crave it ! rave it !: November 2014

RAIZO Sushi Bar and Rooftop

By devinjimie - 9:40 PM

Tempat ini memang cocok untuk kalian kalian yang suka nongkrong sambil makan dan menikmati suasana malam. Seperti namanya 'Raizo Sushi Bar and Rooftop' tempat ini punya rooftop yang enak untuk dipakai kumpul bareng teman maupun keluarga

Spesialisasi resto ini memang sushi tetapi mereka juga menjual makanan makanan western dan Palembang.

Mungkin cukup basa basi nya.. Let's EAT!!!

Curry Rice

Curry Rice di sini boleh menjadi alternatif bagi yang gasuka sama sushi ataupun makanan jepang lainnya. Selain itu kami juga memesan ocha dingin dan ini free reffil, rasa ocha nya ya seperti rasa ocha kebanyakan, yang penting bisa ngilangin rasa haus setelah makan.

Fuji Roll

Montaiko Roll

Shinkansen Roll

Berikutnya sushi yang kami pesan akhirnya tiba.. Sushi yang kami pesan pertama adalah Fuji Roll, Montaiko Roll dan Shinkansen Roll. Ketiganya memiliki rasa yang berbeda, dan semuanya worthed untuk di coba. Tapi memang yang paling kita semua favoritkan adalah Fuji Roll nya.

Harganya sushi disini berkisar dari 15ribu - 60ribuan. Harga yang cukup terjangkau untuk sushi dengan tempat yang enak dan nyaman.
Buat kalian para alcoholic disini juga menjual berbagai macam cocktail.

Menurut saya tempat ini memang recomended dan masih masuk akal untuk harga nya. Apalagi kalau kalian suka nongkrong berlama lama, disini tempatnya enak untuk nongkrong di indoor ataupun rooftop nya. Untuk rooftop nya mereka juga menyediakan bar dan screen untuk acara nonton bareng.

RAIZO Sushi Bar And Rooftop
Taman Cosmos Blok F no 1F
Jl. Kedoya Pesing- Jakarta Barat
021 56970327

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IPPUDO INDONESIA

By Unknown - 10:49 PM

Finally, this is it, I finally paid a visit to the hottest ramen house in Jakarta that people’s been raving about these past weeks. Yes, I’m talking about Ippudo Indonesia! Quoting what Ippudo Indonesia’s website explains about the story behind this legendary ramen chain, it is said that Ippudo was founded in 1985 in Japan’s ramen capital of Hakata by Shigemi Kawahara, the well-known Ramen King who won TV Champion Ramen Chef for three consecutive years. Ippudo already have more than 80 restaurants in Japan and 40 more global chain in New York, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, Chendu, Manila, London, Bangkok, and last but not least, Jakarta!

Ippudo has three kinds of ramen as their main course, they’re the Shiromaru Motoaji Ramen, Akamaru Shinaji Ramen, and Karaka-Men Ramen. Shiromaru Motoaji is more like a classic Hakata-style ramen while Motoaji Ramen and Karaka-Men is an enhanced version of that classic ramen. Of all three kinds of ramen listed in the menu, Akamaru Shinaji Ramen was the one that caught my attention the most so I ordered this ramen. And to accompany this ramen, my friend and I decided to order a side and we finally ordered Seared Salmon with Mentaiko sauce. (FYI, I am a sucker for anything with Mentaiko sauce in it, but Salmon with Mentaiko sauce is like a match made in heaven and a MUST ORDER everytime I come to the place that has it on their menu, so I kinda persuaded my mentaiko-virgin friend to try this menu, lol).

Before the waiter came up with our giant bowls of ramen, he first placed a bowlful of cold-water soaked garlic with a garlic mincer at our place. I was kinda confused at first, but then it turned out that we’re supposed to add the minced garlic to our ramen later. And since not everyone is a big fan of garlic (and their smell), the restaurant kinda gives us the option to adjust the strength of the garlic tasted in each of our bowls based on our own preferences

cold-water-soaked garlic

It didn’t take too long before finally another waiter came with our Seared Salmon Mentaiko and the star of the table, our Akamaru Shinaji Ramen (with soft boiled egg)!!

The first thing that sparked my eyes at the time was how huge the bowl was. Seriously, that was like the first time I saw a ramen bowl that huge!

Akamaru Shinaji Ramen - arround 70K (exclude tax)

The tonkotsu broth fits my taste preference right away after the very first sip. It is said that Ippudo’s tonotsu broth takes more than 15 hours to cook in order to extract the clean and not-too-heavy broth and yeah, that was exactly what I tasted when I dig into that holy bowl. The broth may look a bit thick and milky but the taste somehow didn’t really overpowering and complements the ramen noodle perfectly.

I ended up adding like one and a half cloves of minced-garlic to my ramen to adjust the taste and sprinkled some roasted sesame seeds on top. The chasiu was cooked to perfection to the point you didn’t even have to try hard to tear it. The veggies, bean sprouts and kikurage (ear fungus), were also cooked to perfection. The bean sprouts were cooked perfectly to my liking, it was still crispy yet not too raw, and the kikurage weren’t overcooked too. But one thing that kinda disappointed me was the soft-boiled egg, the yolk was kinda overcooked that the texture wasn’t perfectly runny anymore.

But despite that tiny mistake, this ramen is still a top-notch in my list. I still would like to go back to Ippudo to try their other ramen(s).

The next menu is the Seared Salmon with Mentaiko Sauce.

Seared Salmon Mentaiko - IDR 78k

Man, I don’t even know how to explain this super godly dish. I mean come on, even just by looking at the pictures, it makes you feel like drooling, right ? The beautifully seared salmon, the mentaiko sauce, the ikura on top, E-VE-RY-THING!

The lightly-seared salmon was still so juicy, it almost tasted like it actually melted in your mouth when the salmon and the mentaiko sauce mixed in your mouth. Even the most romantic sonnets in the entire universe wouldn’t be enough to describe how much I love this Salmon Mentai (sorry if I’m being too annoying, lol). And I now proclaim Ippudo’s salmon mentai to be my most favorite salmon mentai ever! I AM DEFINITELY COMING BACK TO IPPUDO AND ORDER THIS BABY AGAIN.

After tasting those dishes above, now I know why people’s been raving about this place. The taste of their dish really lives-up the ‘legendary ramen place’ title dubbed for this place.

A little tip for you who want to come and visit this place, come before lunch time because the queue at this place during and after lunch time is really no joke.

Ippudo Indonesia

Pacific Place Level 5 Unit #37

JL. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52-53

Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD)

South Jakarta

www.ippudo.co.id

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