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Another Sunday lunch, another Japanese restaurant. That day, we had our heart set on trying out Spoil Cafe near PP3 but alas when we went around 12pm, it was still closed. Having no luck there, we made a quick detour to 六角 Rokkaku on the next street.

Let me warn you it’s not particularly easy to find, we sorta stumbled upon it. When we arrived, it was just half full, which is thankful considering we were hungry and wet and desperately needed somewhere to sit and eat.

Rokkaku is a small restaurant, I counted just 18 seats in total. We were quickly seated at the corner and given hot tea. We made decisions quickly: C had minced tuna rice (yes, again!) and I had eel.

To be honest, I had serious expectations about Rokkaku but came away slightly disappointed. Perhaps it was an off day, but the food wasn’t exceptional, not the way that everyone else had raved around.

Minced tuna bowl

C’s set arrived first and she tucked in. Both sets come with appetizers, which I can’t remember much about anymore. I suspect it wasn’t much to rave about. C seemed to like it her tuna bowl but she wasn’t raving about it, so I reckon it was just average. I remember eating scoopfuls and thought it was ok. The rice seemed oddly warm and perhaps not as chewy and sticky as I would’ve liked.

Grilled eel set

I love eel and the one here is slightly above average. As you can see, the portions are substantial – three pieces of thick and juicy eel. The problem is the chef was stingy on the sauce and it left the eel dry. The best part about having grilled eel is smothering the excess sauce onto the rice, but here, the rice was dry. I ate just half of it, and all of the eel.

What can I say. I think the food here isn’t half bad, but the meal I had just don’t compare to the good ones I’ve been having recently. I’ll probably give it one more chance (after I exhaust all the great restaurants in town), but that isn’t high on my priorities right now.

While in Taiwan, mom excitedly told me about the handful of miracle fruits her friend passed to her.

Think of it like a minature plum. Once you bite through the reddish skin, there is a strange artificial sweetness and odd bitterness. I didn’t think about it too much, because I was more interested in trying out exactly how much of a “miracle” it is.

Miracle fruit

I ate half a lime. Yes, I actually sucked half a lime and it tasted sweet. I couldn’t believe it, and I sucked the other half of it. Yes, still sweet. I don’t know how it does it, but it completely distorts the taste buds. I was tempted to try it on chilli, but I chickened out in the end.

I wouldn’t recommend it on sweet stuff. I ate a cherry just for experiment’s sake, and it made the sweetness cloying and artificial.  I think I’ll stick to distorting bitter and sour flavours from now on.

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