IKETERU!

Having visited the restaurant 4 times already, I think I'm finally ready to blog on its marvellous, mouth-watering Jap food! hehe..Its food is..simply unsurpassable. And for RM98++, it is a REAL bargain.

The concept of their buffet is as such: You place your orders similarly to how you would normally during ala carte sessions, instead of grabbing small amounts of readily prepared food from counters such as in conventional-style buffets. Commonly, you'd find the food of lower quality and also certain dishes crossed out from the list. Iketeru's buffet, however, is unique in exactly this manner. I mean, they even serve hamachi! Which japanese buffet does that?!

A rough indication of the price of hamachi-one serving consisting of 5 slices would cost approximately RM65. My family would usually take about hmmm..let's see...25 slices? So, that'd amount to 5 servings. From simple arithmetics, hamachi itself would already cost RM325.
An interesting dish I have been introduced to only at Iketeru is its surf clams (forgot its name in japanese)-its texture is greatly similar to that of tako or ika, but it has an optimum tinge of sweetness to it. When served with lemon juice squeezed over it, mastication and the act of swallowing would never be more pleasurable :P

Well, obviously, one could never leave out teppanyakis while having Japanese-the beauty of having teppanyaki prepared impromptu definitely lies in the freshness of melted garlic butter with particles of grinded black pepper. The best is yet to come; Iketeru has teppanyaki for EVERYTHING! From prawns, scallops, oysters, shitake mushrooms, steak (in which I sadly choose not to indulge in), chicken, gindara (cod fish) and obviously, the never-left-behind yassai. The teppanyakis by far, top my list. I adored their teppanyaki so much that I devoured them before any pics were taken!

Well, we obviously had their makimono, in short, maki-basically just unagi maki and spider maki. I have a reputation to shunt away all 'fishy' fish-you know, those with the unbearable, foul taste. Hehe. But, their unagi was made in a way that its 'fishiness' (pardon the grammatical error) simply could not be tasted. And their spider maki, one word: CRISPY!

Lacks mastery of photography, but oh well :D

Gindara Sakamushi, I left the best for last :) The tour de france. The japanese translates to cod fish steamed in sake, and the serving is garnished with chopped spring onions, carrot shreds, a small slice of mushroom and tofu. The tenderness of its flesh is indescribable. A brilliant concoct consisting sake and a slight tinge of miso soup as its gravy will leave you licking every remaining drop of it.

The morale of the story-you really do get what you pay for. So, do your cost-benefit analysis etc, and make the right choice! :P Get yourself to IKETERU! (They should pay me for this really)

Here are some more photographs of my family and I whilst we gained a few kilos :D