Restaurant: Nihonbashite

A great restaurant for dates definitely! Hidden away round the corner of Arnaiz Avenue in Makati City, this authentic japanese cuisine offers two styles of dining in: cooked in front of you or just served to you.

Why?

The food is delicious! We both ordered wagyu beef set (P1860) shared, this came with tempura (which is different from ebi tempura in a sense that tempura is mixed and not just shrimp, we were served 1 shrimp tempura with the rest vegetables) also came with rice, either plain or fried (yummy fried rice :p), vegetables, soup, icecream in the end and 3 different yummy sauces!

THE SAUCES ARE:

Apple cider (I think): She liked this one
Honey Mustard: Sweet, yummy my favourite

Garlic Sauce: Err.. It's okay if you like that sorta thing

The atmosphere is great, you can get a private room, just try to reserve earlier; or dine outside. Usually the place is full, the day we ate was a weekday so it wasn't.

Our chef Enan does great tricks, which I thought make fantastic entertainment when on dates. It definitely eliminates the need to fill in the conversation, as usually the chef's crack jokes and juggles the eggs and all, so just laugh along if your the shy type.

Great stuff!

Where

800 A. Arnaiz Avenue, Makati City (its at the corner of the end of the street)

1F Izakaya: 818-8893/818-8894

2F Steak: 8188907/0926-6475803

How Much

Expect to pay around 1400-1800 if sharing, or 3.5-4k if not

What to do after

Along the strip I think there are some comedy clubs, which can be good for the night! If not, there isn't much to do there but there are bars as well.

Tips

• Tip the chef cooking in front of you at least 50pesos
• No need to tip at the end of the meal because service charge is included
• Eat slowly, talk more
• Enjoy the cook-in-front of you bit
• Lean back when he puts the wine at the start (Enan was telling us how a customer burnt his eyebrows off)