LWIN LEE | LAO JIU LOU 老酒楼 @ TAMAN BUKIT DESA

On a quest to try out every culinary endeavor by the successful Seiji Fujimoto-san, soon we reached its 4^th enterprise of casual Japanese food outlets; Lao Jiulou 老酒楼   , that is also located at Taman Desa, same row as Sanuki Udon and within the vicinity of Maruhi Sakaba Yakitori.

A slight detour from its previous foray; interior design wise, this exterior of this particular outlet might trick your mind into thinking that it could be another Oriental restaurant operating nearby, far from any minimalist concept that our Japanese eatery usually adopts. Perhaps to reflect as its name has suggested, Lao Jiu Lou, which literally means Old Bar or Lounge in Chinese.

There are even some figurines of the famous Bruce Lee too!

Red lanterns with dim lighting beckoning to you while you step foot into the warm ambience eatery. Airy with great ventilation as the windows here are designed such a way to be open-air environment. It works well at night with the blowing cool wind but not too sure if it works the same on any sweltering weather during the day time especially noon.

Eventually the anticipating ramen greeted us.

LAO JIU LOU ORIGINAL SOUP (MYR 9)

A flavourful broth served with a slice of tender pork meat in a bowl ofspringy ramen, albeit slightly toned down on the tonkotsu intentness. It works fine with me as I don’t quite fancy thick porky soup and that’s why I kinda enjoy Tokyoreigned Ramen more :)

LAO JIU LOU CLEAR SOUP (MYR 9)

Similarly, this version of clear soup comes with delish clams, spring onions, ajitsuke tamago, julienned black fungus, my favourite wakame and additional topping of sweet corn as compared to the original type. Oh yeah, am all for the  pulpy sweet corns!

GRILLED DUMPLING (MYR 7 FOR 5PC)

Toothsome bites of meaty fillings decently enwrapped within a silky dumpling skin. Best to pair with ginger slices as well as a smidgen of vinegar too.

STEAMED CLAMS WITH SAKE (MYR 12)

Bounteous serving of fresh shells notably steamed with sake for that Izakaya’s touch. The taste of the sake is can be quite strong if taken after it’s cooled down at room temperature where the vodka-like dryness is more apparent. Hence, best have it hot and they are really fresh too.

GREEN TEA (MYR 1)

And  a cup of hot green tea would be the ideal choice to clear off the satiated  tummy (=

Overall, ramen dining has been a good here with relaxing surrounding. Although the varieties are not as  vast and splendid like those served by Edo Ramen, Gokuraku Ramen or Baru Uma Ramen, the wallet-pleasing rate as well as its convenient location which is a distance away from the hustling city, making it a worthwhile trip for a less traffic snarl concern.

  

So cheers for now and Carpe Diem!

 

Location: 25, Jalan Bukit Desa 5, Taman Bukit Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur.

Operations: Tue-Sun 11:30am-9:30pm;

                     Monday close.

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