Marvelous May Promotion, Mother’s Day
Special, Lunch Set and More…
If
you’ve never had fugu before, you can now savor this exotic pufferfish at Kimi-Ya Japanese Restaurant this month.
Located in Avantas Residence in Old Klang Road, Kimi-Ya serves lots of Japanese
classics to avid foodies of The Land of the Rising Sun.
It
wasn’t hard to locate the restaurant since it was located on this fairly new residential
block of the bustling road. Beautifully designed, it had all the markings of
the epitome of a Japanese restaurant with lots of woodwork as the base of the
restaurant theme.
Dine
in booths as well as regular dining tables or catch some sushi actions at the
beautifully designed modern and minimalist sushi bar. Kimi-Ya also has a
private dining room for private parties.
The
restaurant is spacious and well-designed that echo Zen and comfort throughout
the restaurant.
Kimi-Ya has a large impressive collection of
sake too!
For
Mother’s Day promotion, Kimi-Ya is
bringing an exotic taste of the infamous pufferfish to diners with Fugu Nabe. Valid from 1st
May till 14th May, diners can enjoy fugu in its purest form. Fear
not if you’re wondering as Kimi-Ya’s chef is licensed to prepare this special
fish.
The
fugu is served thinly sliced on the side with a pot of bubbling nabe filled
with lots of various vegetables and bean curd in delicate dashi broth. Just
gently swish the fugu slice for a few seconds in the hot broth and enjoy the
delicate natural flavours of the fish. The slightly firm and bouncy texture of
the fish is rather unique. It’s a very refine dish that symbolizes what
Japanese cuisine is all about.
For
the whole month of May, diners can also enjoy Japan Karatsuki Hotate Butter Yaki. Glorious fresh Karatsuki
scallop with roe from Japan is cooked gently at our table on its own shell with
Shimeji mushrooms in rich butter sauce. Deliciously aromatic and succulent, the
scallop was sweet, buttery and divine. The mushrooms had also soaked in the
sauce well and was a treat to enjoy with the premium scallop. One may not be
enough…
Kimi-Ya’s
a la carte menu consist of various selections of sashimi and sushi. We had the Matsu Sashimi Moriawase, featuring six
types of the freshest sashimi cut of the day. We noted that the Matsu Sashimi
Moriawase platter was arrange in 360 degree presentation and was told that this
way, everyone around the table can enjoy this platter.
The
Matsu Sashimi Moriawase platter had
Salmon, White Tuna, Yellowtail, Tuna, Scallop and Salmon Roe.
Sublime
slices of sashimi that is further enhanced with house recipe soy sauce and
fresh wasabi.
The
gorgeous salty globules of salmon roe is divine!
No
matter which angle you look at, this sashimi platter is striking beautiful and
delish…
Next
dish of Hamachi Carpaccio features
my favorite yellowtail sashimi. Sublime slices of Hamachi is rolled with finely
shredded radish and onion and sauced with house ponzu soy sauce. It’s an
explosion of umami flavours in the mouth!
The
Salmon Tataki is also superb with
thick slices of lightly seared salmon sashimi served with house soy sauce,
spicy grated radish and scallion. We adored the salmon for its texture and
flavours. It’s so moreish, we were literally fighting for this dish.
One
cannot go wrong with sushi rolls, especially if their looking this good! We had
their Avocado Ebi Mentai Roll and Unagi Avocado Roll but there are few
more rolls that sounded equally tempting in the menu.
The
Avocado Ebi Mentai Roll has that
salty luscious Pollack roe or mentai sauce with creamy avocado and crispy prawn
tempura. This one is also very tasty and delish with its combination. It was
polished off faster than a speeding bullet on our table.
The Unagi Avocado Roll takes on classic combination of sweet and smoky eel with creamy avocado, tamago egg, cucumber, salmon roe, mayo and eel sauce. Needless to say, flavours of sweet, savory, smoky and creamy works harmoniously yummy.
Besides
a la carte, Kimi-Ya offers
value-for-money lunch set on weekdays that comes with a free choice of dessert.
Diners can choose the 12 variations of lunch set that comes with Steamed Chawan
Mushi, Pickles, Soup, Fruits, Rice or Noodle. Price starts from RM26 to RM46,
Monday to Friday from 12.00pm to 3.00pm.
The
Chicken Teriyaki Gozen (RM26) features
delicious and tender chicken thigh with the classic sticky sweet and savory
teriyaki sauce. Can’t go wrong with this one…
If
you love Salmon like me, you can opt for the Salmon Mentaimayo Yaki Gozen (RM38). Cooked well, the salmon was
moist and was deliciously draped with the moreish mentaimayo sauce that has
been lightly torched.
For
some slurping action, the Nabeyaki Udon
To Sushi Gozen (RM36) never fails to satisfy with its comforting flavours
of hot broth, thick, slippery udon, shrimp tempura, soft egg and vegetables.
This dish is paired with an assorted plate of sushi.
From
the lunch set, one can choose one dessert from its dessert menu. There’s Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream,
Black Sesame Ice Cream, Matcha Ice Cream, Mizu Shingen Mochi, Abekawa Mochi,
Matcha Shiratama Zenzai, Yuzu Sherbet and dessert of the day.
The
Mizu Shingen Mochi is irresistibly
adorable with the cute concept of kitty cat and cow. It’s actually the latest
Japanese dessert craze of Japanese raindrop cake, well not really cake but
jelly to me, served with brown sugar syrup and soybean powder.
The
Matcha Shiratama Zenzai is
refreshing with its lush Matcha ice cream served with red bean paste and little
glutinous rice balls.
Dessert
of the day was a Sweet Potato Pudding
that is light and easy on the palate as a sweet ending.
Kimi-Ya offers quality and premium
ingredients in their menu as well as classic favorites. Prices are slightly
above the normal Japanese chain franchises but diners are assured of quality
and execution. There is also free valet parking for diners too. There’s plenty
of dishes to cater to every one of all ages and the ambiance is really lovely
and comforting.
KIMI-YA
JAPANESE RESTAURANT
G-2, Avantas Residences,
162, Jalan Klang Lama,
58000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +013 239 3406
Business Hours:
Mon to Thurs Lunch 12.00pm – 3.00pm | Dinner 6.00pm
– 10.30pm
Fri to Sun Lunch
11.30am – 3.00pm | Dinner 6.00pm – 11.00pm
