If you’ve been away from home for more than 5 weeks, what food will you miss the most? Chicken rice, laksa, Hokkien mee? Not me. I’m the type of girl who can gladly do without local cuisine for months, even years (I think). For me, it’s Japanese food I’m hankering for.
The thing is, after Europe and 4 gorgeous bags later, I’m happily broke. So it’s bye to chi-chi restaurants, and hi to budget eating! Now, are budget eating and good quality mutually exclusive? Bimi Kaiho proves that that’s a falsehood. It’s a very small Japanese restaurant which has made a loyal group of followers happy for many years. When I was there, the place was packed and there were a few tables of Japanese customers—always a good sign to me.
I came with cha soba and unagi in mind so ordering was a no-brainer. No idea whether it’s a mind trick cuz I miss soba so much, but I find the cold cha soba here really good! Firm texture and wonderfully refreshing.
A generous slab of grilled unagi with sweet tamago made up the other half of my simple yet almost-perfect (if only the eel was more tender…) meal ($17++ with rice, otherwise it’s $22++ with soba instead).
There’s many different types of bentos on the menu and the friend made a right choice with the saba/salmon teriyaki bento ($16++) cuz the grilled mackerel was deliciously moist!
With such affordable pricing, I certainly didn’t expect world-class Japanese cuisine and Bimi Kaiho didn’t pretend to serve that either. But for simple, homecooked food with prices that won’t hurt the wallet, Bimi Kaiho will do nicely.
this is budget uh…-_-”
Ms noo and I shared the soba and unagi, bento was ordered by another friend, so do your maths haha.
Eh, i went to this place today!!!
Hello SZP! So how, did you like it?
Haha.. okay la… not bad.. haha… but i didnt ordered as much as you. I just ate the pork cutlet set.. fairly good for me.. haha…
How you know sim is me huh? it can be anyone u know! haha..