hokkaido wagyu jo karubi
had an excellent dinner with wife on sunday 8.3.2015.
we went to our favourite yakiniku restaurant, aburiya.^^ last time we were here was 6.10.2014.
aburiya 烧屋
we called up last minute, & was able to still get a seat inside. the outside was quite full though.
hakkaisan
wife ordered here usual sake, a hakkaisan.
smokeless yakiniku grill
the grill is recessed into the table & also has powerful suction on the side, so it is entirely smokeless. contrast this with axmaya omakaseya yakiniku, which has quite bad ventilation & leaves you smelling of bbq meat when you leave the restuarant.
jo karubi with negi (leeks)
the meats were excellent. the hokkaido jo karubi or special boneless beef rib (top photo) was good. so was the jo karubi negi (with leeks). we did not find the hokkaido beef so outstanding for the price actually. the cheaper beef did quite well.
kurobuta belly
the kurobuta pork belly was great too. i liked it.
kimchi chigae
bibimen
bibimen
& the other dish we just love was bibimen. i was quite converted actually. i used to like bibimbab a lot more (still like bibimbab) but here we always ordered bibimen. my wife loved it & i liked it a lot now.^^
so tasty with the gojuchang sauce, and it came with a lot of beef. 🙂
the dinner came to S$120nett for 2pax. it was kind of expensive. less the sake it would be like S$90 for 2pax. c/w azmaya omakaseya.
azmaya has much better quality of beef & with the 50% discount the price would be about same or less c/w aburiya for much better beef. however aburiya was a more complete & enjoyable meal for us because we like the kimchi chigae very much and also the bibimen. another thing the ventilation at azmaya is really bad c/w aburiya’s smokeless grill.
for myself though i am quite happy to go back to azmaya if the 50% continues.
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