Sunday, October 22, 2006

Chicken rice investment in Japan


It's always satisfying to have recipes from Singapore once in a while. Together with Singaporeans, I have had chicken rice three times in Tokyo so far. The best so far was this one from Idobashi. In terms of display, it is similar to Chatterbox @ Mandarin hotel Sg. The rice and soya sauce did taste authentic. Notice the table-top, this is similar style to Ya-kun kaya toast. We also ordered carrot cake, laksa, fish head curry, goreng pisa and durian ice cream.

Singapore is currently the largest Asian investor in Japan. One of the investments to tap into the rebound of the Japanese economy is chicken rice! This was encouraged & assisted by the International Enterprise Singapore (under Singapore's Trade and Industry Ministry) to invest in Japan's "lifestyle services" sector. To my Japanese friends, indeed chicken rice is exotic. More Sg food can be found in new Lalaport Toyosu shopping mall in Tokyo opened this month. Ya Kun Kaya toast has also broke into mainstream Japanese consumer market this month!

Cooking was something I never did when I was in Singapore. But now I can cook pasta, grilled chicken breast, teriyaki and vegetable soup. Most of the time, I followed receipes off the internet. Its not that difficult after all?! Dealing with people is complex in comparative. There are no recipes - perhaps reasoning and empathy?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the account of the Singaporean dinner (^0^)/