Let Disney know that you want to see an official translation of Paperinik New Adventures – here’s how!
Disney has already shown an interest in the characters – Superduck comics are now available in the US, the UK, and Italy through Disney Digicomics! A growing archive of never-before-translated comics are now available. Here’s a brief explanation.
I often order Chiraishi when I’m at a Japanese restaurant. To me, it’s the culmination of all sashimi goodness - thick slices of salmon belly, tuna, kanpachi, tai, hirame, cooked prawn, fishcake, tamagoyaki, tobiko…..you get the idea. My absolute favourite has to be the one from Matsuo, which also happens to be the best deal at $20 nett (lunch set on Mondays and Fridays). My gawd they are so generous! Look out for the precious slice of otoro encased in the bento treasure box. The big slice of bbq eel rocks too.
First runner-up is shared by Botan and Aoki. The $25++ chiraishi from Botan is topped with a dollop of sweet pink fish floss and OMG I love the medley of sweet from the pink fish floss, saltiness from the ebiko, seaweedy-ness from the shredded nori and fragrance from the sesame seeds scattered over the rice. 
Aoki's $35++ maze chirashi is a bit more expensive but it's an upmarket place and the lunch set comes with a trio of desserts which makes it excellent value for money. So pretty! Generous portions of chopped up salmon, tuna, swordfish, mackeral etc. The highlight for me is the tamago castella scattered liberally on the rice - love the sweetish egg with sponge-cake texture. 
Finally, a discussion of chiraishi would not be complete without the $25++ one from Chikuwa (ex-Wasabi Tei fame). Thickest slices of salmon/tuna/swordfish/scallop /uni/tamago I have seen. Very fresh and shiok but sadly, the rice is lacking - a bit loose, not sticky enough.
Let Disney know that you want to see an official translation of Paperinik New Adventures – here’s how!
Disney has already shown an interest in the characters – Superduck comics are now available in the US, the UK, and Italy through Disney Digicomics! A growing archive of never-before-translated comics are now available. Here’s a brief explanation.
Let Disney know that you want to see an official translation of Paperinik New Adventures – here’s how!
Disney has already shown an interest in the characters – Superduck comics are now available in the US, the UK, and Italy through Disney Digicomics! A growing archive of never-before-translated comics are now available. Here’s a brief explanation.
I haven’t been blogging because I was hospitalized for a severe bout of gastritis (inflammation of the stomach) and needed a gastroscopy to ensure there were no stomach ulcers. Without going into medical 101s here let me just say that it was (and still is) a painful experience and there are some lessons to be learnt here.
1. NEVER underestimate the corrosiveness of painkillers. All I did was two 4-day dosages of painkillers for my sprained wrist and tada there goes my stomach lining L Stupid doctor didn't tell me to take them with antacids to reduce the acidity and impact on the gastric.
2. This next point is my bad – When taking painkillers, avoid taking tea and coffee. I was washing my painkillers down WITH my morning cup of coffee. Having my breakfast sandwich at the same time was probably the only saving grace from burning a hole in my stomach.
3. Make sure you are adequately covered by insurance. My A&E fees, the hospital stay (2-bedder, private hospital), stomach scope, sedation, and gastroenterologist fees came up to a bill of more than $3k! Medisave only allows claims up to a max of $800 a day. Luckily for me I recently just topped up my insurance coverage for emergencies like these so if nothing goes wrong the balance of the bill should be covered by insurance.
Doc says I have to watch my diet for the next two weeks, but I'll still post any good food deals I come across! Sigh I can only 望梅 止渴 for now.
Let Disney know that you want to see an official translation of Paperinik New Adventures – here’s how!
Disney has already shown an interest in the characters – Superduck comics are now available in the US, the UK, and Italy through Disney Digicomics! A growing archive of never-before-translated comics are now available. Here’s a brief explanation.
