3 weeks ago, on Valentine's day, we had dinner with several friends at Ajihara, an old school Japanese
izakaya located at Melawai area. This place is our favorite spot when we want to have real Japanese cuisine, and it's mostly frequented by Japanese expatriates. That's why I think the place is authentic (compared to the famous & chic:
sushi tei or other Japanese restaurants inside Jakarta's many shopping centres).

Whenever we ate here, we never bothered to look at the menu. The waiter here already knew what we wanted to order. She suggested several dishes and we just agreed with her pick. Below are the menus that we usually order : beef/pork ramen 38K, gyutan (ox tongue) 38K, ika shoyu yaki (squid) 35K, assorted sashimi (with fresh wasabi) 110K, horenzo/enoki butter 23K, yaki meshi (Japanese fried rice) 38K, yaki gyoza 27K, yakitori 47K, soft shell crab 50K and salmon sashimi 75K. usually they also gave us a complimentary dish such as chicken wings. Overall I think the price was quite moderate.The service is good, and most of the dishes are very delicious. :)
Aji Hara Japanese Restaurant
Jl. Melawai IX No. 3A Blok M
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 7201340
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After reading the article on
Kompas, Last week we visited a place called
Kikugawa, maybe this is the oldest Japanese restaurant in Jakarta (open since 1969). I like the entrance of this place, it looks like a mini Japanese garden. The restaurant was decorated in a simple and humble Japanese style, dimly lit lighting created a warm ambience, with red covered table and bamboo chair. Japanese intrumental music was playing in the background.

After studying the menu, we decided to order : Kiku Set (consist of sashimi, tempura, sukiyaki & yakitori served with gohan and miso soup) 58K and Oyako Donburi (served with miso shiru and salad)35K, Ogura ice cream 15K with green tea (refill) 12K. To be honest, the oyakodon was only so so, they put too much spring onion in the egg batter, and the taste was a bit bland. The Kiku Set was OK, although the tuna sashimi portion was too small, but I like the yakiniku & tempura. After the meal, they served us a plate of sliced apple. Overall the service was good, the price was very reasonable, but there's no separation between smoking & non smoking area.
According to the guess sitting on the table next to us, They already came last Saturday night but couldn't get a table. the place was so crowded because everyone want to try what they read at Kompas :)

Kikugawa
Japanese Restaurant
since 1969
Jl. Cikini IV - 13
Jakarta Indonesia
ph. +62(21) 3150668
11:30-15:00 (last order 14:30)
17:30-22:00 (last order 21:30)
holiday: sunday and national holiday
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Last weekend was TokioJoe's birthday and they gave away 50% discount on ala carte menu. So we decided its the right time for us try it. We arrived about 10 minutes to six, and there's already people queue in front of the restaurant waiting for it to open. We got a table in the middle of the room and start ordering : "sencha" (refillable) 13K, mixed mushrooms soup (cooked in
aluminium foil) 49K, assorted sashimi : "sake" (salmon) 89K, "tai" (red sea bream) 65K, "tako"(octopus) 85K, "tuna carpaccio" 130K. For sushi we ordered : Dragon's Eye 77K. Overall It was not bad, fresh wasabi & fresh sashimi but the sushi is kind of disappointed :( but maybe we should try it again some other time when the place is not full house.
Tokio Joe
sushi bar & restaurant
lobby mezzanine 3rd floor Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Jl. M.H. Thamrin
Jakarta 10310
Indonesia
ph. +62(21) 3145632, 314 5633
fx. +62(21) 314 5632
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Several weeks ago we visited "pepperlunch" for dinner, Its a very popular fastfood selfservice restaurant from Japan. I want to visit this place for so long, but didn't have a chance, so even though we heard not so good review about this place from several friends, I decided that I must try it myself. There's about 15 package menu to choose (but shimofuri peppersteak 67,273K was sold out), so we picked : "Hitokuchi" Cut Steak 46,364K, Salmon Pepper Rice 41,818K and Beef Pepper Rice 37,273K. The package come with white rice and softdrink (you can change it into greentea). after paying at the counter we were given a number of our table. there's a big LCD screen ever corner that show us how to cooked our meal. After 10 minutes our meal came in sizzling hot pot & we began to mixed it with the sauce provided on the table (garlic soy sauce & honey brown sauce). Overall it was good, the meat was so tender, the pepper rice package to me tasted like "nasi goreng", and it was very very tasty (it think it depends on how much sauce we pour into the meal). But shortly after finished my meal, I began to feel my throat became rough and very sore, and a bit thirsty. :( after that I think I'll never came to this place so often :P

Pepperlunch
Plaza Senayan
Level 3, Unit 318C
Jl Asia Afrika No.8
Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 572 5551
fx. +62(21) 572 5550 |
Plaza Indonesia
Level LB#57,58-58B
Jl. M.H.Thamrin Kav.28-30
Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 310 7621
+62(21) 310 7616 |
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We had dinner here with a couple of friends at the very first day of 2007, actually we're planning to go to "Ajihara" but apparently it was closed that day. In my opinion Arang serve quite authentic Korean Cuisine, the place ambience are light, warm & cozy, we ordered : "jap chae" ( vermicelli noodle stir fried in sesame oil with sliced beef and various vegetable) 65K, "dolsot bibimbab" (Korean mixed vegetables rice) 48K, "Budae jjigae" (a spicy soup which consist of sausages, canned pork meat, kimchi, and various type of vegetables) 110K, "Yukhoe" ( raw mince beef mixed together with raw egg and a sesame oil) 105K and "sam gyeop sal" (pork bacon & slice of garlic grilled on a metal plate, usually eaten with shisho leaves) 55K. Overall all the dishes are delicious, although the portion of their side dish are quite small. There are several choices for complimentary dessert : red bean ice cream, cold cinnamon water & cold sweet rice water which I think is used as a cooler after we ate all those spicy food :)

Arang22
Korean Restaurant
Jl. Tulodong Bawah No. 1A
Kebayoran Baru
South Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 522-7201, 522-7203
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Visited this place for dinner 2 weeks ago. located at Senayan City. nothing special about the decoration, we asked for non smoking section, and they show us to a table near the open kitchen, when we asked them where's the smoking section, turn out that the smoking section just right beside us devided by an imaginary screen. huh... the menu mostly was consist of ramen & gohan. we can had addtional topping on the ramen such as: nitamago (boiled egg)6.5K, nori (seaweed) 7K, menma (bamboo shoot)11K, moyashi (sprout)4.5K, mushidori (boiled chicken meat) 11K & yasai (vegetables) 7K. They also had separate pork menu. so we ordered : Tonkotsu Soyu Ramen (noodle soup of pork and soya taste mixed) regular 32K - large 44K, Chasu Gohan (small rice with boiled pork meat) 17.5, Chirashu Gohan and Maguro Teriyaki Gohan, for drink we ordered houjicha (refill) and maccha kalpis (a mix of maccha and yogurt which tasted like calpico). Overall the dish were delicious especially the ramen, after taste the ramen here I swore I'll never go back to ajisen ramen again hehehe.
Sing Sing Ramen
Senayan City LG - 78,
Jl. Asia Afrika Lot.19
Jakarta 10270 - Indonesia
ph. +62(21) 72781388 -72781338
fx. +62(21) 72781368
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We went to Ajisen Ramen for quick dinner last week. It was not my fav restaurant for Japanese food but we only have half an hour before the movie start. so we quickly ordered "volcano ramen" (not halal), and chicken katsudon. while the appearance was not bad, the taste was only so so. SC's donburi was so dry and no taste and my volcano ramen only tasted hot and oily. and it got all sort of vegetable like cabbage and bean sprout that I don't expect to be found in the japanese noodle. :(
AJISEN
Japanese restaurant & noodle bar
Plaza Semanggi lt.3A #18
ph. +62(21) 255 36469
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Last month, my friend zink happen to be in Jakarta for her brother wedding. So I arranged to meet her at MTA and trying several new restaurant there. there's sushi groove & beppu menkan. since I want to try sushi groove later that night, we had early dinner at "Beppu Menkan Japanese noodle restaurant" serving mostly Ramen with different type of broth. you can also pick how many chilly to put on the soup (rate 1 - 8) from the menu. When I first try salmon ramen at plasa indonesia EX several years ago, I accidentally choose to put 8 chilly in my ramen order. turn out it was disaster :( so this time I'll stick to donburi.. and I ordered "Oyako Don" 34.546 while zink ordered "char siew ramen" regular (sliced beef :( 'char siew', egg, back fungus, seaweed, bamboo shoot, spring onion, fried garlic in kyushu soup ) 26.840 and 2 glass of ocha (re fill). my donburi came with a bowl of miso soup, it was delicious. Zink was quite disappointed with her charsiew ramen, not only the char siew was made of beef, but it also too tough to chew :(

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From Sunter we headed to kelapa gading mall where I want to tried a Korean restaurant named after a first women doctor in Korean history : Dae Jang Geum. Actually I knew about this from a Korean drama series I watched : pearl in the palace. The restaurant was located inside sogo food hall at Mall Kelapa Gading III. besides dae jang geum, there were several restaurant in this place (daisho and red tomato). We decided to try their specialty : Sam Gye Tang (chicken soup with ginseng) 63.5K with extra 15K for using ayam kampong instead ayam negri :P the meal was so fulfilling for us since it got some rice porridge, at least half of ayam kampung and ginseng cooked in a delicious stock. overall the meal was so delicious, and its good for improving our health. After eating that meal I feel so warm and sleepy :)
Dae Jang Geum
Korean Food
The Sogo Food Hall
Mall Kelapa Gading III
Jakarta
Ph. +62(21) 453-3353
Hp. 0816 1966-701, 0888 1985 422
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Last weekend we had dinner at "Istana Korea" located near "Plasa Indonesia". this place used to be my old time favourite place for Korean cuisine (generous portion and reasonable price),
That night we ordered : "dolsot bibimbap" 돌솥비빔밥 (Steamed rice mixed vegetable, beef and egg with chili paste in a hot stone pot) 37K and "Samgyeopsal" 삼겹살 (Unseasoned pork bacon cut from the belly, grilled with garlic and onions, dipped in ssamjjang and wrapped in lettuce leaves) 54.5K. after that they gave us several side dish which usually include "kimchi" 김치 (fermented cabbage in a mixture of ginger, garlic, green onion and chilli pepper). In my opinion the food was still delicious, but the number of side dish were not as generous as before. :P
ISTANA KOREA
Jl. Teluk Betung No.33
Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 322-544, 314-4501
fx. +62(21) 314-4501
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We had dinner here with some friends on "17 agustus" day, located at ruko Inkopal kelapa gading, this place offer all you can eat chinese & japanese buffet for only 49.5K++/pax. Yuraku also available at Mall Kelapa Gading with different sellection & different price. the ambience is dark with an open kitchen served dimsum, yakitori, teppan, suki, kamameshi, sushi, noodle, etc. all the meal came in really small sizes. but overall all of it were delicious. :)
Yuraku Buffet
dim sum + teppan + suki + kamameshi + sushi + noodle 'n more...
BSD Junction
Jl. Pahlawan Seribu
Bumi Serpong Damai
Ground Floor
No. 30-31 Tangerang
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Ruko Inkopal
Blok C No. 23-25
Jl. Boulevard Barat Raya
Kelapa Gading Permai
ph. +62(21) 4585-1028
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Jl. K.H Ahmad Dahlan no.25
Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta Selatan
ph. +62(21) 739 - 6218
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Yuraku
yakiniku + shabu shabu + tempura 'n more...
Mal Kelapa Gading
Lantai Dasar No. 195
ph. +62(21) 4529-719
yuraku.buffet@gmail.com
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Last weekend, I had some thing to do at XL center & 21 so we went to Plasa Semanggi. After that we stopped by Kin no Taki for early dinner. I'm not very fond of Kin no Taki, but when we saw that there's a value meal we decided to try it. So we ordered : "Karaage Chahan" (Japanese style boneless fried chicken with Japanese fried rice) 9.9K, and "Snapper Teriyaki Bento" (Snapper fish with teriyaki sauce and grilled wing skewers and Japanese salad) 18.9K, plus 1 glass of ice maccha 11K & maccha milk 12.5K. I can't complaint much about the food, it was quite ok for that price. But my ice maccha taste so sweet. when I asked them, they said that maccha means "es teh manis", I'm pretty sure that thats not what it mean. Maccha is a powdered green tea that usually used at Japanese tea ceremony. Hhmm... I guess I'll never try their maccha again.
Kin no Taki
Plaza Semanggi
(ground floor, pintu timur)
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 50
South Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 25536329
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Last week we had dinner @ "house of aishiteru" la piazza. Since my
last unfortunate event with "aishiteru" puri indah, I always avoid this restaurant, but my friends decided to go there so I give up and hoping that their food taste better than the one in Puri Indah, turned out that the menu is quite different, they offer what i guess as fusion Japanese cuisine. the menu consist of selection of sushi, onigiri, fusion sushi, sashimi, kushiyaki, gunkan, donburi, soba/ramen/udon, ala carte & bento set etc

So we ordered : "salmon cheese don" (Japanese rice + sauteed salmon with butter and mozzarella cheese on top) 33K, "gyu yanagawa don" (Japanese rice + sauteed gobo root & beef with sweet yanagawa sauce) 42K, "unagi donburi" (Japanese rice + barbeque's eel with teriyaki sauce and sliced omelette) 66K and "seafood udon" (salmon & gindara with teriyaki sauce & fried tempura shrimp) 42K. the "the salmon cheese don" was quite disappointed (kurang nendang bo), and I don't think they gave us mozzarella, I guess based on the cheese color it was just cheddar cheese, the rest of the order is OK, but compared to the price it was not worthed.
HOUSE OF AISHITERU
La Piazza Ground Floor
Kelapa Gading
North Jakarta
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Sushi Tei
Plaza Indonesia
Units L1 #102A&C
JI.M.H.Thamrin Kav.28-30
Jakarta 10350
Ph. +62(21) 39835108/109
Fax. +62(21) 39835110
Operating Hours:
10.00am - 10.00pm Daily
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Last weekend we had lunch with SC's friends at Fuji Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar located at Mega Mall Pluit, we always came here for time to time since the food here was quite acceptable & very very reasonable price.
After studied th menu for a while, we ordered :
Oyakodon (simmered chicken, egg and onion on rice) 12K,
Kakiagedon (donburi with mixed vegetables tempura fritter) 15K,
Kitsune Udon (thick noodle topped with sweetened deep-fried tofu),
Sashimi Moriawase (Japanese delicacy primarily consisting of very fresh seafoods, thinly sliced and served with soy sauce & wasabi) about 40K,
Fuji Special Sushi (various type of nigiri sushi) about 60K,
California Roll & Tempura Roll (Maki sushi). overall the food was not bad at all, but the donburi came in a rather smaller portion. I think they cut the portion to keep the price low *sigh.. apa boleh buat gara2 BBM naik*

Fuji Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar
Mega Mall Pluit Lt. IV no.43
Jl. Pluit Indah Raya No: 80
North Jakarta 14450
Ph. +62(21) 666-70350
Fax. +62(21) 666-70349
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I had dinner with some friends at a Korean Restaurant last night. I always love Korean cuisine, even the I only know a little about their language :
ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo (How are you?) and
kahm-sa-hahm-ni-da (Thank you),
wonbin, jang dong gun, song hye kyo : the effect of too much Korean Drama hehehe :)
One of the excitement in Korean cuisine is the complementary sidedishes (
banchan) that range from some types of
kimchi (cabbage fermented in chili peppers), various forms of radish,
kamja johrim (seasoned potato). A bowl of sticky rice with red bean made of stainless steel a cover to keep the rice warm, a small bowl of warm
Kuk (soup) usually served with rice and
banchan.
That night we ordered (if I'm not mistaken :P )
Bulgogi ( thinly sliced beef marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, sugar and chili pepper, cooked on a grill at the table),
Bulgalbi (marinated beef ribs, cooked on a metal plate over charcoal in the center of the table),
Ojing 'O Bokum (spicy pan-broiled cuttlefish),
Dolsot Bibimbap (mixed rice topped with vegetables, beef and egg, and served with chili pepper paste in a heated stone bowl),
Pajeon ( Korean style pancake made mostly of eggs and flour), a plate of
Hoe : Korean style
Sashimi usually eaten wrapped in Perilla (Daun shiso / Chinese Basil) leaves. All of that were very delicious and vanished very fast :)
By the way, I found a lot of interesting information regarding Korean cuisine in
HERE, happy eating :)
Soo Ra Cheong Restaurant
Jl. Senopati No. 49
Jakarta
Phone +62(21) 5278721, +62(21)5278722
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Yesterday, I went to Puri Indah Mall with SC. Since we arrived near 18:00, every restaurant already full with people ending their fasting. So after browsed for some restaurant, we decided to tried "Aishiteru Japanese Restaurant". The interior didn't look very promising, typical fastfood restaurant.. we ordered "Oyakodon" ( I was crazy about all type of donburi), Original Udon, Miso Shiru and Ocha.
When It came, the meal appearance didn't look so bad, but when I dipped my chopstick into my bowl, I found out my donburi was a disaster, the rice under the eggs was soak with alot of soup, no taste, and there is alot ingredients that I didn't expect like paprika & carrot (emangnya gw sinchan?) :( hiks.... my dinner was ruined.... I WAS VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED, HOW COULD THEY SERVED THIS TO PEOPLE :(( I WILL NEVER COME BACK HERE AGAIN EVERRRR HUH!!!!!!!
Aishiteru
Puri Indah Mall, 1st Fl
West Jakarta
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My second visit to
Ajihara, it was a raining saturday night, we were meeting some friends for dinner there. This time I did't did the order, because my friend did it and she knew alot about the japanese food. That night we ordered Sushi & Sashimi moriawase, japanese fried rice, noodle with vinegar, some of the food she picked looks like italian food / european food :) the enoki mushroom was covered in cheese sauce, but its delicious. oishiiii...
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Last Friday, actually we planned to attend a wedding party, but unfortunately we forgot the actual date, the wedding is on 30th sept. So SC took me to 'Ajihara' instead.
Ajihara was located at Melawai street, the street was full of Japanese & Korean restaurant, pub & karaoke. Actually the interior was decorated in Japanese style, but not the luxurious one, but more like the kind of 'warung', but it feels cozy . This place visited mostly by Japanese ex-pat who want to spend some times with their colleagues after work.
We ordered OyakoDon (38K) and Ki Soba (47K). when we waited for our meal to arrive, they gave us a plate of complimentary dish... mmm very fresh delicious also a free flow of Ocha. The meal was very delicious in a great portion :P I thought this was the most authentic Japanese cuisine I have ever tasted so far and I promised my self to be back soon .... Oishiiiii :)AJIHARA Japanese Restaurant Jl. Melawai IX No.3A. Blok M Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Phone. 021 7208149 |
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Last Friday, I visited Komatchi Restaurant with SC, lately I always like to try "Donburi"(Japanese "rice bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice, The ingredients are often set at the last minute with egg) whenever I went to Japanese Restaurant.
This time I ordered "Katsudon" (Tonkatsu Domburi) Pork Cutlet Domburi. Katsudon is served with tonkatsu (deep fried breaded pork cutlet), egg and onions on top of the rice.) In my oppinion the pork cutlet was a little too sweet for my taste, but its OK lah ... mmm we also ordered a plate of "Gyoza" (Japanese Dumpling), and Ocha. When we finished I also bought a piece of "Onigiri" (Japanese Rice Ball). :)
Komachi Restaurant
Mal Taman Anggrek F1 Basement Level -BL
Jl. Let. Jen. S. Parman Kav. 21, Slipi - Jakarta 11470
Phone : (021)5699 9330
Fax. (021)5699 9331
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Its my second time at Kiyadon, a small & quiet Japanese restaurant at Mall Taman Anggrek. This place serve various of Ramen, Udon and alot selection of Donburi (a Japanese "rice bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice, The ingredients are often set at the last minute with egg). Tonight I choose "Tamagojime Don"(small size : 23.6K, there was 3 selection of portion, small, regular & special), free Cold Ocha, and there is a plate of fresh fruit as desert. and the taste? OISHII.... mmm I'll be back soon :)
Kiyadon Japanese Restaurant was located at :
Mall Taman Anggrek lt1.
ph. 021-56999599
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Last Friday with some of my colleagues, we had dinner at Sakana Japanese Restaurant. That night we ordered Agedashi Tofu(19K), Sashimi Moriawase(38K), Yakiniku Bento Set(70K), Chawan Mushi(15K), Gindara Yaki(21K) and Green Tea(12K). mmm not bad, the restaurant was decorated in traditional japanese room, good service, good food & reasonable price too :)
Sakana Japanese Restaurant was located at:
MidPlaza 1 BASEMENT FLOOR
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 10-11, Jakarta 10220 Indonesia
Telp. : SAKANA (021)5746452. 5706200 EXT 2020
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Last night before the movie, I realized that we only had half an hour to grab something to eat. So I we headed to Plasa Semanggi foodcourt downstairs. After wandering for a while, I decided to eat some japanese food in a small stall ( I forgot its name). I ordered "Chicken Katsu Curry Donbury" and my friend ordered "Tempura Udon". In my oppinion the food was OK lah.. not bad but not good either.. we finish the food in less than 15 minutes hehehehe :)
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Following my friend recommendation, that night we had dinner at Fuji Japanese Restaurant located at Mega Mall Pluit.
The restaurant was decorated in a simply japanese style, separated smoking & non smoking area. That night we ordered Fuji Sashimi moriawase, Fuji Sushi Moriawase, Ikamaru Yaki, Chawan Mushi, Vegetable Salad and Ocha...mmm the serving was quick and the taste.. not bad i thought.. and very value for money :) Bon Apetit.
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I had dinner with my friends at Kin no Taki yesterday. The place was unique and cozy with japanese style. This restaurant was specialized in Japanese grill. So we ordered their speciality Osaka set ( a plate of Jou Karubi, agedashi dofu, miso soup, rice & salad), Spicy Chicken Ramen Set (wakame seawed, half boiled egg, quality slices of spicy chicken spread over of Japanese ramen), Ma Bo Don (Hot and spicy minced meat and tofu over rice.), Age Dashi Dofu (fried tofu & fried capsicum serve with mince radish & special sauce) and ended that night with a bottle of Hot Sake (oozeki). Oishii... :)
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