Fried foods...Secret to a long life :P

Let me start off by greeting everyone a Very Happy New Year!  For sure, many of us by now are on a diet mode or trying different ways on how to drop those extra poundSSS we gained during the holiday season.  Let me share with you the food I devour that made me gain, I think about 10-15 pounds and add up 2-3 inches to my waistline haha!

First, Izakaya Nihonbashitei

Photo grabbed from OpenRice.com

It was my birthday month and I was looking for a restaurant to dine in with my college friends.  I was craving for some tempura so that night was all about Japanese food.  There were a lot of Japanese people dining there too, I figured maybe they really serve authentic Jap food.

• Ebi Tempura

 

The prawns are huge!  I shared it with Suzet.  Thank God my friend, Len, is allergic to shrimp and Suzet only ate a piece so I got most of it all to myself haha!

• Gyoza

I also ordered this gyoza for the three of us to share.  The gyoza had a generous meat filling and tasted really good.  Even ordered another one to go for my mama love :)

•   Sushi platter

 Dra. Len had this plateful and colorful sushi.

• Katsudon

Serving was huge!  Very tasty as well.

• Beef gyudon

Suzet chose beef gyudon.  The bowl was packed with this delicious mildly sweet beef loin.  I'll order this next time. 

All in all, the place is worth a visit.  Good food that wouldn't burn a hole in your pocket.  So for Nihonbashitei, all I could sing is...

"I got a feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night
that tonight’s gonna be a good night
that tonight’s gonna be a good good night

Fill up my cup
Mazeltov
Look at her dancing
just take it off
Lets paint the town
We’ll shut it down
Let’s burn the roof
and then WE'LL DO IT AGAIN

Let's do it and do it and do it 
and do it and do it

and do it and do it and live it up 

and do it, do it." 

IZAKAYA NIHONBASHITEI

M. Adriatico Street, Malate, Manila across Hyatt Hotel