Hokkaido Ichiba needs no introduction from me. But if you do not know already, Hokkaido Ichiba is a Japanese Restaurant which serves ala-carte Japanese Food in The Gardens, Mid Valley. If you are in Petaling Jaya, fret not, they also have a branch in 1-Utama. So let’s get to our food review now.
The star of the night has got to be Hokkaido Ichiba Salmon Sashimi. Priced at RM22, a plate of Salmon Sashimi comes with seven really thick slices of fresh, I mean, really fresh salmon flesh. This is by far, in my opinion, one of the best Japanese restaurants which serve the nicest slices of fresh salmon sashimi in Malaysia. It is amazing how these salmons are kept fresh even though we know very well, these salmons are imported products. I could only imagine how fresh salmon sashimi could taste in Japan. With that said, I am also fortunate to be able to taste this salmon sashimi here in Kuala Lumpur.
The Salmon Belly was very good too. It is slightly oilier compared to the Salmon Sashimi. It is also very fresh which I assume was from the same fish as the earlier one. It is slightly more expensive though. A plate of Salmon Belly comes with 5 thick slices for RM30.
My next favourite is Hokkaido Ichiba’s Dragon Roll. For only RM30, we are served with a whole fried tiger prawn jumbo ebi wrapped with layers of seaweed, rice and avocados topped with a generous amount of flying fish roes.
If you love unagi as I do, you must order Hokkaido Ichiba’s Teriyaki Unagi. For a small plate at RM28, you’ll get a plate of unagis, perfectly flavoured a generous amount of teriyaki sauce. It was so good that, I enjoyed every bite of it.
Winter Roll @ RM22 contains thick slices of tamago/eggs and shrimps wrapped with seaweed and rice topped with some mayonnaise and egg roe. Compared to Dragon Roll, this Winter Roll is a softer version of the former.
Some of the other things we ordered are Hokkaido Ichiba’s Chawanmushi. I didn’t took any picture of it as it was too difficult to take it to properly present it here. Nevertheless, I can tell you what ingredients they have in their Chawanmushi. Well, they also have the usual stuffs like eggs, chicken slice, mushrooms and etc.
What I usually order for drink in any Japanese restaurant is Ocha. Here, you may order their Green Tea Latte for only RM6 a cup. Its green tea added with some milk. If you haven’t tried this before, try ordering it once. It’s really good.
Hokkaido Ichiba is quite pack during the weekends and people are still queuing up even after 2pm (when we arrive). So come early or book your tables to avoid disappointment.
Hokkaido Ichiba – Kita No Zen (Japanese Restaurant)
Lot T-201, Third Floor, The Garden Mall
59200 Kuala Lumpur
GPS Coordinates: N3 07.145 E101 40.538
Tel: 03 2283 1060
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The service sucks ! the portion also too tiny and not acceptable !!! i swear i will no visit anymore !
Small? I think the portion is okay.
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