Spending the new year's eve lunch indulging in such good food with the family seems like the perfect thing to end the year with. It was the festive season back then and there wasn't any normal set meals prepared. Instead there were a lot of of Christmas and New Year specials which we thought were fairly expensive. So we went for the a la carte instead. I would've taken more shots on the food (what's not here was Edmund's soba, Grace's udon and dad's tempura seafood) we had but when the food were served surprisingly quick, I had to leave the camera down. Pardon me for that.

Tsuruya is probably the only Japanese restaurant of its kind as we got a chance to meet the owner of the restaurant itself, Ricky and Ricky built his own business...

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Lunch nearby our work site is quite limited and we find ourselves heading off to Bukit Jambul again and again. And after having to bear with the relentless heat and sun at the site, we longed for the cooling effect of an air-con ambience hence it was a relief spotting this japanese restaurant.

Upon entering the premises, was greeted by interior deco that’s not predominantly japanese, but heavily influenced by tropical balinese elements. bamboo use was liberal, and buddha faced decos were abundant too, but it was the gorgeous glass lamps that caught my eye. i love most of the pendant lamps hanging over each tatami seat booth...

5x of us went to Tsuruya Japanese Restaurant (鹤屋日本料理)@ I-Avenue this afternoon.

They got very colourful laminated menus (left) but Oops, too kwee siao for us lah. :) Therefore we switched to its set lunch menu (right).

Our set lunch dishes (clockwise: green tea, qiu dao yu, barbecue chicken, deep fried chicken, chiki ban ban(?), tofu beef) ranged from RM13 to RM20 (excluding 15% tax)...

Food
Food serving size generally bigger than the other Japanese Restaurant. The Tsuruya special maki tasted good, except that the rice was a little too ‘wet’. Set lunch was ok.

Service
Normal

Environment
It is a fully air-conditioned restaurant. We were not asked of whether we want to sit in the smoking or non-smoking area when we walked in...

How many Japanese restaurants is too many? Located in i-Avenue is another Japanese restaurant called Tsuruya (鹤屋). Judging from the environment, it is another hi-class Japanese restaurant. It has low tables in which you have to take off your shoe for dining.

Flipping the menu, we found out that most of the items are actually not cheap, so we ordered set meal – Sake Teriyaki Set (RM19.00++) and Sake Shioyaki Set (RM17.00++). Both come with miso soup, salad, fruit, and fermented vegetables. Sake Teriyaki Set is nice in which...