Beard Papa's has been around at Jusco Supermarket, 1Utama (old wing). I just never border to give it a try, until yesterday. And it was a Love at First Bite experience!!!
I personally never like cream puff, because normally it's either the cream is not fresh, yucky and the puff is softed.
Sammie suggested this place to me a few weeks back, and since dylanwas in town, we went to check out last nite. It was last minute, therefore didn't manage to ask everyone. Gomen nasai (I blame dylan).
Anyway, the place has a normal Japanese Restaurant set up, nothing fancy (who cares?), however the food is GREAT!
Nihon Kai Japanese Restaurant 日本海
Very kind of enjee, she managed to call up and get a room for us ('cos she very free nowadays! >_<).
The Gang
Our order (6 of us...)
My ultimate Katsu Kari Raisu
Besides the Katsu Chicken, there were stewed beef in the Kari too. Nice and tender.
My thoughts OMAIYOOOOOO!!!
NICE. REASONABLE. Authentic. Go check it out~lah!
Facts I took 1 of their business card before I left, and I discovered this: can it be...? LOL~
How to get there... If you are coming from Mid-Valley/PJ direction towards Old Klang Road, once you have entered Old Klang Road, keep LEFT. Then try to look out for small road/junction between Michelin Tyre Shop (a row of shop houses) and Shell Petrol Station. Turn in and you can see Nihon Kai Japanese Restaurant 日本海.
Or you can refer to this map.
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Nihon Kai 日本海 Japanese Restaurant 4-2, Jalan Telok Gadong, Off Jalan Klang Lama, Batu 3 1/2, 58100 Kuala Lumpur
This is a Japanese Fancy restaurant. The environment is superb, nice place to chill out. The whoole restaurants are partitionedd in cubicle form. They have: • small cubicle - for couples; • medium cubicle - 4-6 ppl; • larger cubicle - 8-10 ppl;
Rakuzen 樂膳
there are lots of "hidden doors"
I didn't really get to explore the place, 'cos I afraid that I might disturb other guests. Anyway, here's how our seat looked like:
Our seatings
a platform (i.e. table) is attached to 1 corner and leaves a L-shape seating area.
Table Set up
WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE LAMP ON THE WALL!!!
My thoughts: Nothing great about the food, and it's a bit over priced. However, it's a nice place for a guy to take his girlfriend/wife, for a nice date, anniversary or birthday dinner. For business pleasure, you can consider bringing your clients too.
Here's what we ordered: C Salmon Roll
Yakiniku Zen
Wasabi & Friend
Facts While we were here that night, we noticed there were lots of reservations made earlier, and there were some ques at the entrance. Therefore, it's better you call up for a reservation, before you come.
RAKUZEN 樂膳 Japanese Restaurant Lot P17, Plaza Ground Floor Hartamas Shopping Centre 60 Jalan Sri Hartamas 1 Sri Hartamas 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Everytime I dine at Omitsu Koshi, I always imagined myself actually dinning at one of the restaurant in Kyoto. I have not been to Japan at all, and yet this shop just gives me that fantasy. LOL~
I wish I can go to Japan once in my life time!
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Omitsu Koshi
the table set up
old sake poster
My thoughts: I like this place. It's one of my favourite Japanese Restaurant that I frequently visit. The environment, the set up, the people working here, the food... they are just perfect the way they are for me. This is also one of the few Japanese Restaurants, where you get to order Kari Raisu (Japanese Curry Rice). This is consider pretty rare in KL/PJ.
We had this for lunch over the weekend:
Dish: Katsu Curry Set Price: RM 23.00 I'll just go crazy for this!!! ^0^ OMAIYO!!!
Dish: Tempura Sushi Ramen Set Price: RM 20.00
Cawan Mushi
Ocha
our bill - RM49.45
Info Omitsu Koshi 三武 Japanese Restaurant Sdn Bhd No 17 & 19, Jalan SS 22/23 Damansara Jaya 47400 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia
Sushi Tomo had gain some recognition since it started business a while back.
The owner is a Korean, however, I think the wife is a Japanese. Very unique duo (if you know what I mean)! ^0^
Sushi Tomo@SS2
The Environment Check out the setup for Sushi Tomo. I find it cool!
the environment
traditional printed menu
friendly customer
really cool customer
My thoughs: We enjoy the nice environment here. We like the food, and happy with the price. And tonight we had:
green tea with ice
soy sauce
cawan mushi
Fresh Raw Salmon hand roll
Beef Bulgogi
Japanese Garlic Fried Rice
Miso Soup, comes with the Fried Rice
Spider Maki
& this is our total bill, reasonable right?
Facts: I believed Sushi Tomo is the 1st Sushi restaurant, introduced "touch-screen" menu in Klang Valley... pretty cool!
digital menu - with Touch Screen features
They are open for lunch too. Set Lunch Promo.
According to my buddy - Seth.Frost, many of his gal frens, like his GF and my GF... likes to go Sushi Tomo, besides the nice Sushi there... another reason is to check out this chef - a young good looking lad (-_-"), with talented skills in japanese cuisine. We believed he's the owner's son (but again we could be wrong).
To be honest, I stopped going there for awhile, as the last visit, he wasn't there, and the food quality dropped. We thought that's it. However, recently Seth.Frost went, and ensured us that the food is still nice. Perhaps the "hensumu"* chef wasn't around. hehehehehe~
Sushi Tomo 壽司•友 8, Jalan SS 2/67 47300 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia
