese Restaurant 3

Its a new month again, time really does flies, doesn't it. I'm now in my third month of blogging, I must keep this up. I hoped you won't get bored with Japanese Food, cause here is another one again. We were too fond of Japanese and Korean food, I must persuade my family to try other types of food. (Psst, there is at least one more Japanese post in my drafts, I'll try to save if for some other times instead of bombarding this blog solely with Japanese cuisine at a time)

Back to Miso Japanese Restaurant, the food there is too good not to be missed. I think its better to order a few individual dishes and share among family members rather than ordering a huge set which nobody could finish by themselves.

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Miso Japanese Restaurant 1
Miso Japanese Restaurant 2

*p/s: For some reason, either my computer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome will suddenly crash. Does this happen to you guys? Or maybe its the Streamyx?

Grilled oysters, a must order for us

Shake Temaki 

Can I tempt you with some green tea ice-cream?

Gotcha! It's wasabi.

Pregnant smelt

These tiny fish were filled with ripen fish roe inside, they are usually just grilled until nice and crispy you could eat the whole thing from its head to tail.

Looks horrifying here, but its good. 

Salted grill cod

Out of so many different methods of cooking, I prefer my fish rubbed with salt and grilled. I'm not really fond of it coated in sweet sauce. Smooth, luscious flesh with the faint taste of the fish oil and a hint of salt, swoon. Add a squirt of lemon juice, simply but so darn good.

Gyoza

Their Gyoza's are really good, crispy on the outside with generous meat and prawns fillings inside.

Battered deep fried squid

Nicely battered squids, crispy and chewy.

California hand roll

Mentaiko

It looks prettier when served, but we ate it half way before remembering to take a photo. I always wanted to try Mentaiko, this is the first time I did. This is a marinated Pollock roe served on a bed of grated radishes and its salty, you're supposed to eat this with rice, but unfortunately this arrives when all the rice is almost gone, so we couldn't possibly finish it, such a waste. I wanted to ta-pau it, but we're afraid it might not retain its freshness.

Ending with complimentary desserts, as usual

Miso Japanese Restaurant 2

I enjoy going to Miso for dinner, their food are fresh, service quick and efficient. I've been there for at least 3 times since they opened, this is the 2nd time I went. You can read the first post here.

Cold green tea

Hot green tea

Una Jyu RM37.40

 Grilled eel with sweet sauce on top of rice and strips of fried eggs.

Grilled Oysters RM27.50

 Don't judge an oyster by its appearance. This may not look nice but they taste really really good. Fragrant and juicy.

Shake Teriyaki Jyu RM28.60

 Grilled salmon with teriyaki sauce served with rice and onion omelet. The portion is too big and heavy for me to finish.

Miso soup

Shake Teriyaki Course RM66

Salmon sashimi

Fried cabbage and carrots

Teriyaki salmon

Sushi no sashimi course RM63.80

Deep fried prawns

Assorted sushi and sashimi

Cawan Mushi

Uni Sashimi RM49.50

Sea urchin served on a bed of radish strips in a tiny cocktail glass. These sea urchins are small, so-so only.

Complimentary desserts

 Prices above are member price with 10% discount. On anniversary or birthdays, members can get up to 30% discounts.

Miso Japanese Restaurant
F-05 & 06, Karamunsing Capital,
88300 Kota Kinabalu Sabah
Tel: 088-448229

Mint, Karamunsing Capital

Vietnamese cuisine at Mint, its our first time going there last Saturday. I've tried Vietnamese food at Peppermint, Gaya Street before, I wonder if this Mint has anything to do with Peppermint? We were quiet disappointed at first since many of the food we wanted to order were not available that day, it really put a damper on our mood that time, in the end we've settled with what they have, Chicken rice, Beef Stew Rice, Beef hor fun soup and spring rolls. So far what we have tried are pretty good, but I do hoped the service will be better the next time we come again, its really no good for a business if this one not available, that one not available.

Very interesting Chicken rice, the chicken is rather flavorful, but next time I'll order Chicken breast so I might enjoy it more. The Beef hor fun soup taste really good mixed with the juices of 2 limes, the thinly sliced beef  were lovely. Haven't tried the beef stew rice myself, but it seems good enough, lastly the spring rolls are rather nice as well, filled with rice noodles, carrots and black fungi if I remember correctly. Hoped to try out the chilled noodles, they sounded rather delightful.

Beef hor fun soup

Beef soup

Beef stew

Chicken

Soup that comes with the Chicken rice

Spring rolls