Japanese BBQ @ Taman Desa
Japanese BBQ 大众烧肉, a place that blogged to death by many, located at the most unlikely place of back alley of Plaza Faber in Taman Desa. This Japanese food stall was actually manned by Mr. Seiji Fujimoto, the owner of Sanuki Udon (which is also located nearby).
Most of the tables are placed outdoor surrounded by old flats and limited tables/seats in the shack.
The flaming charcoal stove was placed on our table after the ordering made.
Simple menu consisted of raw meat (pork & beef) & vegetables for BBQ, ramens, rice dishes, snacks and beverages (mostly beer, sake and green tea)
Green Tea (RM 1.00)
Sake (RM 16.00)
Since a few of my family members don’t take beef, so we only had pork that day for our grilling session.
Pork Belly (RM 10.00)
Pork Shoulder (RM 10.00)
Pig’s Tongue (RM 6.00)
Portion was decent considering the price we paid and the meat was cut into quite a big piece.
Mix Vegetables (RM 5.00)
To meet our vegetables quota, we had this platter of carrot, cabbage and onion for grilling however I found that the result was merely satisfied, the vegetables were either burnt or undercook after grilling. I’ll opt for Teppanyaki vegetables instead next time >.<
Long Cabbage Salad (RM 5.00)
Edamame (RM 3.00)
Genghis Khan (RM 20.00)
Before grilling the raw meat, we started off with the only lamb dish in the menu ~ Genghis Khan. The hot pan was filled with partially cooked lamb slices, raw cabbage and onion with some flavorful gravy. The meat was slightly gamey (it’s lamb after all 😛 ) but still remained the tenderness and the cabbage managed to soak up the gravy nicely after being cooked.
Grilling in action!
The grilled meat was bursting with smokey flavor with minimal marinade, we enjoyed the meat’s original flavor especially the fat part which is succulent and delicious. The pig’s tongue on the other hand has a interesting chewy texture and it was quite tasty actually, don’t recoil when you see “the tongue” dude!
Pork Ramen (RM 10.00)
Japanese risotto (RM 6.00)
Both ramen and risotto tasted wise and acted as good tummy filler considering the grilled meat wasn’t fill us up effectively 😛
Verdict: Food wasn’t that great to be honest, it’s just about the experience.
Gerai Makan Japanese BBQ Center Court, Plaza Faber, Jalan Desa Jaya, Taman Desa, off Jalan Klang Lama, 58100 Kuala Lumpur. Opens daily excect Monday: 6pm till midnight
I want to go! The atmosphere looks fun!
But it’s too hot for recently weather >.<
Saw some of my friends shared this place. The atmosphere is quite special. Open air wan.
Open air = hot especially for recently weather 😛
I aso still wanna go…. 😉
The pork… is calling to me……
Wah, calling u? U must be having hallucinate!
I’ve seen so much about this place already! I’m coming~~
Yeah, that’s why I said blogged to death, haha!
saw a few people blogged about this place but have not been there
Faster go!
it grills ala the old style – using charcoal!
seems like a nice place where a bunch of buddies sit together chew on meat and gulp on beer!
ya ya, beer is one of the essential item here!
wah, the charcoal thingie so old school type. interesting.
The stove is one of the interesting part of this concept!
not bad .. a new concept..
For people who like to DIY cooking 🙂
i think charcoal makes everything taste better:)
I agreed, like charcoal fried Hokkien Mee, yum yum!
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