Sushi Zanmai

I've always been a fan of Japanese food especially sashimi, sushi and yakitori! Sushi Zanmai is a well know sushi chain in Kuala Lumpur. I wanted to try Sushi Zanmai when I was in KL couple years ago but didn't get to try it because of the insanely long queue..lol! They recently opened a new outlet in JB so we decided to give it a try. We ordered some sushi, yakitori, grilled saba, gyoza, tamago (my must order whenever i visit a jap restaurant XD) and a sashimi moriawase. My favorite dish is the grilled saba, the fish was grilled to perfection and the meat was so juicy and sweet! Overall i think the food was quite decent but nothing to shout about, price is quite affordable though.


Sushi Zanmai (Malaysia, Johor Bahru)
Lot 209, Level 2, KOMTAR JBCC,
80000 Johor Bahru.
Open daily: 10am-10pm

Sumire Yakitori House

Gyu Kushi with Black Pepper ($4.90) & Enoki Bacon ($2.90)

Bakudan Korokke - Homemade Potato Croquette ($8.90) MUST TRY!!!!!

Tamagoyaki with Mentai Cheese ($8.90)

Yaki Gyoza - Pan Fried Dumpling with Citrus Based Sauce ($6.90)

Cheese Tsukune- chicken meatball with cheese ($4.90) just look at the shiny yellow cheeseeeee :p

Yari  Ika Teriyaki - Grilled Seasoned Squid with Sweet Sauce ($8.90)

I can't believe it took me so long to visit this place despite how near it is from where I stay. To be honest, I have walked past it so many times but I never really take notice of this place till I read some good reviews online #powerofinternet It's located outside of Bugis Junction, beside Fish n Co., at the less crowded end so I guess not many people know about this place. This place is truly a hidden gem and i'm really glad we decided to try this out on last Fri night..hehe!

Sumire is an established  yakitori restaurant in Tokyo with around 15 outlets, serving a wide range of good quality food such as yakitori, agemono, udon, ramen, rice, etc. with affordable price. The price of the food here is surprisingly affordable and I think this is by far the best yakitori that I have ever eaten in sg..haha!

As you can see above, we ordered quite a lot for 2 pax but we just feel like trying everything on the menu. The Bakudan Korokke is the main reason that I want to try sumire..lol! It's a giant potato croquette with a surprise inside! THERE'S AN EGG INSIDE OMG and the egg yolk oozed out when we cut open the potato croquette..omg this has got to be my favorite dish at sumire!! MUST TRY!!! The croquette is crispy at the outside and filled with creamy mashed potato and of course the egg complement the dish perfectly. As a tamago lover, I have to order the tamagoyaki with mentai cheese and it certainly didn't disappoint me, thumbs up~

For the yakitori, we ordered Gyu Kushi with Black Pepper, Enoki Bacon and Cheese Tsukune. My favorite is definitely the Cheese Tsukune! Their tsukune comes in 2 sizes which are 'men' and 'female'. Apparently the 'men' version consists of 2 meatballs with bigger size whereas the 'female' version consists of 3 smaller meatballs. We ordered the 'men' size anyway..lol! And not forgetting the grilled squid which is super affordable in our opinion!!

We ordered a sparkling sake and calamansi whiskey to share and the total bill came to about S$74 with 7 food items and 2 alcoholic drinks. This place definitely serve good quality food with reasonable price and the service is really good too. So glad that Carol was really steady and ok with whatever I suggested to order hahahaha! Awesome dinner with awesome company definitely made my day! :)

Sumire Yakitori House
Bugis Junction
200 Victoria St #01-88/89
PH, Sun - Thurs: 11.30am - 10.30pm (Last order 10pm)
Eve of PH, Fri - Sat: 11.30am - 11.30pm (Last order 11pm)

The Making of Kakiage

The making of kakiage is really simple and it involves only a few steps. For the ingredients, just cut the vegetables into thin stripes. My mum use carrot and yam for the main ingredient and she added some parsley and dried anchovies to enhance the flavor. For the batter, she use some flour, water, olive oil and egg. Her version of kakiage is quite different from the usual one and basically she just mix everything into a big bowl, lol!  When it comes to the ingredients, my mum has no exact recipe to follow and she just add in whatever she think it's needed and the dish always comes out perfectly. #whatkindofsorceryisthis

I don't take yam, in fact I hate anything with yam in it except those yam dessert like orh nee (teochew yam paste dessert) but I really really love this dish as I can't really taste the yam in it..haha!! Aww..so nice so delicious my sis will cry if she see this :p