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Yoko’s at Changkat Bukit Bintang.

Within the same week after checking out Daikanyama, we returned to the same area to meet up with a good friend at Yoko’s, a restaurant owned by a Japanese lady named well, Yoko.

# – Yoko’s.

The interior of the restaurant was cozy and unpretentious, in my opinion the perfect atmosphere to catch up with friends. Due to its location, I would imagine people who visit the place for the first time to expect a sort of 5 star service, where waiting staff would be on their hands & feet at their beck and call.

However I would like to warn against having such expectations, for Yoko’s is not that kind of eatery. It’s just a friendly, casual, humble, almost unassuming restaurant serving wonderful Japanese fusion food at a prime location.

# – Inside Yoko’s. Hmm, nevermind.

Our friend, who is a regular at Yoko’s sung praises about the food and knowing his tastebuds, I was very excited to check out the place!

# – We started with fresh, thickly cut salmon sashimi. Beautiful!

# – Followed by the Dragon Roll. Standard stuff, no negatives :)

# – And then, Spider Maki. Cripsy, meaty soft shell crabs, yummy!

# – Butterfish sushi. Fresh, meaty sliced raw butterfish on sushi rice.

From this point forward, the dishes started to get really interesting. Many of whom I couldn’t recognise or name as they were specially created by the owner of Yoko’s.

# – The peculiar dish called Adam & Eve, which is essentially various seafoods cooked in an apple. Superb amalgamation of flavours.

# – I loved Adam & Eve! Every morsel of seafood, be it scallop or prawn was cooked to perfection and beautifully flavoured by the flesh of the apple. The apple itself on the other hand, was flavoured by the sweetness of the seafood. What a treat!

# – Salmon 4 Floors Sushi. Like rice & salmon mille feuille. If you like your salmon sashimi unadulterated by too much flavours, this is perfect.

# – Chicken thigh and leek yakitori. I really enjoyed this but the BF loved this more because he’s English and English people like leeks.

# – Mentaiko pasta, the highlight of my dinner. One of my favourite Japanese ingredient is mentaiko (spicy fish roe) and I could eat like 3 bowls of rice as long as I have mentaiko to go with. This simple pasta dish was just spaghetti with a creamy sauce made of mentaiko and probably mayonnaise. Every mentaiko clung on to the pasta for dear life and that’s the way I love it. LOVED IT!

# – Yoko’s No 1 Roll. This is a roll packed full of eggs, veggies, fish and other goodies. However not recommended when you’re too full because it’s quite a generous portion. Our friend got a bit carried away with ordering food, haha.

# – Japanese inspired Crabmeat & Avocado Pizza. Delicious crabmeat and chunks of fresh avocado baked on a thin, crispy base topped with some sinfully delicious sauce. Addictive!

Yoko’s pricing ranges between RM30-RM150 but portions are generous with fresh ingredients. Considering its location, it’s really not that expensive either.

All in all, I was really happy with the food at Yoko’s. My only regret is that we didn’t get to meet Yoko, who according to our friend is a gorgeous & vivacious character. It’s okay, because we’ll be back and then I would like to thank her for such gorgeous food!

# – Yoko’s menu.

Yoko’s,
36, Changkat Bukit Bintang,
Bukit Bintang
50200 Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603 2144 3378

Fusion goodies at Daikanyama, Changkat Bukit Bintang.

Owned by the same people as Shuraku, we went to Daikanyama all excited for another extraordinary gastronomic experience.

Daikanyama is located along the busy Changkat Bukit Bintang. It’s hard to miss. Like Shuraku, space is limited but the interior of the restaurant is far more upmarket and trendy.

# – Daikanyama, Changkat Bukit Bintang.

Famous among its patrons for its delicious Japanese fusion menu, Daikanyama recently launched a few new dishes which combine the best of local Malaysian food with some Japanese influence.

# – With Mei.

The results are food that might remind you of the time when you were a kid happily trawling the neighbourhood wet market for breakfast or when you’re a hormonal teenager checking out the opposite sex at the mamak or when you’re eating simple but comforting dishes whipped up by your equally busy other half after putting in a hard day’s work.

All those memories…but now imagine that they happened while you were a character in a Japanese anime. Yeap.

# – DKYM’s Malaysian Roll. Handroll stuffed with bakkua strips and pork floss. Reminds me of Chinese New Year, the only time when I binge on seaweed sheets, bakkua and pork floss all at the same time, not necessarily in that order.

# – DKYM Special Geso Rojak. Kind of like the luxurious version of our local rojak. The fish roe gave the dish an interesting pop.

# – Salmon butter yaki. Served on a bed of kangkung belacan, the salmon is meaty and full of body. I’d personally prefer the fish to be slightly less cooked though.

# – Californian luncheon cheese maki. Luncheon meat and cheese, need I say more?

# – Special chapati roll. Admittedly the plainest dish, but don’t let its appearance fool you. It’s full of flavours.

We also got to sample some of Daikanyama’s staples. I could see why this joint is so consistently busy because the food were absolutely delicious!

# – Salmon Truffle Oil Tataki. Lightly cooked salmon on a bed creamy mash and drizzled with the unmistakable truffle oil. Truly orgasmic!

# – The Chef’s Special Maggi Goreng. Only lucky patrons get to enjoy this as it’s not on the menu. Fried with octopuses, scallops and other shellfish in a special sauce and then topped with a perfect sunny side up. Incredibly addictive!

# – We finished off our dinner with this incredibly boozy, incredibly delicious ice cream dessert. Kind of like parfait but…. *hic *hic

Thank you Mei and Edwin. I had a grand time :)

# – DKYM.

Daikanyama,
No. 42 Changkat Bukit Bintang,
50200 Kuala Lumpur,
Tel: +6012 971 0058

A taste of old school Kuala Lumpur.

First of all, let me clarify that this isn’t a post about the best food in Kuala Lumpur. Not even close. There are tonnes of better food in and around KL, but the reason why this place even made its way into this website is because I just like this place.

It reminds me of a time when KL was more chaotic and down to earth. Reminds me of the times when Dad would bundle us into his car and drive us all downtown for impromptu sight-seeing trips (albeit only a 15 minutes drive, me and my brothers loved those trips). Call it nostalgia, call it age catching up, I just like this old open-air food court smacked in the middle of KL amongst gigantic shopping malls, sterile office buildings and ostentatious hotels.

# – Imbi open air food court.

You can tell that all the stalls have been there for a long time. And you probably can tell their age apart as well from the designs. of the stalls.

# – Char kueh teow stall. Quite a favourite in the food court.

We ordered char kueh teow (fried flat noodles) for mains and a plate of roast pork as appetiser. We noticed that the yongtaufu stall was particularly popular but didn’t feel like having such healthy food, hehehe.

# – The ancient looking stall selling roast pork and chicken rice.

# – The succulent roast pork. While it’s not as great as the one in Pudu, it’s pretty decent. A good mixture of lean and fatty meat with crispy skin.

# – The char kueh teow. Silky and smoky but was a lil too greasy for me.

# – The roast pork definitely scored better in my book.

I won’t deliberately go back for the food alone, but I will drop by whenever I’m in KL and looking to eat at an unassuming place serving local favourites.

Imbi Open Air Food Court (opposite De Vegas Club),
Jalan Imbi,
55100 Kuala Lumpur

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