The enterprise group, Watami Co., Ltd., was developed in 1984 and was listed on the Japan Exchange in March 2000. The core service of Watami group is in food service business. Besides, it is aggressively challenging to different areas of business such as "Agriculture", "Environment", "Education", and "Nursing home". More than 600 restaurants were developed in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Shenzhen and Shanghai up to date. Each brand has its own characteristics to provide the multiplex choice for the customer.

Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant is a new type of tavern that concentrates on providing food with less emphasis on alcohol at affordable prices. It serves delicious Japanese food and drinks in a comfortable atmosphere. The dining environment is good for causal gathering and family. – Copied and edited from Watami Malaysia (http://www.watami.com.my/)

It wasn't really our first experience at Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant. We had our first try at One Utama Shopping Centre, and it was good although slightly overpriced.As usual, a cup of Hot Green Tea would be the best drink to go along with Japanese cuisine. Don had Iced Green Tea instead, and both were refillable.Thanks to Don for ordering their Zaru Soba, which is literally cold soba, it was exactly when I changed my impression on soba. Since young, I used to consider it as a weird dish with funny taste and I dared not try it, only to realize that I was totally wrong all the while. Dip the soba into the sauce and eat it right away, I'm sure you will be amazed by such delicacy.According to him, as I never eat sashimi, the Salmon Sushi Don was a "thumbs up", while I would only prefer their Tamago Yaki, the egg rolls on the side.I had my Eel Pot Rice, or Unagi Kamameshi, with an additional Fresh Egg. I loved it, although the process was threatening. I have mentioned that I was in hunger before settling down at Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant. When I placed my order, I was informed that I had to wait for 3 minutes before I could start eating my food, and I agreed. Apparently, the time I had to wait for my meal to be cooked was way more than merely 3 minutes! I felt cheated.

Still, it is recommendable if you do not mind having sticky rice, which is my favorite of all time. I did not regret adding the Fresh Egg right before it was completely cooked. The great smell of egg was just irresistible!

Priced at approximately RM41.50 per person, it had burnt a hole in his wallet. Despite so, I will still be sure to return occasionally. Ah, their Zaru Soba!

My Blog: http://jcheerios.blogspot.com/2013/06/brunch-at-watami-japanese-casual.html

Taiwanese cuisine seems to be something rather uncommon in Malaysia. Even if it is, the food quality may not be guaranteed, the portion size may be disappointing, or they may not offer anything that I truly fancy. For instance, I would never suggest XXL Crispy Chicken by Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks for its disgusting, weird, and smelly taste. Formosa, though, is so far the only one that I would highly recommend to give it a good try apart from Arisan at Taylor's University. Despite being operated by a group of foreigners, the food and services never fail to satisfy me during every visit.

On a side note, I have recently found out that Taiwan was historically known as "Ilha Formosa" by the Portuguese, which it literally means beautiful island.On that particular night, Don and I did not choose our usual set meals, but we wanted to have more than what our tummies could handle. Formosa offers a very wide selection of choices of set meals to be picked. Some of them may come with or without a cup of drink of your choice, and some may or may not include a bowl of rice. It's totally flexible in a way!

However, unless I need some cold drink to calm myself, I wouldn't prefer to have their Grass Jelly Milk Tea. It tasted like a cup of drink filled with flavoring essence.Each of us had a bowl of Braised Sauce Rice as usual, and added Braised Egg and Braised Taufu at RM3.00 in total. The first bite had indeed helped to make a life changing decision ever since; I will be sure to order all three of them every single time!Don preferred their Hot Crispy Chicken while I opted for Taiwanese Salted Chicken to save hassles. Both of them came with soft, tender, and juicy chicken meat covered with crispy outer layer, but cooked in different ways. They're definitely finger licking good!

Well, not to worry. The Hot Crispy Chicken wasn't too troublesome to be eaten, in fact. YOU MUST TRY!

My Blog: http://jcheerios.blogspot.com/2013/04/dinner-at-formosa-sunway-pyramid.html

As we walked around the streets nearby our hotel, unexpectedly, we found Funny Mountain! Happy and elated, I literally ran towards the famous dessert place to ask for anything available.Tadaaa!Unfortunately yet somehow fortunate considering the time we arrived at Funny Mountain (5.10pm), we only managed to grab two small bowls of Tau Fu Fah, also known as tofu pudding or soybean pudding, for RM0.90 each. Soya Bean and any other available desserts were sold out. This Tau Fu Fah tasted special in a way, and with its smoothness, none of whatever in my bowl could escape from being poured into my mouth. Really! You must give it a try should you happen to be in Ipoh.

P/S: Many have said that the queues are always ridiculously long, but it was almost empty during our visit. I personally think it actually depends on your luck and your visiting time; correct me if I'm wrong, though.

Original Classic Mille Crepe. Honestly, I love Arthur's Original Classic Mille Crepe more than the one at Nadeje, Petaling Jaya. I guess it's because Nadeje serves it with a layer of sugar, making it too sweet for my liking, whereas Arthur's tastes perfectly fine and heavenly. For each bite I took, the layers can be clearly felt. The taste was not the ordinary vanilla that could be found at any bakery shops. It’s just special!

This is also the only flavor that I would ever go for, after trying plenty of other flavors. I love it original!Tiramisu Mille Crepe. My boyfriend always loves to try something new, so he ordered this. It tasted good, but the layers could no longer be easily felt due to the cakes that existed in between. It sort of killed the purpose of a piece of mille crepe, actually.

This restaurant is highly recommended by me, as a person who will never stop loving their signature dish, Nasi Lemak with Fried Chicken!My Teh Tarik and his Milo Dinosaur. As usual, I ordered Teh Tarik, the so-called "pulled tea", to couple with my Nasi Lemak with Fried Chicken. It's the kind of heavy breakfast or brunch that I have always loved. My boyfriend wanted to try something new and special, so he had a cup of Milo Dinosaur. It is literally Iced Milo topped with a thick layer of milo powder. It is fun to eat the powder alone, but it might be too filling for me.Nasi Lemak with Fried Chicken. Indeed, other than this, I have never ordered anything else that is available in the restaurant. That’s how much I love their Nasi Lemak with Fried Chicken! I still couldn't figure out the ingredients used to fry the chicken, but I would say that no one has ever produced anything that tastes similarly to that of Village Park Restaurant, Damansara Uptown. They're always crispy and tender too!