Too Much Of A Good Thing Is Bad

While Eric Banana adores Japanese food, he has arrived at the conclusion that having too much of it within a short period of time, say four times within a week, is a baaaaad idea. Talk about food fatigue!

It started with AstroBanana going to Shimbashi Soba at Paragon last Saturday. They both ordered the Paragon Soba, which comprises warm tempura soba and chilled oroshi soba. Eric Banana prefers the Paragon Soba to the usual set meals because whenever he goes to Shimbashi, he would rather place his focus on the soba - and nothing beats trying both warm and chilled soba in one go. Oh well, who needs an excuse to be a glutton anyway? :P Tally: one time in one day.

Two days later, Eric Banana bought his intern lunch at Shinobu Dining (the former Yuzu-Shimizu Japanese Restaurant) at PSA Building. Surprising, there wasn't much of a lunch crowd. Tally: two times in three days.

On Thursday, AstroBanana finally got to trying the food at Wasabi Tei - which is located at Far East Plaza - with DGT after several postponements. DGT was right - the food was really good. However, there is always a queue, the waiting time is fairly long, the place is small and cramped (not to mention the food smell that lingers on one's clothes after the meal), and the service is so-so. To Eric Banana, the eating enviroment plays a big role when he wants to enjoy a meal. Tally: Three times in six days.

Yesterday, AstroBanana met Celine, Joel and Song for dinner at Sun with Moon at The Central. It was a belated birthday celebration for Song and an early birthday celebration for Celine. The original plan was to go to Ma Maison instead. However, when Eric Banana called to make a reservation on Monday, it was already full :( Strong dinner crowd despite the recession. Tally: four times in seven days.

Eric Banana thinks he will stay off Japanese food for the time being before he starts to develop japfoodphobia :|