Eating in Japan

Life is good at Oceans Resort Hotel, yummy!

Well Oceans Restaurant and Bar has landed for the final night in Japan.  Well our round the world at Oceans meal game has finished for Japan.  The real hard part of being a General Manager with such a wonderful Restaurant is that you have to taste the food.  It is just one of those parts of the job that has to be done, regardless.

So with a sigh (oh please note the sarcasm I am dripping on my sentences here) I ordered from James our Japanese dish.  Marx, one of our newest staff members then brought to my office what I can only say was a delight of the senses.
Smoked Salmon Sushi, Vegetable Sushi, pickled ginger, wasabi (shaped as a leaf) soy sauce, Chicken teriyaki and Beef teriyaki served with chilli aioli.  Prawn Tempura, Scallop tempura and broccoli tempura served with a crisp vegetable salad.  Tuna Sashimi with an avocado and wasbi mousse AND miso soup!  WOW.

James our Chef preparing for the taste-buds

I didn't get my playing card like the rest of our customers as it will be a bit unfair when it comes to going in the draw for the cash win and playing the game of chance.  I think I can live with that.

So as we close our restaurant for the evening and our customers get back in their cars and head home, or for the lucky ones take an elevator ride to their rooms we will say farewell to Japan.  We will however start to get ready for our next port of call which is Sweden, landing Monday evening the 7th May.

So you may have missed out on coming to Japan with us, there were of course many of you that didn't miss out and actually came twice.  However we are in Sweden next week and I look forward to handing out even more game cards.  I will start preparing myself for that job of tasting the food. 

Can I also add that as of tomorrow we have our new Menu starting.  We are cooling down here in Tutukaka, (not as much as the rest of country), so our menu will start reflecting that.  You can check out the new menu here, as of tomorrow, being Friday 4th May.  I suppose I better start getting ready to taste that too, oh the things you do, the things you do.  Might have to start doing a few more runs out to the lighthouse and back, but it will be soooooo worth it:)

It has been busy

I have to apologise, I have been rather slack in the blog side of Oceans Resort Hotel for sometime.  I could come up with excuses, but really what I should do is just load up heaps of photos.  It has been a silence filled with lots of changes and excitement!

The front of Oceans Resort Hotel has finally had a little lift.  There wouldn't be one person out there who didn't think that this was needed and long overdue.  With great delight we are now able to eat, drink, celebrate and relax under HUGE yellow umbrellas and be protected by safety glass walls, no loss of views but loss of wind, oh dear how sad.  Oceans would like to thank Lew Price for the glass and getting it in for us!  Would have lost a heck of a lot more if we had let Steve play around with it to much.:)

We also need to thanks Buildingworks for all of their work.  The outside bar, bar leaners, walls and pot plants were all done by these guys.  And when you come out and have a look and walk across our new bridge entrance, take a look at the detail that these guys put into it.  LOVE IT!
Lighting is about to be finished off for the area so finally when you drive past at night you will be able to tell that Oceans is still open:)
Heads up though there are still changes coming.  So just when you think you know Oceans we do plan to change things even more.  Change is as good as a holiday they say, so what on earth would that mean when there is change when you are on holiday!!!!  AWESOME Double holiday:)

It hasn't been quiet at Oceans, though the Blog contradicts that I know.  Our team have been very busy and loving every moment of it.  We had some amazing weddings during this season and have been able to welcome and meet many many guests.

I think what is unique about Oceans is that we do know our customers.  There are not many of you that will get through our doors without at least one conversation with a member of the Oceans team.  It is our guests that really make our day so we do try to get to meet you on a personal level too!

So what I have decided to do with this Blog is to start introducing you to some of our team.  We are a small team and we love what we do.  The question is who to start with and which one of the team will put there hand up to having their mug on here with a short little brief.  You will have to check back with me on that one.

Another thing that you might want to know about is our new game that Oceans will be playing with our guests.  Eat your way around the world.
This starts on 30th April, 2012 and goes for 20 weeks!.  Our Chefs will take you to a new country every week, (well your tastebuds anyway), we will remain in that country from Monday - Thursday before we start preparing for our next port of call.
Each time you come and have a World Meal you will collect a game card.  When you have 5 game cards you can play a game of chance and go in the draw for the Tutukaka Chest, a cash win for one lucky player!

Contact our team or the Resort if you want to know more, you can also check out our website for more information.  SEE YOU THERE!  Will blog about our travels also for those who are reading from afar.