Kanpai Japanese BBQ & Bar @ Sri Petaling

Finally, we are paying this Japanese eatery a visit, after the previous encounter with it while passing by this place during dinner time at Hana Ichi. It holds the similar warm setting of a yakiniku place with open area kitchen, where you could see the dedicated chef at work, preparing your order. Coach is comfy to be laid against, and wifi is available at your convenience.

The environment is actually pretty dimly lighted, with spick and span table setting. There are also huge alluring menu pictures hanging nicely on the wall. I was told that this eatery has earlier being transformed from a Western fusion to the current Japanese dining since seven months ago. The food is nice and has since drawn quite number of frequent patrons over here.

Shishamo Yakiniku

Without further ado, we quickly call for our pick. So mine would be this Shishamo Yakiniku Bento. As you might guess, I pick this fare also out of my preference towards fish dishes. Since Saba fish has been quite a frequent menu, that is why this time round wish to enhance my gastronomy coverage :D Now I know that Shishamo is actually a pretty small fish that almost looks like a gigantic anchovy. Generally, it is dark on the back with a silver-white underside. The Shishamo is a Japanese delicacy which is usually grilled or fried as awhole and served with its roe intact called komochi shishamo.

Those tiny fishes have been slightly chargrilled before drenched with some savory sauces. For the rice, I upgrade it to Japanese garlic fried rice for better aroma at the extra cost of RM3. Each grain of rice is nicely covered with the fragrance of fried garlic and quite toothsome to go along with the Shishamo fishes. You could practically eat it all including their bones :D  

Nabeyaki Udon

The Nabeyaki Udon is quite awesome too. The noodles are springy, bathing in piping hot clear soup with chicken, prawn tempura and mushroom. The broth is savory with the tangy chicken meat, except that there is an intense smell of chicken meat over the steam. Not too sure why it is so, but when you take a few sips, the soup seems normal to the palate, slightly on the saltiness of the soya side. Unfortunately, the prawn tempura is bit soggy after being soaked in the soup for some time. Anyway, the sunny side-up is good to go and I enjoy the chewy mushroom too.

Miso Soup

The miso served here is surprisingly quite watery, as compared to the usual served at other Japanese eatery. It lacks the fragrance and mild saltiness of the miso bean paste. Although if comes with generous portion of kelps and bean curd, somehow, it still doesn’t improve the taste much. In addition, the green tea is also  bit diluted, but it is refillable. Anyway,  I still enjoy the presence of the kelps in the soup very much for its many nutritional values together with the silky tofu:D

Yakiniku Pork Burger

Also, not forgetting to try the Yakiniku Pork Burger, that makes quite a decent snacking time too :D It comes in two small buns, each sandwiching the yakiniku pork fillet alongside some lettuce. It is grilled till fragrant with some oil still looking lustrous on the outer layer. It is tender and juicy. Nice to the visual and enticing enough to the palate, but I find it a bit fatty on few part, so I remove them accordingly. I find it bit dry still and could be better is a small amount of mayonnaise is to be added alongside some dashes of sesame too. 

Location:

133, Jalan Radin Bagus, 

Bandar Baru Sri Petaling, 

57000, Kuala Lumpur