Ogawa Japanese Kitchen, Plaza Mont Kiara

Last month end I went to Ellie's farewell party at Vogue, Plaza Mont Kiara. She's flew to Australia to continue her Master degree. Before going to the party, I have to get my dinner first, if not later cannot drink the free flow beer :p

It's been quite a long time that I haven't come to Plaza Mont Kiara. So, I don't really know what's nice to eat there. Then walking around I saw this very home feel Japanese restaurant named Ogawa Japanese Kitchen. Reminds me of massage chair wtf.

It's quite the Izakaya feel here in Ogawa Japanese Kitchen with the Japanese boss cum head chef serving and chatting with regular customers behind the sushi bar. There was a couple sitting next to me at the sushi bar table, they don't even have to order anything, the boss will just prepare something and serve to them. I think some of the items are not even in the menu.

I was served a complimentary Grilled Eggplant in Miso Sauce. Very nice. The miso sauce is sweet and very flavourful. The sweetness is not sugary sweet but natural from the miso. Goes very well with the grilled eggplant.

I saw in the menu there's Oden (おでん). Which I rarely find in the Japanese restaurants in Malaysia. Oden is actually a street food like Yong Tao Fu (Stuffed bean curd). It's consist of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku, and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth. I've always wanted to try Oden. Blamed it on too much Japanese drama series, especially more currently watching Kamen Rider OOO (inside joke).

The broth is more one the salty sweet side but not very sweet like having dessert. Quite light and not too overwhelming. It's very suitable if you don't have the mood to eat heavy stuff. Only then I found out that karashi (Japanese mustard) is used as a condiment for Oden. Funny, I didn't see it in the Japanese drama series :p

It is the first time I try eating Konnyaku 蒟蒻 (Devil's Tongue). It's actually quite tasteless on it's own. It absorb a bit of the broth to give it a bit of taste but the texture is quite nice. Very springy kind of feel.

Konnyaku 蒟蒻 (Devil's Tongue)

By using the chopsticks to pick up the daikon (radish) and the daikon is still intact yet it has absorbed the broth evenly. I know that the boss is a very experienced chef.

I wanted to order Hamburg Steak but it's not available on that day so the staff recommended me Fried Minced Beef instead. Well it's not too bad. Fried till crunchy with the bread crumbs batter yet the minced beef is still juicy inside.

I saw on the wall that there's a Fugu set meal available. Using every parts of the Fugu (of course not the poisonous part) to make a dish. If not mistaken the price is RM 180++. I think one set can be shared by two to three person.

Ever since Dontaku in Bukit Bintang closed down, it's quite hard to find a Japanese restaurant that makes you feel at home anymore. Food here is good and the staffs are friendly and knowledgeable with the menu. If you becomes a regular here, you might get a surprise dish from the boss too.




Address:

Ogawa Japanese Kitchen
A-0G-03 Plaza Mont’ Kiara 2
Jalan Kiara Mont’ Kiara
Tel: +603 6201 0221
Fax: +603 6201 0212

Google map here.

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Karl's Beisl, SohoKL, Solaris, Mont Kiara

Warning: Tidak Ditanggung Halal

A few months ago. Yes, this happened about 4 months ago. Nicole reminded me that I still haven't fulfill my promise of buying her lunch after our group won the Project Trafford blogging contest. So, getting her for lunch in her busy schedule traveling all over the region is quite difficult. Lucky, she's free on that particular day. At first I planned to eat at Dubrovnik but they were closed (maybe it's their lunch break), we only reached SohoKL around 2.30 pm. I recommended Karl's Beisl, which serves Austrian cuisine.

We shared a soup because Nicole is not a big eater. We both love this Cream of roasted Garlic & Red Pepper with Rosemary (RM 15). Creamy yet not too jelak. The garlic taste is quite rich, which I like. Recommended soup for you soup lover out there. Oh, their complimentary bread is very nice too.

Cream of roasted Garlic & Red Pepper with Rosemary (RM 15)

Nicole ordered Pork Tenderloin with Wild Mushroom Sauce (might not be the right name because I forgot already :p). She can't finish the whole thing, so I have to help to eat. Not too bad, the sauce is very nice and the pork tenderloin is very tender. I can finish half of it even after I had my Pork Cordon Bleu.

My Pork Cordon Bleu is not too bad either. Just a little bit dry on the meat. We like the sides, especially the potato wedges. The cucumber salad is nice too.

There's ham and cheese inside the roll pork meat. Very typical Cordo Bleu style.

They have a wide range of red and white wine here to choose from. We of course drank only plain water lol.

Nicole posing with a bottle of Chilean wine, I think.

On another day, I went for dinner at Karl's Beisl before I go to watch Chelsea vs Manchester United in 3D. It was a Samsung 3D LED TV event happening at SohoKL. Craving for half a pint of Hoegaarden White so I chose Karl's Beisl. There's a few European beer available.

This time I ordered Double Pork Chop, one of the more expensive item from the menu. You get to choose two side dishes for free. You can have more than two with additional charge and each side has a different price. I chose stir-fried broccoli with pine nuts and sauteed wild mushrooms.

A balance of meat and lard. Superb.

One bite into the tender pork chop, and I was certain that it's one of the best pork chop I ever had. The pork chop was char-grilled and there's a slightly burnt aroma left on the pork chop which enhanced the meat juice and fat. I like the fact that the cut is not only meat alone which will make the chop a bit too dry, there's like a 30% fat too. This is the cut that I like.

The sides are very nice too. I like the broccoli and pine nuts very much. I found the sauteed wild mushroom a bit too salty, if not it will be perfect. I of course down my dinner with the Hoegaarden White.

To watch the Samsung 3D LED TV, you'll need the special Samsung 3D glasses, which is not cheap.

Can't see any 3D here. lol.

Without the 3D glasses you'll see shadow image.

Sir Alex Ferguson in 3D yo!

All of you know that Chelsea won the match in Old Trafford. Ironically, Samsung is main sponsor of Chelsea, so most of the people there are happy.

Address:

Karl's Beisl
Lot K-OG 13 & 14, SOHO KL
No. 2, Jalan Solaris,
Solaris Mon't Kiara,
50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-62040628
Fax: 03-62040608
e-mail: info@karlsbeisl.com
Website: http://www.karlsbeisl.com/

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Michaelangelo's, Solaris Mont Kiara

Simon Says: I'll be going for Arthur Kopit's Oh Dad, Poor Dad tomorrow night. Anyone joining me?

I just remembered that I haven't post about Michaelangelo's after I read Hitomi's take on it. So, now here's my post. Let's start off with my favourite stout nowadays. Guiness Draught. Yummy.

I've shown you these tools before.




Yes, the tools are meant for us to eat escargots. Michaelangelo's version doesn't use cheese or cream. They use olive oil, garlic and herbs. We both found the escargots a bit too salty. I personally still prefer cheese or garlic sauce with the escargots.

Rating: 2.5/5

The lamb rack is of the dish in their promotion of giving a free house wine for each dish ordered from the promotion menu. So, for the free wine we ordered lamb rack. They recommended white wine to goes with the lamb.

Free house wine.

The portion is not very big. We got two lamb racks. It taste not bad.

Medium is the done-ness.

Rating: 3.5/5

A hit and a miss here. Will come back for some other food they offered here next time.

Playing with my escargot tool.

Of course the night doesn't end there. We still have room for dessert. Off we go to Honey Moon, Kepong.




I ordered Azuki Bean Black Grass Jelly (RM 5), I added one scoop of ice-cream to eat. I forgot how much is the extra charge for the ice-cream :p It taste not too bad.

Rating: 3.5/5

Our favourite of the night is Hitomi's choice of Sweet Memory which is purple glutinous rice ball and durian meat roll in to ball in milk. Recommended for durian lover.

Rating: 4/5

I can't help but think of something else when I look at the mascot of Honeymoon lol. What do you think of it?

After the dessert, we went to Desa Park City where Hitomi parked her car for a walk and some night photography before we call it a night.

Le Pork @ Le Deli

Simon Seow: Happy Birthday to Kel Li on Monday. 23 is nothing la, I'm 29 already lor. Just found out, it's Rachel's birthday too. Happy Birthday!

Warning: Tidak Ditanggung Halal

Just a short post of what I ate when meeting up Chimp for tea before a I went to dinner in a newly open Japanese restaurant in Cineleisure. As usual, Chimp like to hang out in Le Deli in Mont Kiara Shoplex.

I just woke up from sleep and haven't have anything to eat. Le Deli sells gourmet meat such as bacon, ham, and sausages. There are also a lot of variety. You can pack it to go or you can eat it there in le Deli. You can have the meat chosen to be made into sandwich, or just the meat which comes with some greens. Price depending on the meat you chose. Oh, there's also various cheese set available. I tried thefruity cheese before, it's yummy.

Browsing through the menu list, I saw a meat call Yakibuta belly (Roast Pork Belly). At first I thought it's siew yoke but when I look at the meat in the fridge, it's a long round cylinder shape meat loaf. I think because it's Japanese style and Japanese cha siew (BBQ Pork) is also done this way. For the Yakibuta belly, I think the meat from the belly of the pork is used to make it. Without any hesitation, I order a plate of this.

The Yakibuta belly tasted like ham but with a lot more fat. For those of you that like fat, this is a recommended choice of meat if you're to have a snack in Le Deli. I eat it by wrapping the lettuce around a slice of the roast pork belly. The lettuce tone down the oiliness of the roast pork, which is a good combination. I regretted not asking for some mustard, I think it goes very well with mustard. Nevertheless, an enjoyable and yummy snack.

Rating: 4/5


Chimp ordered a Turkey Ham pita sandwich with Honey Mustard to share with her friend. I didn't try so I can't give any comment. From the look, I think it's not bad too.

I was there until 6 p.m. and then made my way to Cineleisure because I have dinner plans with Teckkie and WMW to try out the new Japanese restaurant. Guess which Japanese restaurant we went to? Picture below is the hint. No gift for guessing correctly though. :p

Abalone Ikura Sushi (How much is the abalone sushi? lol)

See my previous post to check out the map for Le Deli, Mont Kiara.

Having Japanese Food in a Deli

On Labour Day, Chimp asked me out for Japanese food with 2 of her friends. We'll be meeting up at our usual yum cha place, Le Deli in Mont Kiara.

You may have noticed something wrong here, do they serve Japanese food in Le Deli? Le Deli only sells fine cut meat like German sausage, bacon, ham and cheese. Well, one specialty about Le Deli is that you can order food from restaurant in the proximity such as Ramen Taiko just inside the shoplex in Mont Kiara, which is only opposite Le Deli from the entrance inside.

Chimp posing with the ramen.

Me and my buddy Chimp.

Chimp ordered her favourite ramen, Hiyashi Chuka Ramen (RM 13)

I tasted a bit of it and found that it's not too bad. Chimp found the gravy a bit too sourish but it's ok by my standard.

Rating: 3/5

Fried Kaki set (Fried Oyster set) (RM 22)

I had the seasonal set promotion, the Fried Kaki set. Which comes with rice, shoyu soup, pickled vege, fruit and of course fried oyster in bread crumbs. Instead of your normal miso soup, they serve wakame shoyu soup (seaweed Japanese soya sauce soup) instead, the soup is nice me and Chimp like it. The fried oyster is so fresh, crispy on the outside and juicy inside. Slurp, slurp. Wished they give more oyster, can't have enough of it.

Rating: 4/5

Fried kaki.

No this is not my peach wine.

The damage

When you come around this area, you can sit at Le Deli and order drinks from them and order some Japanese food from Ramen Taiko. It's much more comfortable sitting at Le Deli because it's open air.

Address:

Ramen Taiko
15-0-2C Shoplex Mon't Kiara,
Jalan Kiara, Mon't Kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 603 2096 1822

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