Senjyu re - visited @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

 Been some time since I last visited Senjyu for lunch and as usual the place never disappoint me. Ambiance and service are impeccable as always, portion is good with nice presentation, that's why I keep coming back here whenever I have the chance.

Trying the big set @ Rakuzen, Empire Gallery

 After a long break from Japanese food, we decided that a dinner at Rakuzen might help with our cravings =) That time it was an off season thus we got a nice place by the window to watch the rain and traffic down there. Crowd was OK at that time at the Empire Gallery. The perks of the off season also means faster and more efficient service, never before I felt like I'm gonna burst from too much ocha hehehe =D

Ni Anago (broiled sea eel) and Inari sushi. For me sea eel tastes better than river eel. Inari is my old - time favourite, just love that sweet bean curd skin!

Train sushi @ Sakae Sushi again!! At OneUtama

It's one of those days that you just feel like having train sushi. Where else except for my favourite Japanese food joint in OneUtama after a long day shopping =)

One thing about Sakae Sushi is that they always have some sort of promotion going on with a particular theme. I think this one is the salmon promotion but I only took what that seems interesting and some old favourites.  Though sometimes I have to admit, I simply grab whatever that looks interesting to me. Sakae Sushi never fails to give a twist in every sushi they created. And it's cheap, just nice for snacking.

 Like this seasoned octopus with chili flakes

 I just love this one, salmon with those tomato cherry slices on top.

 shrimp with salmon roe

 hamashi sashimi

 soft shell crabs in thin omelette wrap. Crunchy!

 The whole table spread! As usual, my inari and miso soup are a must!

Finishing of with a dessert of lemon sorbert.

Japanese food @ Senjyu again @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

My second visit to Senjyu after a while ^_^ As usual, service and food are impeccable!

Jasmine Faery again! Simply love it ^_^

Starter: seasoned jelly fish @ Chuka Karaage. Crunchy!

From left: Hamachi, Inari Lobster Salad, Toro

Instead of the usual set meal, we took the garlic fried rice with yasai miso shiru (vege miso soup) and Unagi Kabayaki (grilled premium eel)

I love this picture, it was caught in a dream like quality. My dessert: mochi crepe with vanilla ice cream.

My second visit to Senjyu after a while ^_^ As usual, service and food are impeccable!

Japanese food @ Rakuzen , Empire, Subang Jaya

It's becoming a Japanese food monthly galore for me ^_^ And this post is dedicated to Rakuzen, another high end Japanese food restaurant. For me this means seafood feasting more than anything else as high end restaurant usually served high quality seafood.

The hotata miso soup almost out from the picture as the hotate and salmon sashimi shines.

Above: Dragon roll consisting of a king prawn and avocado maki.  Below: my toro and ni anago sushi. Toro (fatty tuna) beats salmon, salmon belly and maguro (plain old tuna) thoroughly in taste and texture and price, while ni anago (sea eel) beats the hell off even the premium river eel as it melts in your mouth!

Cooling down with dessert: Strawberry Ice which is strawberries cored and filled with vanilla ice cream on a crown of cream

Total up - RM 111.35 for all these goodies.



NOTE:
Status: Serve no pork. Cooking may contains alcohol


Service: Excellent! Any place that refills my tea without prompt is always good ^_^

Japanese food on a lonely day @ Kampachi, Pavillion, Kuala Lumpur.

Frankly speaking, I was in a bad mood. So the pic quality kinda sucks =P And I was eating alone so nothing much. 


But to be fair, I'd mention a little about Kampachi. Touted to be one of the best Japanese restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, Kampachi did not disappoint. They have large selections of tea, sashimi flown weekly fresh from Japan and set meals among the menu. 

To start with, I selected the strawberry and vanilla green tea to sweeten my mood. It has a very sweet aroma with a nice aftertaste of the flavoring, but not too strong to overlap the green tea.

Seafood Teppan set, with garlic fried rice (exchanged with white rice with additional price). The garlic fried rice was among the best that I've tasted, tangy but not overwhelming. The seafood teppan consisted of salmon, fat hotates and shrimps. I had Hotate in Butter Sauce to accompany the meal (sorry, it was at further back) but I'm not too fond of ginger, which flavored the butter sauce so I kinda not like it that much.

For dessert, Goma ice cream special with Japanese sweet condiments.

Overall it was a lovely experience eating at Kampachi but the parking ticket at Pavillion almost gave me a heart attack (RM 10 for 3-4 hr).






Status: serve no pork, serve alcohol, cooking may contains alcohol


Pricing: RM 15 - RM 100++ especially sashimi


Rating: 4 1/2

Japanese food @ Sakae Sushi , The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

This was actually ages ago, just that I forgot about it =P God knows how many times I've gone to Sakae Sushi on the days when I craved simple and cheap Japanese food.

Salmon Shitake Inari sushi

Ika Karaage @ Fried squid.

Gyouza with minced prawn filling

The Sakae Set of various sushi.

Salmon Shiitake on skewer. I can't remember the exact name but it was minced salmon on shiitake mushroom grilled in a sauce.

For simple, affordable and nice Japanese food, Sakae Sushi is an option. The branch in 1Utama somehow managed to serve more items with better service compared to The Curve, if you want an honest opinion.




NOTE:

Status: serve no pork. Cooking may contains alcohol


Service: OK lah... deteriorate during busy hours.

My 2nd Kiku Zakura visit @ Tropicana City, Damansara

I'm  hooked with Kiku Zakura at Tropicana City Mall ^_^ For the second visit we had more stuffs.

Tuna salsa. A bit like sweet and sour broiled tuna. Sorry to say but that's how it tasted.

Takoyaki, my all time favourite snack! Not enough tako though...

Assorted temaki set

This was the star on that day. Premium eel done nicely with teriyaki sauce on sushi rice, accompanied with assorted sashimi, pickles and miso soup. I can't remember the set name but it was RM 99.

I think this one is choco banana with macha ice cream. Lovely!

And this one, we requested to change a scoop of macha for goma with an extra charge. I can't remember the name but I did love the crunchy cornflakes and raisins at the base.

Contact:

Lot 1-53, Ground Floor, Tropicana City Mall, No. 3, Jln SS 20/27, 47400 Petaling Jaya. Selangor.
Tel: 03 7728 6598

Japanese food @ Senjyu, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

Finally, after reading so many reviews about Senjyu and the quality of Japanese food served there, I decided to give it a try.

Senjyu is reportedly, a high end and high class Japanese restaurant, and here I may confirmed that those reports and reviews on many blogs are delightfully true. Indeed, it was a wonderful experience to enjoy good Japanese food at Senjyu.

My jobless picture of cutlery and the menu while waiting for the food to arrive. Dunno why the lighting was so orenge-y.

My beautiful Jasmine Faery tea and my lovely lobster chawanmushi. There is no simple green tea here; in Senjyu the green tea are steeped with flowers, giving it a hint of sweet aroma with an exotic tang.

My beautiful Faery in the beautiful cup ^_^

Carppaccio Moriawase: half broiled salmon, tuna, butterfish accompanied with 5 condiments (sake is the clear coloured one, ponzu sauce, soy sauce, spicy sesame oil, sesame seed) and sprinkled with salmon roe. Loved the popping!

I could not get enough of the salmon roe so I had the sushi, along with premium river eel (Jyo Unagi Sushi, which tasted better than the usual eel, but cannot beat the sea eel) and surf clam (Hokkigai Sushi). Above is my salmon belly sashimi which was superb with a pinch of lemon!

Oyster! Made into Oyster Roll with the combination of light tamago wrapping around the oyster and Japanese mushroom, prepared in a special sauce.

My hotate... freshly flown in. Ike Hotate & Kinoko Yaki : they serve this in simmering broth in the scallop shell. I quickly took the poor hotate off the fire and asked the waiter to take the fire pot away as it was getting too hot... =p

Lastly, a dessest of plain old green tea ice cream ^_^

When the bill came, it total up to RM 157.76 including taxes. Considered excellent for the load of seafood.




Note:

Status: serve no pork. Cooking may contain alcohol


Service: Excellent! The server explained the menu well, keep appearing to refill the teapot, and I changed my plate 3 times (they keep offering to change for a fresh plate)!


Ambience: lovely! Tatami sitting on cushion actually but who cares.

Japanese food at Ichiban Boshi, Sunway Giza, Damansara

Before I start raving, I must state down my honest opinion about the Japanese food served here. Honestly, I feel that I've tasted better, the food here is just nice for their pricing (cheap and affordable) but service is very friendly. Overbearing in fact, due to the low number of customers on that day; the waiters keep hovering at my table which make it rather awkward to eat.

I will highlight only the extra things that we have that day, sushi on the conveyor belt are mostly common ones found on any conveyor belt sushi at any Japanese food restaurant and nothing new so I rather skip that.

 Yakitori chicken, my old favourite. Quite a serving, the yakitori sauce is pretty nice but as you can see, this dish is rather oily here. RM 13.90.

 Salmon belly sashimi. Fresh and sweet, the fat simply satisfactory indeed for RM 6.

My pirikara hotate yaki (scallop with baked cheese) on a bed of salt. Unearthed, the scallop is baked with a sauce with cheese on top. RM 12.90.

It's .. a pleasant place to enjoy afforadable and cheap Japanese food. For me, I wont consider to come back unless I'm pokai and craving mad. I'll put Sakae Sushi one rating above it.


Status: serve no pork
Price range:
- conveyor belt sushi: RM 2 - 6
- set meals starts at RM 20 + and pretty huge

Kiku Zakura @ Tropicana City Mall, Damansara

Today is pay day ^_^ I always celebrate my pay day with food. Today I was craving for Japanese food so here we go.

Today's spotlight shines on Kiku Zakura at Tropicana City Mall, Damansara. I've read somewhere on the Net that the place serve a pretty good Japanese fare so here I am. On their menu too was inscribed that they boast a wide range of authentic + fusion Japanese cuisine to satisfy the local Japanese food lovers.

Tatami seating. A very nice ambient.

Bamboos hanging at the entrance, and also waterfall greeting at the entrance.

My cutlery and green tea. Jobless picture.

Gyouza! Filled with succulent prawn and crispy radish, accompanied with sourish dipping.

Tori Asparagus -- just chicken wrapped around asparagus. Be generous with the lemon, or else it'll taste kinda bland, except for the sweet and crunchy asparagus. Best eaten hot.

Yaki Onigiri. It's a tad dry though.

Inari sushi and unagi. The inari is filled with rice mixed with sweet pickle and tamago bits, making it a nice sweet concoction. The Unagi is caramalized wonderfully, and slightly crisped.

Of course, a dessert of macha ice cream with banana and avocado. The macha needs to be tuned up a bit more though, as the taste is barely there.

For the whole meal, it costs us RM 117.20. But service and food are pretty good, the waiteresses were very attentive; I've never drink so much of green tea before as compared to other Japanese restaurant... Plus there are still lots of things that I have not tried, the menu is just way to extensive...


So I guess there will be a next time ^_^.




Note: 
- status: serve no pork.
- pricing: starts at RM 10 to RM 100 +