Chotto matte kudasai…

Chotto matte kudasai…and I’ll tell you all about our lunch the other day at this place…

My daughter said she would like to go for something Japanese and even though I’m not really crazy about the cuisine, I took her and my missus here for lunch.

Melissa and I have been here once before and this time around, we had the set lunches – their salmon fried rice (RM10.00)…

…which came with a generous helping of potato salad, miso soup and slices of watermelon plus Japanese green tea. The fried rice was good and I liked their miso soup as well – it was definitely nicer than the milder, kind-of-bland ones that I had had elsewhere. The potato salad was slightly sourish but on the whole,  it was fine.

I also ordered the curry don (rice) set lunch (RM10.00)…

…which also came with everything that we had in the previous set. I did not enjoy this as much even though it tasted pretty o.k. I guess we’re used to our own Malaysian curry or the Indian ones – I would think those would be much nicer.

Melissa loved the unagi sushi (RM6.90)…

…and since there were only two per order, we let her have both of them all to herself.

We shared the makimono – the soft shell crab ones (RM8.90 for six)…

…and the other one, some California maki or whatever it was called (RM6.90 for six)…

…as well as the salmon mentai yaki (RM19.90)…

…that Melissa loved a lot. Personally, I thought it was really very nice when eaten with whatever they had on top but  when I just ate the salmon on its own, I did not quite enjoy the taste of the fish.

This place has been around for some 2-3 years now and it still looks sparkling new…

…but it seems they’ve renovated the place a bit and got rid of the partitions that some were not too happy with when they first started. One even commented that it made the space so narrow that if I were to try and squeeze inside, I would not be able to get in.

Melissa loved the traditional Japanese dolls on display…

If I’m not mistaken, these are their Kokeshi dolls that have been around for some 150 years, and were originally made as toys for children of farmers. They have no arms or legs, but a large head and cylindrical body, representing little girls. From a simple toy, it has now become a famous Japanese craft, and now an established souvenir for tourists.

On my part, I like how they tastefully use stones and light against a backdrop of pure white as part of the interior decor…

All in all, it was a delightful lunch that Melissa enjoyed a lot and as for me, it was pleasant enough and I would not mind having that again sometime when I’m in the mood for something different for a change.