Dazzling Meal

In another 3 weeks will be 'Doyo no Ushi no Hi'. In Japan, they believe that by eating nutritious eel on that particular day will help you to increase your stamina and beat the summer heat. So, have you made a reservation at your favourite eel restaurant?

Have you eaten Nagoya's, Japan, delicacy 'Hitsumabshi' before?
I have eaten it once during my trip to Japan 2 years ago.
The way of eating it is pretty interesting, and the taste is
delicious and I kinda miss it. :|

'Hitsumabushi'
Speaking of Japanese food, one could easily find Japanese food
items like Sushi, Ramen, Kaiseki, etc... in Singapore.
However, when it comes to 'Hitsumabushi', it ain't so
easy to find it. Since I haven't been eating eel for like
half a year, I suddenly have the urge of having it for dinner. (By the way, 'Mabushii' in Japanese means dazzling.)

According to the Internet, it seems that this place has
a large variety of Japanese eel set meals, therefore I
decided to have my dinner at that place.

I personally find the food there to be very delicious.
The taste of the eel is pretty much the same as those
that I have tasted in Japan. Besides for the delicious
food that they are serving you, they have also provided
a jar of soy sauce, so that you can add as much soy sauce
as you want onto the pot of eel + rice. :D
Another good point, would be the waitress in Kimono
looks pretty impressive. :P

The following shows way of savouring the 'Hitsumabushi':
(Taken from the Wikipedia)
Using the wooden spoon, divide the eel + rice into 4 portions.

1. Scoop out one of the portions and put it into the tea bowl and savour it.
2. Scoop out another portion and put it into the tea bowl and add ingredients like 'Wasabi', 'Seaweed', 'spring onion', etc... on top of it and savour it.
3. Scoop out the third portion and put it into the tea bowl and add the same ingredients that you have added in step 2 and pour in the soup that was given.
4. As for the last portion, you can just go with any one of the above steps will do.

Well then, where can we have this('Hitsumabushi')?

The name of this restaurant would be 'Chikuyotei' and
it is located on level 1 of 'Intercontinental Hotel'

Operating Hours (Daily):

• 12pm - 2:30pm
• 6:30pm - 10:30pm

* Click here to find out more about 'Chikuyotei'. (In Japanese)
^ Click here to find out more about 'Intercontinental Hotel'.