日本香鬆(振り掛け)飯糰 Furikake Onigiri @ SHINKA Onigiri 賑香おにぎり in 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11

9 November.2021 Breakfast

Day 605 MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19 (MCO#3.0 Day 189) 

@ SHINKA Onigiri 賑香おにぎり in 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11 (click here to Google Map)

Address:

GPS Location: 3°02'51.5"N 101°34'47.2"E
日本香鬆(振り掛け)飯糰 Furikake Onigiri rm$2.40 👍👍👍😋😋 7.5/10

Total bill: rm$2.40
Budget: rm$5 - rm$10++
Payment: Cash 
Cuisine: Chinese, Japanese

Pork free: no Pork, Snacks, Desserts

Alcohol free: Yes

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: No

Internet Wifi speed: No

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net  

Order & Delivery: Order@Counter

On-line Delivery Service: No

Indoor Seating tables: No

Outdoor Seating: No 

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: No

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ  

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: For rm$2.40, this is one tasty Onigiri called "日本香鬆(振り掛け)飯糰 Furikake Onigiri", and just a single one is good for either breakfast or lunch. The Furikake mixed well inside the Rice Ball and really quite good. 

Fun Facts: Furikake (振り掛け / ふりかけ) is a 干日本調味 dry Japanese condiment to be sprinkled on top of cooked 米飯 rice, 蔬菜 vegetables, and 魚 fish, or used as an ingredient in 飯糰 onigiri. It typically consists of a mixture of 乾魚 dried fish, 芝麻 sesame seeds, 切碎的海藻 chopped seaweed, 糖 sugar, 鹽 salt, and 味精 monosodium glutamate.

In Japan, 振り掛け Furikake became popular when it was mass produced by Nissin Foods after WWII when product was commercialized on the basis that it provided a good source of protein and calcium. 振り掛け Furikake was also widely dispensed to Japanese military during the World War II. However, this interesting condiment was invented 110 years ago during the Taishō period (1912–1926) by a 藥劑師 pharmacist in Kumamoto prefecture named 吉丸末吉 Suekichi Yoshimaru. Yoshimaru developed a mixture of 磨碎的魚骨 ground fish bones with 烤芝麻 roast sesame seeds, 罌粟種子 poppy seeds, and 海藻 seaweed that was made into a powder to address 鈣缺乏 Calcium deficits in the Japanese population. He called this product ご飯の友 Gohan no Tomo ("A Friend for Rice") and is generally considered the precursor to contemporary 振り掛け Furikake.

Food today: 7.5 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋

Price: 8 / 10 👍👍👍
Value for Money: 7 / 10 👍👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 4 / 10 😐😐
Parking: 6 / 10 👍
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  3 / 10 😐😐😐 (1.5km from Taipan LRT station)

Website: https://shinkafood.wixsite.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shinka.food/

Menu: https://shinkafood.wixsite.com/Menu/
Telephone: +016-218-4168, (+81) 03-5387-8168 (Max Grow Japan LTD)Grow Japan LTD
Operation hours: 06:00am - 02:00pm+ (the USJ11 shop)

日本香鬆(振り掛け)飯糰 Furikake Onigiri rm$2.40

The Menu

 

@ 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11

 

"味玉蛋"飯糰 Ajitama Onigiri & 日本红燒雞飯糰 Teriyaki Onigiri @ 賑香 Shinka in 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11

25 June Breakfast

Day 468 MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19 (MCO#3.0 Day 52) 

@ @ 賑香 Shinka in 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11 (click here to Google Map)

No. 5, Jalan USJ 11/3, USJ 11, 47610 Subang Jaya, Selangor
GPS Location: 3°02'51.6"N 101°34'47.3"E

"味玉蛋"飯糰 Ajitama Onigiri rm$3.20 👍👍👍😋😋 7.5/10   

日本红燒雞飯糰 Teriyaki Onigiri $2.60 👍👍😋😋 7/10

Total bill: rm$5.50
Budget: rm$2.40 - rm$10
Payment: Cash  
Cuisine: Japanese Onigiri 9 variants

Pork free: no Pork, fish

Alcohol free: Yes

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: No

Internet Wifi speed: N/A

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No 

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net  

Order & Delivery: Self Service

On-line Delivery Service: No 

Indoor Seating tables: No

Outdoor Seating: No

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: No

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ  

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: お握り Onigiri (Japanese rice ball) is a comfort food in Japan. This type of food choice can be easily found in all Convenience shops and even Onigiri vending machines across Japan, and unlike Malaysia, the choices are extensive in Japan. It is a popular food as people bring these rice balls to school, for lunch, or as a quick snack any time of the day as it is cheap and easily available. Because of size and packing ,Onigiri are good for a picnic, field trip and school event because they are easy to carry.

And that is why it can be said that Onigiri is the soul food of the Japanese. Mothers and grandmothers at home make these rice balls as creative as they can be for their children or grandchildren with love.In Japan, the price of an Onigiri in Japan can be from 100 to 200 Yen (rm$3.75 - rm$7.50). While 全家 Family Mart Malaysia offers Onigiri with prices from around rm$3.90 to rm$5.50, and 賑香 Shinka stalls offers Onigiri with prices from rm$2.60 to rm3.20.

お握り(おにぎり) Onigiri is also called お結び (おむすび) Omusubi.

"お O" is a Japanese word giving honor to someone or something (which is an Honorific Prefix) like "おかさん" for Mother (for someone) or "お酒" for Alcohol (for something).

"握り(にぎり)" Nigiri" comes from the verb "握る(にぎる) Nigiru", meaning to grasp.

"結び(むすび)" "Musubi" comes from the verb "結ぶ(むすぶ) Musubu", meaning to tie or roll.

The words お握り(おにぎり) Onigiri or お結び (おむすび) Omusubi also express ideas of "Connection" and "Closeness". And, this also has a lot to do with the history of Onigiri itself. The story goes like this, that in the 11th Century, onigiri were called "屯食"(とんじき) Tonjiki and often consumed at "Outdoor picnic lunches", where rice was often rolled into a small ball so that it could be easily picked up for people who gather for social interactions in picnic meetings. In the beginning, Onigiris were initially simply balls of rice flavored with salt. And 紫菜 Nori did not become widely available until the in the 江戸時代 mid-Edo period (17th to 19th Century), when the farming of 紫菜 nori and making it into sheets became widespread. During this period, Onigiris started to be wrapped with Nori, which keeps the rice fresh longer and also easy to be held by the hand for consumption instead of a chopstick.

It is interesting that the rice ball snack have evolved from Rectangular shape and later in the 1980s, the machine that made triangular onigiri was invented. The improvement of automation later added a packaging improvement that allowed the 紫菜 nori to be stored separately from the rice. Before eating, the diner could open the packet of nori and wrap the onigiri; which is now, the usual form of how Onigiri can be bought from Convenience stores (possibly all around the world)!

賑香 Shinka stalls can be found in USJ2, USJ11 (棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong), USJ14, USJ17 (新永顺茶餐室 Weng Soon) with the following choices:

rm$2.60 蛋黃醬金槍魚飯糰 Tuna Mayo Onigiri 

rm$2.40 ​日本香鬆(振り掛け)飯糰 Furikake Onigiri

​rm$2.60 蛋黃醬雞肉飯糰 Chicken Mayo Onigiri

rm$2.60 照燒(照り焼き)飯糰 Teriyaki Onigiri

rm$3.20 炸蝦(海老天)飯糰 Ebi Ten  Onigiri

rm$3.00 三文魚(鮭魚)飯糰 Salmon Onigiri

rm$3.20 蛋(味玉蛋)飯糰 Ajitama Onigiri

rm$3.00 北海道可乐饼(コロッケ)飯糰 Korokke Onigiri

rm$3.20 日本雞肉(タルタルチキン)飯糰 TaruTaru Chicken Onigiri

Unfortunately not all choices are available in every kiosk around USJ, looking forward to sample 賑香 Shinka's "​日本香鬆(振り掛け)飯糰 Furikake" and 日本雞肉(タルタルチキン)飯糰 TaruTaru Chicken. The Kiosk usually open early morning until just before lunch, and usually there are sold-out quickly very early in the morning.  

MCO1.0 (Nationwide lock-down: including Petaling) (47 days)

Mar 18 - Mar 31, 2020 (Nationwide Total Lockdown)  

Mar 31 - May 3, 2020 (Nationwide Total Lockdown) (MCO1.0 extension)

Conditional MCO May 4 - June 9, 2020
Recovery MCO Jun 10 - Dec 31, 2020
Conditional MCO Dec 14 - Dec 31, 2020 (for some hot spots)

MCO2.0 (Hotspot lock-down: including Petaling) (51 days)

Recovery MCO Jan 1 - March 31, 2021 (for most locations)
Jan 13 - March 4, 2021 (hotspots Lockdown including Petaling)
Recovery MCO Apr 1 - May 5, 2021 (for most locations)

MCO3.0 Time Line since May 6 (52 days ago):

May 6 - May 17 (6 Districts: Selangor Hulu Langat, Petaling, Gombak, Klang, Kuala Langat, and Sepang) MCO3.0 (some economic sectors are not allowed to operate for 6 Districts)

May 12 - June 7 (Nationwide) (MCO3.0 extension 1)

June 1 - June 14 (Nationwide Total Lockdown) FMCO (MCO3.0 extension 2) (most economic sectors are not allowed to operate)

June 15 - June 28 (Nationwide Total Lockdown) FMCO (MCO3.0 extension 3) (most economic sectors are not allowed to operate)

MCO3.0 lock-down started 6th May and has been extended several times (today is Day 52 since the first day (May 6) of the MCO3.0 lock-down in Petaling district), it is scheduled to end on June 28th but based on the average daily of Covid cases still at above 5000 cases; the lock-down will likely to be extended again.

Food today: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋

Price: 6 / 10 👍 
Value for Money: 6 / 10 👍 
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 4 / 10 😐😐
Parking: 6 / 10 👍 (7:30am today) 
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: N/A
Website: https://shinkafood.wixsite.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shinka.food/

Menu: https://shinkafood.wixsite.com/Menu/
Telephone: +016-218-4168, (+81) 03-5387-8168 (Max Grow Japan LTD)Grow Japan LTD
Operation hours: 06:00am - 02:00pm+ (the USJ11 shop)

Operation hours: 08:00am - 02:00pm+ (MCO3.0)

"味玉蛋"飯糰 Ajitama Onigiri rm$3

  

日本红燒雞飯糰 Teriyaki Onigiri $2.50

The shop

  

@ 賑香 Shinka in 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11

 

北海道可樂餅(コロッケ)飯糰 Korokke @ 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11

21.May Breakfast

Day 432 MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19  (MCO#3.0 Day 16)

@ @ 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11 (click here to Google Map)

No. 5, Jalan USJ 11/3, USJ 11, 47610 Subang Jaya, Selangor
GPS Location: 3°02'51.8"N 101°34'47.3"E
北海道可樂餅(コロッケ)飯糰 Korokke rm$3 👍👍👍😋😋😋 8/10

Total bill: rm$3
Budget: rm$2.40 - rm$3.20
Payment: Cash  
Cuisine: Japanese Onigiri 9 variants

Pork free: no Pork, fish

Alcohol free: Yes

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: No

Internet Wifi speed: N/A

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No 

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net  

Order & Delivery: Self Service

On-line Delivery Service: No 

Indoor Seating tables: No

Outdoor Seating: No

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: No

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ  

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: The Japanese deep-fried mashed potato コロッケ korokke originated from 法國可樂餅 French croquette or Dutch kroket. The  法國可樂餅 French croquette was first found in the 御厨手写的食谱 Recipe diary of the Chief Chef of 法皇路易十四 French Emperor Louis XIV in 1661. The 法國料理 French cuisihe arrived in Japan in 1887 and soon It became a widespread Western-style food in Japan in the early 1900s and evolved to suit more Japanese tastes. 

可樂餅 Korokke is made by mixing cooked 肉碎 chopped meat, 海鮮 seafood or 菜 vegetables with 土豆泥 mashed potato, usually shaped like a 扁餅 flat patty, rolling it in 麵粉 wheat flour, 蛋 eggs, and Japanese style 麵包碎 breadcrumbs, then deep-frying this until brown on the outside.

In Modern Japan today, Korokke can be found in almost every 超市  supermarket and 便利店 convenience store in Japan and enjoyed for its convenience, taste and its low cost.

"賑香おにぎり SHINKA Onigiri" available in 

USJ17 @ 新永順茶餐室 Restoran New Weng Soon Jaya USJ17 - a hawker stall at the entrance

USJ11 @ 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11 ***

USJ2, USJ14, OUG, SS14, and Puchong Wawasan

Shinka Japanese Foods can be found in 7 locations above; today found it available in USJ11's "棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station" which shares the half-shop lot with "Jack Barbar Hairstylist" (next to 99 Speed Mart). 

Onigiri is one of the many snack foods found in "棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station", the shop offers 蔬菜 fresh vegetables, 經濟米粉和炸雞 Economy fried noodles with fried chicken, 蛋糕面包 Cakes and Bakes varieties, 娘惹糕 Nyonya kuih, many other typical Chinese snacks, 豆腐花 Tau Fu Fah, 豆漿花 Soya Bean milk etc. The shop opens as early as 6am.

Unlike USJ17, this one in USJ 11 offers 2 additional variants of Onigiri which is the "ふりかけ Furikake" and "北海道可樂餅(コロッケ)飯糰 Korokke"! The Furikake is probably in popular demand as it is already sold-out at 7am!  

Food today: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋

Price: 6 / 10 👍 
Value for Money: 6 / 10 👍 
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 4 / 10 😐😐
Parking: 6 / 10 👍 (7:30am today) 
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: N/A
Website: https://shinkafood.wixsite.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shinka.food/

Menu: https://shinkafood.wixsite.com/Menu/
Telephone: +016-218-4168, (+81) 03-5387-8168 (Max Grow Japan LTD)Grow Japan LTD
Operation hours: 06:00am - 02:00pm+ (the USJ11 shop)

北海道可樂餅(コロッケ)飯糰 Korokke rm$3

  

Shinka Onigiri in the shop

  

The Shop

  

@ 棒媽媽食坊 Mama Bong Station USJ11