Rakuzen, an exclusively high end Japanese restaurant that has an outlet at the Empire Shopping Gallery that is committed to provide the highest standard of Japanese Food Dining. Rakuzen was shortlisted in the Best Japanese Restaurant category of the Time Out KL Food Awards 2010 and 2011.
It’s really difficult to get a place if you’ve never booked it earlier. We had to wait for 30minutes for a place to dine-in. Looking at the number of people queueing up in front of such a restaurant signifies that it must be worth the wait, thus we made a reservation and waited for their call if there’s any place available as it was full-house during Christmas night at Empire.
The front entrance of Rakuzen which they designed it like a Bamboo Japanese house
Their collection of Japanese sake, grape wine and etc which is enclosed in a nice glass cabinet. All these bottles reminds the gf of her soju.
Nicely decorated lights along the alley as you walked into the restaurant. Am surprised at how big the place was unlike its small entrance which gave us the wrong impression of the restaurant. Inside the restaurant, it’s like a hidden path which leads to a wider area of the restaurant with comfortable seating at the back. One of the best designed Japanese restaurant that we came in.
One thing that you will notice in Rakuzen is the extensive menu, with a variety of speciality dishes.
Hot green Japanese tea
Our starters, which is the Sake no Oyako Sanshumori (RM35) – comes with three different type of fresh salmon variety : Salmon, Salmon Belly & Salmon Roe Sashimi.
Look at the freshness of the salmon…gosh..it was amazingly fresh and good.
Salmon Roe Sashimi which was sweet and nice. Love the way how the juice oozes out from the eggs which is enriched with the salmon oil taste.
It looks like an alien eyeball starring at you.. lol
Sake Oyako don Zen (RM33) – Fresh salmon with rice, 3 different side dishes and fruits served together with the main course.
Can’t take my eyes off from the freshness of the salmon & its roe.
Chawanmushi is an egg custard dish found in Japan which uses the seeds of gingko. It usually comes together with the main course meal and eaten as an appetizer. The custard consists of an egg mixture flavored with soy sauce, dashi, and mirin, with numerous ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms, kamaboko, yuri-ne (lily root) and boiled shrimp placed into a tea-cup-like container which taste smooth and creamy.
Yasai Miso Soup – Tradisional Japanese soup consisting of a stock called “dashi” into which its mixed with softened miso paste which taste slightly salty.
Sashimi Zen to YakiZane Zen (RM42)
Freshly grilled fish served with a plate of fresh salmon.
Japanese tofu served with seasoned vegetables.
Niagara Otaru – Smooth chilled White Grape wine which cost us RM63 for a 300ml.
This restaurant really live up to its standards as they really have well-trained waiter/waitresses which greets you when you first enter and they serve you very well which make you feel like home. Though the price is slightly on the pricier side, the quality of the food makes up for it. We’re glad that our special night was worth the wait.
Interested to know more? Check out another of our experience at Birthday Celebration at Rakuzen post!
Location:
Address: Lot UG 17, Upper Ground Floor, Empire Shopping Gallery,
Jln SS16/1, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.
Opens daily : 12.00pm - 3.00 & 6.00pm - 11.00pm
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