Fuji Yumi @ Corner loop/church str

WINTER SPECIAL - BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE

THEIR JAPANESE WOMAN LOGO

CHICKEN KATSU CURRY - CRISPY CHICKEN WITH CURRY

JAPANESE HEALTHY BOX

TEMPURA UDON

AUTHENTIC JAPANESE FOOD IN CAPE TOWN?

YES, YOU READ IT RIGHT! YOU CAN FIND AUTHENTIC JAPANESE FOOD IN CAPE TOWN! (RELATIVELY)

FUJI YUMI, PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS FUJI YAMA (FUJI MOUNTAIN), REOPENED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO IN CAPE TOWN CITY, CORNER OF LOOP AND CHURCH STREET.

EVERY TIME WHEN I GO TO FUJI YUMI, I NEVER ORDER SUSHI! (THOUGH THE DELUXE SET IS QUITE NICE) BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR THE AUTHENTICITY!

I ALWAYS ORDER A JAPANESE HEALTH BOX, AS IT IS REASONABLY PRICED, WITH PRETTY MUCH A BIT OF EVERYTHING, SASHIMI, AGADASHI TOFU,  COLD SOBA, SALAD AND A BOWL OF RICE. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH HOW THE JAPANESE PEOPLE EATS IN JAPAN.

ANOTHER DISH I OCCASIONALLY ORDER IS THE JAPANESE CURRY DISH, THEY DON'T MAKE THE BEST CURRY, BUT I JUST LOVE THE CRISPY PORK/CHICKEN TOPPED WITH HOT CURRY SAUCE!

ANOTHER DISH NOT TO BE MISSED WILL BE THE UDON OR SOBA DISHES. THEY ARE BOTH NOODLES, AND CAN BE SOUP BASED OR STIR FRIED. I PREFER THE SOBA BETTER WHILE INA LIKES THE UDON MORE.

SEASONAL SPECIAL WOULD BE THE JAPANESE HOT POT! VERY NICE AND VISUAL IN THE BEGINNING, UNTIL THEY TAKE AWAY THE FIRES (FOR I DON'T KNOW WHAT REASON), THEY COOK IT IN THE POT BEFORE THEY BRING IT OUT NOW AS OPPOSE AS THEY BRING YOU THE POT ON FIRE AND LET THE INGREDIENTS COOK FROM RAW!

I REALLY ENJOY THAT!

MUST TRY: JAPANESE HEALTH BOX, TEMPURA SOBA.

SWONAL INDEX: 7.5/10.0 AUTHENTIC JAPANESE FOOD IN CAPE TOWN, NOW SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

HE SAYS

Winter treat - Chinese Hot Pot

Chinese hot pot (direct translation) is something that comes to my head every winter. You got to have hot pot in winter, it is like a rule for me.

What is hot pot? If you are asking:

Hot pot is Chinese styled fondue with a pot of boiling soup in the middle of the table and the dishes are around the pot. The dishes are mostly raw and ready to be cook in the pot. You can throw in whatever you have prepared. When you eat it, you should mix your own dipping sauce.

Depending on your style, the dipping sauce can be a mixture any peanut sauce, chilli oil, soy sauce, chopped spring onion, chopped garlic, sesame oil.. it is a personal preference.

I was invited to this hot pot dinner and it was like the luxury version of hot pot! I have never had oysters in hot pot and generally I am scared of the rawness of oysters. But if you cook the oyster in the water for roughly 10~15 seconds, it is really yummy! Remember not to cook it in the spicy soup as you won't be able to taste the pure flavor.

Here is my list of my best hot pot dishes:
- Thinly sliced lamb or pork
- Oysters
- Glass noodle (unfortunately we did not have udon noodle)
- Mushrooms (long ones, white enokitake mushrooms)
- Calamari
- Chinese cabbage
- Fish cake (a type of tempura)
- Oily tofu
- Pork meatballs

I have family over later this month, we shall have at least one hot pot dinner! If you are interested to have hot pot in Cape Town, you can go to the following:

Xiang Yuan
254 Main Road, Sea Point
021 434 4987

Royo Kloof
1st Floor, 115 Kloof Street
Gardens
021 422 1888

Dynasty
Shop 10 Nedbank Centre, Kloof Road
Sea Point
021 434 0065