Japanese Cuisine in St. Lucia?!

Believe it or not, I recently got married! After our lovely wedding we went on a honeymoon to St. Lucia.

Who would have thought that then they went to the caribbean that they would find a Japanese restaurant? Well we did!

There was a restaurant called Kimono!

When we got into Kimono, they showed us the menu, and we all chose an appetized, but everyone gets the emperor's feast!

I ordered the spring rolls...

And my husband got the sushi....

Our chef made a volcano of fire in the middle of the fried rice...

Food from Our Emperor's Feast:

Prawns with black bean sauce and sliced pineapple:

Chicken marinated in Miso Paste, sesame seeds and Teriyaki Sauce:

Stir-Fried Vegetables:

 Beef marinated with spices, served with snow peas and shitake mushroom and Japanese style peppercorn sauce:

And I forgot to take a picture of the dessert, sorry! But it was also good. We tried some of both. Though I definitely preferred the coconut spring roll best. :)

Everything we were served at Kimono was delicious and we never had to ask for a refill on our drinks, the next one would show up just as we were finishing our previous one. It has a bit of island flavour to the Japanese cuisine, but it is still tasty and it was a great experience and part of our honeymoon. This restaurant is often booked up so reservations have to be made as soon as you arrive!

Hope this Island-Asian Cuisine has been interesting to you!

Until next time, happy munching!

Birthday Celebration!

Hello Everyone!

Today it is my birthday! To celebrate I went to a teppanyaki place with some friends and family! For those of you who do not know what teppanyaki is, it is a form of Japanese cuisine. The word teppan means iron plate, and yaki (in this case) is used to mean grilled, so teppanyaki is a method of preparing food that involves those items being cooked on a large heated iron surface. This is usually done in front of the patrons of the restaurant and is a combination of entertainment and eating. It was very exciting and delicious. I took a little picture to show you how it looks. Here the chef is cooking some chicken and vegetables! (and shrimp?)

In this picture the chef is flambéing the shrimp! It is quite an amazing thing to see the flame is enormous and very warm! Its a show stopper.

If you happen to be wondering what I ate while I was there, we started with a small shabu shabu soup (this is what they call it but it is the broth not the table top cooking shabu shabu), and a salad, then the show began with yaki shrimp, an assortment of vegetables, rice (everyone gets these items with their meal) and I had a delicious New York steak! It was so amazing! This place is definitely one of my favourites! 

Also, my fiance made me this awesome cake for my birthday in the shape of one of my favorite icons, Hello Kitty!! It turned out great! Here's a little picture of it before we put in the candle and cut it up!

It was delicious!! Thank you to everyone for making my birthday special again this year! I really appreciate it and I had a great time, and I hope you did, too!!