Miraku @ Paradigm Mall

Was invited (or more like self-invited) to an official food review in the newly opened Miraku, Paradigm Mall. I have seen the Miraku in G-Hotel, Penang and I was thinking that I would never be able to step into such a fine dining restaurant! But here I am, sitting with a bunch of hot bloggers from Malaysia's Hottest Bloggers (MHB) and also some leng zai *ahem* eg Tim, Wilson and Huay Bin.

It's a bit hard to find Miraku Restaurant so it's great that they installed pillar wrap showing the way to Miraku. It's actually located at the outside of the building with the Starbucks as the entrance. Upon reaching, we were served some hot green tea and the organizer, Suefin briefed us about Miraku.

So, bear with me when I share a little info about Miraku:
Miraku (a great place for customers to enjoy great food) is designed to provide the art of Japanese dining to those who desire to experience gourmet food. Established under the Texchem Group of Companies, Miraku aims to bring the best of Japanese culinary and deliver the essence of Japanese cooking which places top priority in the selection of quality and fresh produce.

                                      

While the first outlet in G Hotel, Gurney Penang can accommodate approximately 130 customers at one time, Miraku in Paradigm Mall can accomodate about 150 customers at one time!

You can choose to sit in the tatami room for an authentic feel!

Miraku also cater for corporate and family dinner so you don't have to worry if you are coming with a group of a people! 3 private rooms will turn into a long big room in no time!

As I learned that there will be 17 dishes that night, I had a light lunch so you can imagine my anticipation and grumbling stomach waiting for the scrumptious food to arrive! The PIC brought us to a short tour around the outlet and we snap photos of the chef making our sashimi! Definitely mouth watering!

Firstly they served Zensai which is appetizer for Japanese. They usually serve only one type of Zensai but as we are getting the VIP treatment, ta-daa...

And because the Chief Executive Chef, Kurihara-san is feeling generous that night (could also because that there are a lot of hot babes that night), we got free sake!

                                           

Finally the first dish of the night! The PIC was telling us all the different types of fish such as tuna, white tuna, mackerel and lots of other variety but everyone was holding their chopsticks waiting for the sign! See the small mound of wasabi? It's actually raw wasabi whereby they really grind it from the raw wasabi instead of using the powdered type! Their sashimi are also air flown on every Tuesday and Friday so that we can get the freshest and highest quality sashimi!

Sashimi Moriawase RM140

There are 3 salads for us to choose from and we are supposed to pass the salad around but it's not enough to go around! Thankfully the host refill the salad for us so we get to try all 3 of the salad. The salad I love the most should be Soba Salad and love the wafu dressing with it! 

Miraku Salad RM 28

Ontama Salmon Salad RM 15

Soba Salad RM13

Jikasei meaning homemade has truly an original taste with it, however the texture and taste is slightly bland, probably is because that I prefer a stronger taste.

Jikasei Tofu RM16

For Yaki Kaki, it's grilled oysters with cheese and mayonnaise and as for Yaki Kaki Piri Kara Miso, it's grilled oysters with spicy miso paste. As I don't eat cheese, I can only try the Piri Kara Miso. 

Yaki Kaki/ Yaki Kaki Piri Kara Miso RM26

Here come one of my favorite dish!
It's deep fried mashed potato served with thick broth of fresh seaweed flavored with dashi. It's surprisingly nice especially when we found there's also shrimps inside!

Agedashi Potato RM20

This fish is extremely flavorful and even though I am not a fish lover however this fish made me keep asking for more! The only thing is I am not sure whether the bones are edible but it's so tiny, i just swallowed it. Lol.

Sanma Shioyaki 

Quiz time! Guess what's this! 

It's a teapot fish clear stock soup! Initially we really thought that they are serving us tea in the middle of the meal! At the first sip, I am not used to the taste but the more I drank it, the more I like it!

Dobin Mushi RM18

Karei Karaage RM23

As I don't eat beef so I can't give any comments on this. But those besides seemed to be enjoying it very much!

Wagyu Tataki RM69.90

Dragon Roll RM33

Imagine my surprise to see this long train of sushi when I came back from the restroom! There's too many of sushi to go around! 

Sushi Moriawase Sakura RM86

                                              

Finally it's dessert time! The soft texture and almond-y taste of Annin Tofu is definitely for worth a try. As for those who are more adventurous, can try out the wasabi ice! According to Wilson (Places and Foods), it tastes like first love. Lol. I heard that their Sesame Ice is nice as well!

From the left, Sweet Cheese Tofu RM10, Wasabi Ice RM10, Annin Tofu RM8

                                   

The group of bloggers with Suefin, Susan and Junko-san! 

Thank you Miraku for inviting me to the food review! Have been planning to bring my family for some good Japanese food once my pay is out! 

For more information,

Miraku Sdn Bhd (Paradigm Mall)

GB02, Ground Floor, Paradigm Mall

No 1, Jalan SS7/26A, Kelana Jaya
47301 Petaling Jaya

Tel: 03-7886 9931

Websit: www.miraku-restaurant.com

Operating hours: Monday to Thurs: 11.30am to 3pm, 6pm to 8.30pm
                          Friday to Sunday: 12pm to 11pm

* Photos credited to Tim Chew/MHB.

Rama V Fine Thai Cuisine

Sawadeeka!

Wondering on how to pronounce the name? Is it a -vee or a five? After some research, the answer has been revealed! It's pronounced as Rama-5! 

Being tight on budget, this isn't really the kind of place that I should be going but since the gang wanted to go, how can I missed out the fun! What attract us was the lunch buffet promotion @ RM68.90++ (which totals up to about RM80) per pax, it's fine thai cuisine and did I mentioned it was an all you can order buffet?! 

I drove back early from The Curve back to Subang since my dear don't want to come fetch me *emo*! 
Started to glam myself up and lucky I did as AJ and Gege were all dressed up! 

The exterior of Rama V - looking thai-authentic!

 

Table settings

Everyone was thinking what to order as they only allow us to order few dishes at a time so that there's no food wastage! But it's really hard to decide since we really wanna try every single thing on the menu! 

Fruit punch - I asked the waiter what is the ingredient in this fruit punch and he gave me a long list of fruits which I can't even remember! 

To all the wine and beer lovers, this is the buffet designed specially for you! With the lunch promotion price, it actually comes with free flow of Tiger beer and red/white wine! So probably you will be drunk by the end of the buffet session!

As the waiting time was quite awhile, everyone was complaining to be extremely hungry! Can even hear an orchestra of grumbling stomach, so I didn't had the chance to take pictures of every dishes. Everyone were digging in to anything in front of them before I can even snap any pictures!

Yam Ma Meung
- spicy mango salad with cashew nuts

Love this dish and particularly love cashew nuts!

Kao Thang Na Tang

- crispy rice served with minced chicken and shrimp sauce

Chor Ladda

- Flower shaped dumpling stuffed with minced chicken and peanut

This is a must order and definitely a chef recommendation!

 Kai Hor Ban Toey
- fried chicken in pandan leaves 

Kao Ob Sub Pa Rod
-fried pineapple rice with shrimp coral and pineapple

Kai Pad Met Ma Meung
- fried chicken with cashew nut and dried chilli
Actually I am not very sure of this dish's name..lol

Pumpkin Custard
- This seemed to be the chef recommended dish but I really am not a fan of this. 

Chendol, Taro & Stick Rice in Coconut Milk
- It tasted something like the chendol in SS15 where they put in the sticky rice as well. lol

Last but not least, my favorite!
Water Chestnut Dumpling with Jackfruit in Coconut Milk
If I wasn't too full, I think I can eat at least 3 bowls of this! 

Here are some extras: 

Sorry that I didn't get to take a lot of pictures but do make sure you try ALL of the curries no matter what the colour is! It's really really nice which explains why I didn't get any photos of them since everyone was fighting for it! Don't bother ordering the vegetables section unless you are really into vegetarian. We order 3 plates of vegetables and ended up no one touching them. Guess we are all hard core carnivores. Lol. For those who are allergic to peanuts, you can basically forgo this place as 90% of the dishes contain peanuts!  Don't be greedy and order 2 dish at a time as the portion is really big so it's best if you can go with a big group of friends or family. Another bonus point is that their food is not too spicy and I don't end up drinking few litres of water every time i visit a thai food restaurant!

It;'s nice that they do it in a ordering style so that the food are not ready made and left there to be picked. It's still warm and fresh so it's definitely a plus point! Oh ya, they also provide chalet for private dining in the midst of a garden, so if you want to bring your date for a romantic dinner, this is definitely the place! They also cater to a lot of corporate dinner and function. 

Will update even more food reviews! Yum!

For more info, check out their website or like their Facebook page!

Rama V Fine Thai Cuisine
5, Jalan U-Thant, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03- 2143 2663

Opening hours: 12pm - 3pm, 6.30pm - 11pm

CL's Bday Celeb - SUKI-YA, Paradigm Mall

Finally it's our Tai Ka Jie's birthday and it's another excuse for to have a JiaLaT reunion! Why JiaLaT you may ask? It's supposed to be JLT which stands for our name (J- Jing, L-lee and T-Ting) and it so happened to be arranged according to our birthday as well. The more we look at JLT, the more we feel like it sorta stands for JiaLat, which is how we are formed! 

This time even though we are on strict budget, we decided to splurge for our CL by going to Suki-Ya in Paradigm Mall, since birthday only comes once a year right? It was actually my first time hearing of this place even though I do remember seeing the outlet before. 

*Taken from Suki-ya FB page

We went for the buffet dinner promotion since the price is quite reasonable for a Japanese steamboat buffet.

There are actually instructions on how to eat the meat! Me and JJ were waiting CL for quite some time so we just look at the video that they broadcasted on the TV outside of the outlet. All you have to do is cook the meat, dip into the raw egg and savour it! 

We were given 2 different type of sauce and according to their instructions paper, you can also order other sauces from them as well! Check out their fresh raw egg and you can take from the buffet table no matter how many you want! Usually I won't eat raw egg but dipping the meat into it really taste nice!

They also served sushi here! Halfway through our dinner, there's a refill of the sushi with different type of sushi. 

As there were 3 of us, we get to try all 4 different soup base as we occupies 2 table! <3
Left: Kimuchi     Right: Sukiyaki

All of us agreed that this 2 soup bases are the best especially the sukiyaki soup base!

Left: Miso Soup     Right: Shabu Shabu

All you can eat meat! They provide chicken, lamb and beef slices and you can refill as many as you want! How great is that! 

There's also a healthy bar serving all the raw vegetables and fish balls so that you can cook in the soup. 

Overall, the meal is quite satisfying especially with the chocolate/green tea ice cream to curb our cravings! 

It has been a great JiaLaT reunion and the next one will be shopping trip to shop for CL's birthday! Gotta wait till pay day so CL, sorry for the wait! 

Suki-Ya @ Tokyo Street, Pavillion KL

Telephone: 03- 2141 4272

Suki-Ya @ Paradigm Mall

03- 7887 3042

For more information, check out their  website!