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In Fashion By Taufulou 5 Mins Read

Sushi Mastro Nikkei Flagship Maluri, KL

25/10/2023 1 Comment

One of the famous Sushi Mastro Nikkei Restaurant in Kepong now have expanded their latest Flagship store near into the heart of KL. Sushi Mastro Nikkei Flagship Maluri, KL have tremendously up their game in interior.

Their Latest Sushi Mastro Nikkei Flagship interior is very vibrant. Came from its original business concept as South American and Japanese inspired food. With this special blend, they work with a local artist to bring their concept to live. Its a comfy dining area and on weekend, it is constantly fully book on certain hours. Best to make reservation before heading over.

Starting off, what caught my attention is their mocktails. That really look and taste like cocktails which is very impressive.

The Romero Sandia @ RM13.80 perfect for our hot weather. Serve in tiki-style with apple cider, watermelon, and rosemary. Smoked cinnamon bring hint of smokiness nice aroma into the drink. Thirst quenching.

The Yuzu Sour @ RM13.80 – a mocktail equivalent of the Pisco sour, channeling white grapes with yuzu and house-made spice syrup.

when you see this, It link me back to Sushi Mastro. This is a perfect simple combination of Sashimi of Mango and Salmon.. Nikkei Salmon Mango @ RM 62 (as they are using Norwegian salmon) drench with shoyu-marinated ikura and fresh mango slices.

a mouth full of bursting flavors from ikura, soy sauce, mango. Love the simple sweet savory taste.

Ikejime Sashimi @ RM 30 this is surprisingly good ( 2 cuts each) – golden snapper,
malabar snapper which both is local breed fish. . . Little did I know can it turn to sashimi. meat texture is nice, clean and fragrant. just need a little dip fresh wasabi and hint of soy sauce to bring up the freshness of the fish.
for a fusion Peruvian mix, the surprise element is actually the base sauce. Sukoshi, Scallop & Seabass, @ RM 52 serve with 2 Hokkaido Scallop, ikeji golden snapper, aji amarillo sauce, quinoa and truffle oil. Refreshing taste, with hint of herbs and creamy texture, nice end of truffle that is not over powering that brings the mouthful nice balance of flavour. The Montana Chirashi – Seafood Shirashizushi @ RM75. Sushi Mastro best seller. Most of the diner will certainly end this as one of the order in their table. Packed with salmon, hamachi, hon maguro, ama ebi, unagi, ikura, tobiko, barramundi and red snapper on furikake rice. A dish that perfectly fit into our grams. I was caught in surprise that the base of the bowl still fit with rice and the ingredients actually quite generous. Every bite is a nice bite of flavours when you mix well. Bursting little saltiness from tobiko, fragrance garlic rice, with with raw cabbage lighten the flavours. Nice fish texture comes from salmon and unagi cube. Portion is best to share as I also consider above average. I would say it is good. Recommended.

this Wagyu Yakiniku Don @ RM 140 is Japanese Miyazaki wagyu at 100gm serve with chef special Yakiniku sauce with hidden Garlic Rice at the bottom. It is serve rare and torch burn right infront of you to make it slightly charred and grill. The thin cut wagyu is amazingly good, brings a nice slight umami taste on the top layer of wagyu and topped it with special sauce, its perfect pairing. Hint of sweet and texture of meat is a bite of satisfaction. Garlic rice at the base is simple and cook with wok hei.

Nice thins beef slice you just need a quick 3-8 seconds in the hot boiling soup to get the nice texture to your liking. Remember to dig with egg for more flavourful flavours. Love the soup base as it is salty enough for me and the fragrance of the soup is to my liking.

This is a perfect ending, paring, their signature Graham Cake @ RM 20, with cream cheese, crackers with mixture of fruits and light cracker in between. goes very well with Te de Bayas @ RM 13.80 Berry Tea, Gula Melaka and spice. combination. A nice palate cleanser at the end with a satisfyingly meal.

Certainly do not mind to come back again for fusion Japanese Food. Pretty well balance in flavour.

Location:

Sushi Mastro Nikkei – Flagship Outlet – Taman Maluri
L1-01, Residensi Lavile, 5, Lorong Peel, Maluri, 55100 Cheras.
Daily, 12pm-3:30pm, 6pm-10:30pm.

Tel: 012-312-4112

Sushi Mastro Nikkei Kepong

Unit 1-1, Fortune Centra, 2, Jalan Metro Perdana 6,

Taman Usahawan Kepong, 52100 Kepong, KL

Mon – Sun : 12–3:30 pm, 6–10:30 pm

Tel: 012-312 4112

In Buffett By Taufulou 1 Min Read

Shook Buffet Starhill

15/09/2023 No Comments

Shook Buffet Starhill have undergone a new outloook, with more luxury look. Offering eat all you can buffet with more than 100 choices for you to choose from. Season from season, offering inspired gourmet experiences with an interactive kitchen and distinctive ingredients sourced from local purveyors and around the world, authentically prepared and immaculately presented.

Shook Buffet in KL, offering On that month was variety of western, and local spread.

Some area of Italians.DessertsSome hot Teppanyaki for you on the spot.
Or some Cheese as a starter.

Japanese is one of crowds favourite

Pick your fresh seafood or meat ingredients to be grill.

FoWhat we had for the night.

For pricing and reservation you can find out more at Shook Offical Page: (click here)

Location:

Shook Starhill

181, Jln Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 K

Tel: 03-2719 8060

In Bukit Jalil/ OUG By Taufulou 2 Mins Read

The Hub Coffee Roasters @ OUG, KL

22/12/2021 1 Comment

The Hub Coffee Roasters is one of a hidden gem in this Taman OUG neighborhood. A roasters themselves that constant offer some other variety of single origin. It is a small cozy cafe with only limited range of selection. For people around the area, it would be a perfect cuppa for your weekend or coffee cravings.

I am in here for their Single origin series or at times take away their late.

There are a few region for you to choose from for Single origin and if you are not too sure, ask their friendly barista as they will usually ask you your profile preference before introduce you to their bean. To me is very subjective as I have a wide range of taste when comes to single origin and depends on my mood for the day.

this is how they do their drip coffee. now I do have my mini drip and basic machine, I drink at home more now. HOwever they do have their beans. Will hunt it next.

As on that day, I prefer something acidic and with body. Their Ethiopian series is pretty spot on.

They have quite a huge range of beans. Have fun in exploring for single origin beans available in KL.

Not to sure where go to for your cafe hunting, then The Hub cafe in OUG gardens might be one of the place for you to consider. Small cozy area and at times you will have to wait for a table.

*PORK FREE

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 7/10, love their single origin coffee range-Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
61, Jalan Hujan Rahmat 3,
Taman Overseas Union,
58200 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 012-808 8843

Operating Hours : 9am – 6pm

In Chinese Food By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

Mid Autumn Festival with Purple Cane Tea Cuisine @ The Gardens, KL

22/09/2020 1 Comment

Healthy eating? What comes into your mind? Modern will say poke bowl. Older generation will say vegetarian. Well, both is also healthy for me. Another will be this Purple Cane Tea Cuisine in the Gardens, Mid Valley, which is one of my favourite restaurants. a restaurant cooking is infused with Tea. Not only that, trying to cater to a bigger market, it is Pork Free restaurant that they do not sell pork and beef.

With the festive season of Mid Autumn is just around the corner, celebrating this The Big, Bright and Beautiful Moon 《圓月溜溜》 Delivering a Plate Filled with the Gift of Fullness and Serenity.

one of their moving item is also their HALAL mooncake which is love by many races. Prominents tea flavour which is not sweet yet flavourful.

When you order a pot of tea, 2 pot will be served. This is how the way they filter their tea. First pour of tea water into the pot. Then let it sit for a while before pouring out. According to them, this is the best way to get the aroma out from the tea.

Exactly like how I was thought when I visited China.

One of my all time favourite is their Double Boil Soup. Yup! Double boil soup serve in a tea pot. It is punch with flavour, easy to drink as I like it. I do not mind to have 3 tea pot of double boil soup. Recommended!

What is in the teapot? as below. The amount of ingredient in it for such a small pot!

I define this, a place where offer a kind of Taiwanese classic ambience with tea infusion food. Their mid autumn festival menu starts from RM 88 that can easily feed 4 pax. But there were 6 of us and I think it is just nice. 1 guy 5 girls.

Simmered Chicken with Yam in Jasmine Tea Sauce.

the chicken is soft and the winning part is the creamy sauce. Fragrant and just syrup ontop of your rice is a perfect combination.

One of the signature for the restaurant is this Black Tea Curry Lions Mane Mushrooms. The curry is not too thick, yet you would easily need to bowl of rice for this. So easy to eat, super mild spicy with mild creamy. Instead of santan the replace it with Almond milk.

Sweet and sour Sliced Grouper with Lychee Black Tea. Fried to perfection as it is crispy and a layer of fragrant which is just right.

Stir Fried Mushroom

One of their super in demand pudding. Grapefruit Rose Tea Pudding. Not your usual as it add ons with fresh handpeel pamelo from Ipoh into this. A bite with give you burstful of flavour.

healthy option? defiantely one of my option to dine in. Their herbal egg is da bomb too!

Location:
紫藤茶原 Purple Cane Tea Restaurant
LG, Lingkaran Syed Putra,
Mid Valley City, 59200 Kuala Lumpur

Operating Hours: 10am – 10pm

Tel: 03-2283 6090

In Buffett By Taufulou 4 Mins Read

Kurata Japanese Fine Dining Buffet from RM 68+ @ Parkroyal Hotel

04/03/2020 1 Comment

I have rarely hit into buffet spread as my capacity of eating it is no longer there. However there are a few ones that I would give exceptional. Like this new buffet spread in Kurata Japanese Fine Dining in Parkroyal Hotel offering shabu-shabu and sukiyaki buffet that offers great spread and especially the quality of sashimi served with pricing as :

Chicken Sukiyaki option, priced @ RM68 per person
Australian beef + Chicken @ RM88 per person
Angus beef + Chicken @ RM128 per person

If customer show this poster (below) to Kurata Japanese Fine Dining ‘s team, they will enjoy our Australian beef buffet at RM68 per person.

For lunch, Kurata Japanese Fine Dining offer two options for shabu-shabu and sukiyaki lunch buffet from 12pm – 2:30pm :

Australian beef + Chicken @ RM38 per person
Chicken Sukiyaki & Spicy Miso Hotpot @ RM38 per person

Meats such as Chicken and Australian beef are refillable. Sashimi is not refillable. Side dishes are not refillable. It is all subjected to 10% service charge and 6% SST.

Kurata Japanese Fine Dining is newly renovated and operating just about 6 months in the hotel is gaining its popularity among Japanese diners.

These are part of the menu, as this Japanese Buffet in KL is offering order from the menu instead of a whole long line of food offerings at the table. They are prepared fresh from the kitchen as you order. Full menu click here

If you are a good drinker, then you have an option of topping up with RM 100 to enjoy free flow drink. From 4pm – 10pm (with 2 hours limit)

There are 3 different types of soup base available:

Sukiyaki – this is bent towards more sweet base
Spicy miso – personal favourite with recommended
Shabu Shabu Original – one of the best option too

What you can help yourself are these sauces and condiments from the table right in the middle. Including Green Tea too.

For different package as mention the only difference are: Agnus beef where the quality of meat is nicer and for Australian beef it is also pretty good enough for me (on the right)

There are plenty of sides that you can order and just do order those you can finish. Try to avoid food wastage. Edamame to start off with.

and of course how can we miss out the sashimi. They even serve maguro for sashimi, that is where I ate at least 10 pieces. Salmon Carpaccio and Salmon Sashimi are all pretty good too. Fresh and the cut is pretty generous.

For Sushi, it is pretty good too. I had

Salmon Nigiri Sushi
Spicy Salmon Nigiri Sushi
Seared Salmon Nigiri Sushi
Tamago Nigiri Sushi
Inari Sushi
Spicy Salmon Nigiri Sushi
Crunchy California Roll

Nanban Fried Chicken with Tartar Sauce
Agedashi Tofu
Kaarage Pepper Chicken Wings – this is recommended as goes so well with beer or sake
Teppan Grilled Spicy Chicken

Grilled Sanma Saury with Japanese Salt

Some healthy option which is the chef special : Tofu Salad

Of course we do have our drinks too. I had a few high balls and a few bottles of Cold Sake to go along. It was indeed quite a satisfying dinner.

The only little problem to find this outlet is you have to walk through this buffet spread restaurant to reach Kurata Japanese Restaurant.

Indeed for RM 68 + buffet spread is quite a good value for me. As easily we eat in any of the Japanese restaurant with gathering, you will be spending around RM 50-RM 80 per head. With this, it is a buffet spread that every one gets to enjoy.

Location:

Lower Lobby, PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur,
Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tel: 03-2110 0226

operating hours:
Lunch : 12pm – 3pm
Dinner: 6.30pm – 10pm

In Bangsar By Taufulou 2 Mins Read

The Farm FoodCraft @ Bangsar South

10/09/2019 3 Comments

Recently I read about this place The Farm FoodCraft that serve fresh produce from their farm to table that located at The Sphere, Bangsar South.

a place that is currently quite well known among my friends for healthy eating and was recommended to pay a visit to this place to check them out. Love the vibe of this place, high ceiling, nice glass walls that give you lots of natural lighting that makes it perfect for picture taking.

Indeed going to be a nice place for a brunch and catching up with your friends.

Food and drinks menu are pretty direct as it is only a front and back.

My friend try out their Mushroom Pan Mee @ RM 27. Pan Mee tossed in creamy mushroom sauce and dash of truffle oil. Never knew pan mee can be uplifted to a new modern dining. Clever cooking. Not too creamy and light enough for a quick lunch.

Read a few comments mention that their Curry Beef Lasagne @ RM 25 is recommended. Decided to give it a try. A combination of beef, potato and onions with garden salad on the side.

Indeed this is pretty good as I finish the whole piece by myself. Layer of Paper thin dough to stack it up. Cook to perfection as the layers is soft, nice mince beef and cheese is just right. -Recommended

Would advise some of you to share this portion as it could be too much for you, unless you are like sort of a cheese lover.

Asam Boy Smoothie @ RM 18 – Young Mango, Asam Boi, with housemade pickled papaya and mango. Indeed a perfect drink for our hot weather for a thirst quencher. (just a bit on the steep side)

can give it a try as I have friends told me good and bad. Well, If you are in for the ambiance and some healthy eating, then this could be one of your options.

*Pork Free

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 6.5/10, not too bad. nice ambiance tho !!!~-Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
The Farm FoodCraft
The Sphere, G-01 & G-02,
No.1, Avenue 1,
Bangsar South,
59200 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-2242 0964

Business hours: 10.30am till 10pm daily.

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