I was finally able to take the Clairvoyant to this small Japanese restaurant in Marikina that's getting quite popular that its probably become one of the worst-kept secrets in that city. A friend took my colleagues and I to this restaurant near the corner of Sumulong Highway with Soliven Avenue in what was an Japanese auto surplus shop. The restaurant's license indicates the owner as a woman married to a Japanese national and we think its the husband who taught the cook how to prepare authentic Japanese food and the staff how to serve the Japanese way. The layout of the restaurant reminded us of where we used to eat near Midorigaoka Station in Tokyo near the Tokyo Institute of Technology or Tokodai (Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku) as it was called.
I was supposed to take the Clairvoyant at Tamagoya after she returned from Singapore last August but the weather got in the way and it took more than a month for us to finally have lunch there. It was our way of getting our "fix" in as far as Japanese food was concerned. We regularly ate at Japanese restaurants when we ate out in Singapore and so we missed our regular haunts there, particularly the ramen restaurants at the NEX mall, which was near our place.
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| Beef yakiniku topping |
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| Ramen for the Clairvoyant |
We'll certainly be back for more as we haven't tried many other items on their menu. Even now, my colleagues and I are also planning to have lunch out once we have some time to spare. The restaurant is a good 40 minutes drive from the university along a route that can be quite unpredictable in terms of traffic. Still, I think we'll have a go at it soon as our schedules for the semester permit. Meanwhile, the Clairvoyant and I might just drop by sometime soon...
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