Good foods in Sendai Japan

Sendai is one of my favorite city while visited Japan, it's a big city but not so crowded like you will find in Tokyo and believe me there are many good foods here with nice value and great atmosphere.
As a capital city of Miyagi prefecture, Sendai have a lot of entertainment venues, five years ago when I live in Japan (Tokyo) I visited this city very often  just to have a good foods and hangout with my friends, to get here from Tokyo mostly we use Sinkansen wich mean fast train, expensive but fast, I think there are several cheapest ways to get here from Tokyo, we just looking for the easy and fast way,..

In Miyagi prefecture we can find a lot of tourism object from beach to mountain, from night life to sacred temple, it's depend on your interest., Me?,.. I'm coming for a good foods and beverages lol,.

A few years ago earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi was striking this area, the tsunami devastated the city's coastal outskirts but did not cause major damage in the city center. Virtually all tourist spots reopened within a few months of the earthquake. I was visited Sendai in April 2011, after the earthquake happened in March 2011, I saw the desperation of some of the families who lost family members over the disaster. But on my last visit last month, the city are back to normal even more better.

Warung biah biah | Simply balinese style

Last visited to warung biah biah at June 10, 2012, located at Jalan goutama, Ubud, Gianyar - Bali.
The street where this warung nestled were remind me of the same street in Kuta (it's call poopies street), or in Jakarta there is a same character of a little street call Jalan Jaksa. the point is, it's a small street with a lot of tourism activities, like culinary, spa, guest house, etc..

Warung biah biah is popular of it's Balinese food, which is presented simple and delicious. actually you can easily eat Balinese food in Ubud, but what make this warung special??
Yeah, the warung always present hygienic foods, which is sometime hardly found in usual local warung lately. and the price for each foods are not different with the local warung.

FUZION CAFE, Cozy and delicious restaurant in Ubud

Fuzion cafe,......
This cafe have a good concept of simple traditional and modern Indonesia that you can see in the decor and menu,. It's located in the main street of Lungsiakan street, a little bit far away from Ubud center, it will take 30 - 40 minutes walking or a few minutes by motorbike or car. But once you go there you will feel the peace of Ubud, the cafe is quiet, with nice strains of music, comfortable seats, friendly staffs and surely a good foods.

This cafe is like all in package that you can get in Ubud, they have various menu arranged by the owner him self that have a background in culinary business for 7 years in various countries (I've talk with the owner on my last visit, such a nice funny guy^^/). I tried almost all the menu here., salad, Indonesian, pizza, pasta, steak etc,.. My favorite is the steak, they use a good quality of meat local and imported, the local meat are ordered from Java and dry aged for 30 days. For this quality of meats I just spent 135,000rp (incl tax) for 250gr of tenderloin with selectable side dish and sauce, it's not even $15 what a winner. As a foods lover my instinct always hunt for a good foods wherever I am and it's a very good to find this gem, as we know the restaurant in Ubud is become more and more overpriced (touristy) or even more, there are a lot new overpriced restaurant with quality bellow standard., but here, is where I can enjoy a good foods with fair price and good service.

Cafe Fiore Cita | Italian restaurant in Ubud, Bali

Cafe Fiore Cita, Providing various Italian cuisine such as : Pizza, Pasta, Risotto, and other Italian cuisine that would be your recommendation while you visiting Ubud.
The cafe also providing imported Italian grand coffee and various fresh juices, located on the main street of Jalan Raya Sanggigan which has been the center of  culinary area in Ubud. Last visited on December 25, 2011, the cafe were quite cozy with minimalist open air garden design and one big indoor room, combined with the shop which selling a various Kimono and accessories that imported from Japan.
The staffs were friendly and the food was goooooddd!!.. It's a little bit different with other Italian cuisine that you can enjoy in Bali, I mean like the Pizza crust, it was very good, it's a little bit tough inside but crispy outside, topped with soft melting mozzarella cheese and other protein stuff that very match with the crust.

The History of Ubud

In many ways, the history of the Ubud area (not so much the modern day town) is the very history of Bali itself.

Ubud has a known history back to the eighth century, when the Javanese Buddhist priest Rsi Marhandya came to Bali from Java, and meditated at the confluence of the two Wos rivers at Campuan, just west of the modern day town centre. A shrine was established and later expanded by Nirartha, the Javanese priest who is regarded as the founder of Bali's religious practices and rituals as we know them today. At this time the area was a centre of natural medicine and healing, and that is how the name Ubud originated: Ubad is ancient Balinese for medicine.

Further temples and monasteries were established over the next 400 hundred years or so. The temple complex at Gunung Kawi, and the cave temples at Goa Gajah (just east and northeast of Ubud), are architectural remains from this period. Many of the dances, drama and rituals still practised in Ubud today, originated at this time. King Airlangga ruled all of Java and Bali in this era, and his seat of government was located in what is now the village of Batuan, just southeast of Ubud.

Donation For Japan Tsunami and Earthquake

The first thing on most people's mind after hearing the news of a disaster like the earthquake in Japan is, What can I do to help?
Even if you're thousands of miles away, there are ways that you can offer support to the earthquake and tsunami relief effort in Japan. Here are a few of them: