Sushi HINATA @ ST MARY RESIDENCES

The news of a newly opened Japanese restaurant housed inside St Mary Residences spread fast particulary to those whose offices are within this vicinity.

As usual curiosity kills and all of us in the office chose to dine in this restaurant when an ex-boss wife offered to buy us lunch.

Our arrival was greeted by a beautiful and sweet Japanese girl.

Cute yet cozy exterior and interior simply amazed us.

We were informed that all food are prepare and cook by the chef hails from the land of the rising sun.  Upon hearing this, our food expectations grow higher. 

Once seated,  a lady server gave us few menus written in English and Jap. There is no pictures to illustrate each food item and we had problem what to order. I wanted to have ramen but can't find it in the menu. We asked the server (from Myanmar) and each time, her reply was 'I don't know' or 'I will check with the chef'. And this really upset us. In the end,  the five of us opted for bento set.

included in our bento set are:-

Miso soup

unusual salty dark brown colour soup with 2 clams

and

Chawan mushi

delicate and dilute egg custard without chicken meat or other ingredient  

Appetizers

braised small potatoes, cut chicken meat, carrot and cut green beans (l)..my fave

fried tempura: green beans, white fish & black mushroom served with salt (c)...bland

stir fried fish fillet (r)...tasteless

main course

river eel sushi

I ended up finishing all thinly sliced eel only. Instead of chewy texture, the rice was tad dry, does not bind and easy collapsed/break even after they changed my first unpleasant platter.

We can't get enough of the fresh and sweet brined pickled ginger (in green plate) and had 3 plates. 

salmon sushi

everyone was expecting slices of fresh salmon topped the rice but instead we got this colorful sushi tucked with cucumber, tamago, salmon fish, a dollop of mayonaise and fish egg roe.

Compare to river eel, this is much better...moister and tasty. 

To end this meal with a sweet ending, we asked for ice cream but it wasn't available in the menu. Another set back. Ended up with our free flow of cold and hot ocha/green tea.

Overall, not only the food was disappointing but the service too. Our total bill was wrongly calculated and readjusted with refund.  Despite our constructive comments during the one hour lunch, it was well accepted by the servers with smile & apologies.

Sushi HINATA

A-0-1 Ground Floor

St Mary Residences

No.1 Jalan Tengah

50450 Kuala Lumpur

Tel:03-20220051

OCTOPUS SUSHI & THAI RESTAURANT - KL FESTIVAL CITY

This is another bargain from Groupon which I purchased for RM48 for two pax (excluding drinks). Octopus Sushi & Thai is tucked inside KL Festival City, a  brand new mall  located at Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. With Parkson as its anchor tenant , you will never miss this shopping centre.

We were there for a dinner on a Friday night and chose to seat inside with air-cond instead of al fresco. Spacious, clean with ample of tables + seats.

Upon seated, a foreign waitress approached our table with a menu and showed us on what we can order which is limited but value for money.

For my fren...
set of chicken katsu  + a bowl of soba + salad + chawan mushi and salmon sashimi

My set consists of a bowl of ramen + fried tempura + salad + sashimi + chawan mushi
Smooth soba in a bowl of lightly miso soup, filled with a half boiled egg and garnished with shredded seaweed.  I particularly like the sashimi...fresh cut octopus,salmon + white fish. As for the tempura, it was fried to the crisp on the outer while retaining vege + prawns texture.

This bowl of steamed egg custard lacked of taste but came with generous amount of cut crab stick, mushroom and chicken cubes.



Lot F18, KL Festival City,

Jalan Genting Kelang, Danau Kota , Setapak

53300 Kuala Lumpur

Tel No: 03-4131 9193