Day 30. My birthday was yesterday

Home-baked with love from Aikky and Mommy!

It's interesting how birthdays seem to be a big thing in the past - anticipating what presents I will get, what should I wear just so I look so stunningly gorgeous even for a day and who will be the first to post the a birthday greeting onto my Friendster, or the now more popular Facebook wall. 

Years passed, the cycle repeats. As if struck by a sudden realisation, I realised these are rather superficial self-fulfilling materials that I no longer crave. What I wish for, instead, is just a simple meet up or wishes from my few besties (who will always remember my birthdays) and time spent with my loved ones. And so, my fb account no longer has my birthday indicated, nor did my office colleagues knew about it.

Surprisingly though, yesterday was liberating. 

Having said that, a dinner with my beloved bf is definitely a must. And so he chose Momoya, a Jap restaurant near Simpang bedok. It was one of shophouses, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the city life. Quiet and cosy and at first glance, quite pack. At $32++ for a Japanese buffet, it was indeed value-for-money, and I have to say that it's got one of the better service that I had encountered. Entering the place, I had high expectations and was rather thrilled with the spread on the buffet menu.

Right photo taken by my irritating bf, when I was asking him for something, I look so unflattering here! :(

We ordered quite a couple of dishes - salmon sashimi, ebi tempura, chawanmushi, yuzu salad, grilled mushroom, wasabi mayo maki with soft shell crab, grilled mackerel, grilled salmon with butter sauce, unagi with egg, fried tofu and so on.

I'm not a salad person, and this doesn't look appetising that all. Needless to say, I didn't order this.

HAHA! What kind of look is that?

(L to R) Amaebi, Sake, Spider Wasabi Mayo Maki,  Unagi Tamago Toji, Grilled Chicken Wings, Unaku Chiizu Maki

In sum, I have to say the food wasn't that fantastic, and in fact, a little disappointing. The only few dishes that were nice was perhaps the maki and the chawanmushi. I'm glad that we gave it a try though, cause it was rather inaccessible without a car, but I don't foresee going back to the place any time soon. If you are going for value and variety, this is perhaps the place to go.

Momya Japanese Restaurant 

Picardy Gardens, 16 Jalan Pari Burong

Mon - Sun: 11:30 - 14:30; 18:00 - 22:00