Dinner at Yashi

June 23, 2009

After postponing dinner at Yashi since last Friday, we finally decided to just go with dinner today (Monday, June 23) despite the heavy shower forecasted and weather will be even worse the whole week, filled with thunderstorms and even gales. I was unprepared for dinner and I just got Zeiti's e-mail saying she booked dinner. I was quite skeptical to be honest, as I was not really keen on getting soaked through on his Vespa all the way to town and back again. Well, since Zeiti is leaving for holiday and weather was due to be even worse, I thought yeah, let's do it! Miraculously we saw some sunshine and it did not rain at all until late that night where we heard the wind howling and rain pouring until the very next morning.
Anyway for a start, this is my (our) favourite sushi bar in Bermuda and I really love the food here. Prepared by our fellow Malaysian chef, Alan; he makes the best sushi, not just in town alright! He is a very nice guy and a good friend of mine also!

Complimentary salad with some dressing. Just some sliced lettuce, tomato and a mayo-like sauce. Not too sure, never bothered to ask. But its the sauce is nice.

Japanese green peas, served warm slightly salted (I can't remember what this is called in Japanese). I have never tried this and hey, it was really good. They were sweet and slightly salted. Nice appetiser before proceeding to the rest as you will see below.


Complimentary from our Chef. I am not sure what fish is this but it was grilled and garnished with some special sauce and they were pretty good I must say. Squeeze some lemon on top of the fish and then dip it with some special white sauce. Yummy!


Chef's starter. A sushi roll with spicy tuna wrapped up with seaweed then fried with some batter and sliced. Topped up with some seaweed and ebiko with some special sauce; then complimented with some finely shredded deep fried crabstick. This is definitely my favourite starter and we have this all the time when we come here for dinner. A must order!


Close up look. Its super delicious!

We ordered six types of sashimi to share among us. Salmon, octopus, peppered tuna, local wahoo, yellowtail and tuna sashimi served with wasabi and sliced ginger were really fresh and good! I don't usually favour tuna but i take them here in Yashi cause they are really good.
A close up look at the peppered tuna on my plate. It's beautiful and tasted really good too.

Sliced octopus sashimi with some lemon juice.
Aizul ordered Spicy dragon roll. Unagi, avocadoes, seaweed with some spicy tuna.
We had two orders of Number One roll. This is my favourite! Absolutely delicious! With local wahoo, shrimp and topped up with seaweed and special sauce. Yummy!!!

Chef's special roll. With unagi, seaweed topped up with ebikko and special sauce. Not my favourite especially because for unknown reasons, I do not take unagi at all. I used to love them but just don't and can't take them.
Closer look. They are pretty tasty though.
The gang that night. Daleena, Aizul, Zeiti and me.


Me and Laughton.

We were really greedy cause we had dessert at home. Ben & Jerry's chunky monkey. I think this has become Laughton's favourite ice-cream. Banana ice cream layered with caramel, some nuts and chunky pieces of chocolate. Mmmm delicious!!

Fort Hamilton, Bermuda

July 21st, 2009

Fort Hamilton

Situated on a hilltop on the outskirts of Hamilton this pentagonal fort makes a decent retreat from the hustle and bustle of the city. Was built in the 1870's to defend against possible attacks by American forces, also offers good views of the capital and ships in the Hamilton Harbour. The moat which surrounds the fort has been transformed into a garden, with palm trees, palmettos and other trees and plants. Check out the photos we took belows for the beautiful views of the capital and the harbour.

A pre-Wimbledon warm up?

June 14th, 2009

Was it a pre-Wimbledon warm up or just 2 clowns trying to play some tennis?? Haha read on for more details.

I still had my membership at the Southampton Princess Tennis and Beach Club and we decided to play some tennis since the wind was not howling too madly that afternoon. I always felt that Bermuda is great to play tennis except for the extreme winds that made me struggle to control the ball. We used to come here pretty often to play tennis and also not forgetting the "friendly" exchanges of comments and words during the game is never short when you see me at the court. Haha. Laughton is always so patient and I think the only way he lets it out is through playing tennis. Daddy said my game improved, I was hitting the balls slightly harder compared to before. I told him I had to thank Laughton because he hit the balls like crazy, super hard. I think he must be well frustrated from all my bullying!

See his cheeky grin..

Arrival In Bermuda

June 11th, 2009

After almost 40 hours of travelling time from Malaysia to Bermuda, I got onto the island safely and also my bags! Haha, I was really thankful for the safe journey after all these terrible air disasters that came up recently. Felt a bit awkward to actually come into the Bermuda Airport and standing in the queue for tourist this time as I had previously queued under the expats line, a line that barely moved. Good nice hot weather as I landed, waiting patiently to catch a glimpse of Laughton after 3 months since I last saw him from JFK New York airpot. It was rather surprising for me as I was kinda shocked to see an Englishman waving with a big smile across his face to me. Ah-ha, he is my boyfriend. It probably took me up to a quarter of an hour before I realised it was him! We did chat online, on the phone, e-mails, chatting through webcam and texting but it was still quite different for me. It didn't take long for him to spot me, my green flourescent Nike baby T and bright red Samsonite suitcase made it so much easier for him. I was really pleased we managed to arrange for this summer vacation because I think I would have gone mad if we had not seen each other for half a year or 9 months as we planned earlier??? We took a cab back and then headed to his new place. He helped me unpack and then we went to Swizzle Inn South Shore for quick dinner as I was feeling really tired after the long journey.

We had a plate of nachos for starter.
Looking really pleased, was it because of me or the nachos??
His- Southwest Chicken pizza. Our favourite pizza (should I say the better pizzas that you can find here)

Fish and chips. It was not as good as I expected as the batter was thick and stuck onto the fish. Not the best. I am still in search for the best fish and chips, probably had them in England. Only if I could eat them with some Kimball or Maggi or even Lingham's chilli sauce. Yes, I think I will be shot by people who sold fish and chips there.

Dinner at Bistro J, Hamilton Bermuda

June 20th, 2009

After doing some shopping in Hamilton town, Bermuda, we headed back home to chill for a bit before getting ready to dinner at Bistro J with Jose and Jian. I thought the walkway looked really cool and would be nice for some photos but Laughton's camera did not seem to give me the effect that I expected. Or maybe it was his photo taking skills. He needs to learn. Haha I hope he is not reading this. Anyway, can't blame him as he spends most of his time with his employer or should I say the "Best Employer to work for in Bermuda" (pardon my sarcasm, I was once there too, but I guess He knows how I had been suffering and decided that the I had enough to bear with and I had never been happier ever since I left!). I really have to say I do have a lot of respect for this man, Laughton for hanging in there during these difficult times for both of us. Appreciate it!

Some photos we rushed to take as Jose had sent a text message wondering if we needed any directions. Dude, you should stay cool as we were just 5minutes late and this is considered way too early by Bermudian standard! :) It was great to catch up since I last saw him about 3 months ago.

Jose and Jian.
One without the glasses.
Me and Laughton.
Our drink, we had a glass of Prosecco each (me and Laughton), an Italian wine which is generally sweetish.
Laughton ordered the Mushroom Cream Puff Pastry Tartlet for his starter and I just pinched from him a little and some mussels from Jian. Taste was okay, creamy mushroom with some rocket salad. The pastry was pretty decent too, being quite fluffy.
We all ordered the New York Strip Steak, Mash Potato, Mushroom and Onion Sauce for our mains and I had ordered medium but I think I got mine a bit too cooked towards well done. I like the sauce and the mash was good too, would have been better if it came slightly more pink. Laughton had the same problem too, he ordered rare and got it medium. Just wondered if they can get it perfectly right just like those we had in Peter Luger's in New York. The best timing, regardless of the number of orders lining up.

Jose and Jian's dessert. Double scoop of vanilla ice-cream served on an ice bowl. He was well impressed by the presentation. He did not say much about the ice-cream though hehe.

Laughton had this moist chocolate cake with vanilla ice-cream which I shared with him. It was pretty good.