Konichiwa!

A simple and delicious Japanese rice bowl! I love chicken and mushrooms. So this rice bowl is the perfect combo for me. They even have edamame! The teriyaki chicken breast was very nice and tender. Shimeiji mushrooms were sautéed nicely in soy sauce. So delicious! I love Japanese mushrooms especially with rice at japanese restaurants. They know how to cook it simple and delicious. Edamame! The main reason I ordered this rice bowl. Edamame obsession is real!
If you're into chicken-dons, this is another place to go to although Manmaru specializes in udon. This rice bowl is a chef's recommendation too!
Food: 9/10 Price: 8/10 (RM 17.90 - price is almost the same as Waku Waku and it's rather cheap!)

Handmade udon with chicken teriyaki and poached eggs.
The udon is so delicious and chewy! I think it's a perfect udon texture. Chicken Teriyaki is delicious and sweet. The chicken skin is so crispy because of the nice glaze. The yolk from the poached egg becomes a natural sauce for the udon, which was so divine. Not really a big portion though.
Manmaru has a lot of udon styles. I would love to come back to try the rest! Fresh udons are the bomb!

Food: 8/10 Price: 7/10 (RM 15.90 - quite a reasonable price too. The portion is not too big and you're given fresh handmade udons. I will complain if this bowl was RM 20++. But it's not 😁)

In picture (clockwise): Soft Shell Crab Temaki, Ebiten Temaki (Fried prawn tempura), California Temaki (crabstick), Sake Ikura Temaki (Salmon sashimi and fish roe) and Unakyu Temaki (Eel and cucumber). The handrolls were made perfectly. Fresh and neat. Love Japanese sushi rice! Have them with pickled ginger, some soy sauce and wasabi, you'll get a burst of freshness and appetite.
What stood out the most was the Sake Ikura Temaki! The salmon literally melts in your mouth! So fresh and so good!
My all time favourite is the California Temaki. Definitely did not disappoint.
Soft shell crab was very flavorful. But the handroll is not as nice as the sushi plate.
Ebiten Temaki was just a prawn tempura handroll. Nicely fried batter and fresh prawns!
The weirdest one for me was Unakyu Temaki because it is an eel sushi. I felt a little sharpness when I bit it in. Quite terrifying. I thought I was biting into some bones. But I guess it's just how it's fried or cooked to crispness.
I love going to Rakuzen for Japanese food because they serve the freshest sashimi and the most tender Yakiniku/Beef stir fry rice set. They are very generous with their set menu too! Fruits, chawanmushi, pickled vegetables, miso soup, a whole load of rice and your protein. Go for their set meals for a cheap steal!
I recommend their dragon roll too. Another favourite of mine which is a prawn/lobster sushi roll, topped with avocado.
Food: 9/10 Price: 8/10 (RM 8 for each handroll - Some might say Rakuzen is very expensive but they are the cheapest place for fresh, high quality and satisfying Japanese food)

I never really liked Japanese sweet beancurds because they're always wayyyyv too sweet. Noodles too. Especially the udons I used to eat. They always taste floury in your mouth.
But Rakuzen never fails me. I love their dragon rolls but I just wanted something simple and light today. So why not try something new!
Soba noodles had a very nice texture and well cooked. Soup is so clear I love it. The beancurd compliments this whole dish perfectly. The sweetness was toned down by the soup. Soba is a healthier choice in Japanese restaurants compared to their tempura and white rice set meals. However, everything made in Japanese restaurants are healthy anyway. Sashimi, grilled meat/fish, sukiyaki and shabu shabu. You name it. Tempura is just the least healthiest. But they don't use much batter anyway!
Overall, it was a very satisfying meal. Don't look down on it! Although it looks little, you'll be stuffed after eating half of the noodles.
Food: 8/10 Price: 7/10 (RM 23 - it is one fancy Japanese restaurant with quality food anyway)

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I had hot soba noodles with mushrooms. Soup is so clear and the soba was amazing as usual. Noodles were a lot though.
My family shared two sets of two grilled scallops. I didn't like this one. Very fishy smell. 😭

A plate of sashimi sushi from a dinner set and a plate of dragon roll. Their dragon roll here is the best!! I couldn't eat the dragon roll because I was too full from my noodles.. Sigh. But I had it before and it's my favourite!
Portion at rakuzen is always very big. Not in picture, we ordered sukiyaki set, yakiniku(beef) rice set and mini udon set. They are incredibly generous with the amount of beef served. You will come out from Rakuzen with a turtle shell after having their meal. Really worth it!
Food: 8/10 Price: 8/10 (I don't know all of the prices. But I know my noodles were RM 18 and a huge beef rice set with miso soup, sides, fruits, rice and chawanmushi is RM 36. Really value for money at Rakuzen and guaranteed to fill you up!)

A bit like a spicy ramen where they put spicy miso into their original flavour broth.
We are given 3 suggested combinations of sides to go with this ramen. You can go with plain if you want! Just soup and noodles. But this one is with salted soft boiled egg.
I really love Ippudo's soft boiled eggs. The yolk is just perfectly runny. No complains!
Don't worry! This is not spicy at all. Just very flavourful. I like it much better than the dip style ramen. The spicy miso just makes everything come together and more appetising!
Plus there's more pork slices and soup!
Food: 7/10 Price: 6/10 (RM 30 - ippudo is a very posh place for ramen. All of their dishes ranges around this price. So they are rather expensive. But value for money? Take soup ramen. Not dip ramen)

Everything in the noodle bowl is served cold and the idea is to dip them and enjoy the pure taste, flavour and fragrance of each element. Haha

It's just a very fancy way of eating ramen. Dipping the ramen is to ensure the texture of ramen when you eat it. Yes the ramen was indeed very nice and chewy. But I can get that in normal types too.
The soup gets a little sickening after a while. It tastes like a sweet miso based soup. The soup is made of pork broth and bonito.
It's not a bad dish but it's just nothing to shout about. I'll just stick to my regular soy based soup ramen.
Food: 5/10 Price: 5/10 (RM 26 - I get so little pieces of meat. Half an egg. A piece of seaweed. A bowl of broth that gets too sweet and sickening after a while. And a whole load of noodles. Really overpriced and unbalanced. I can a get more with soup ramen at a lower price in their menu!)