Food stuff
Last Monday a few of us had a tasty meal at Jayakarta, an Indonesian/Singaporean restaurant near UC Berkeley. We ordered the following:
Meant to order the kangkung dish but I guess it's the wrong season for kangkung!
Total damage: ~$15/person.
The day before we had another tasty meal (but at 4x the cost) at Koo near Golden Gate Park. Now, I've been there once before and I really liked it; I thought the fish was fresh and the chef knew what he's doing, plus the service was attentive.
We also had a bottle of Hatsuhana Utatane sake-really smooth with clean flavor. It went really well with the sushi.
We went to Ti Couz for dessert afterwards, but for some reason it wasn't as good as I remembered it to be.
- Otak-otak panggang - grilled fish cake - probably my least favorite of the night.
- Roti prata - the roti was appropriately crispy and chewy at the same time, however not a big fan of the curry sauce. I prefer Layang Layang's sauce.
- Gado-gado
- Sayur asam - vegetarian sour soup - this was really tasty. It was pleasantly sour and spicy.
- Beef rendang
- Ikan bumbu bali - whole deep fried fish in spicy sauce - everybody agreed that it was the best dish of the night, even the ones who were initially skeptical due to its 2-star spiciness rating. The fish is cooked well-the skin and edges were crispy and the meat was moist. The sweet and spicy sauce (seems to contain tamarind, lemongrass, shallots, garlic, chilis, and ketchup?) wasn't as spicy as I expected, but really tasty.
- Mie tek-tek - stir-fried noodles
- Jasmine rice and coconut rice
Meant to order the kangkung dish but I guess it's the wrong season for kangkung!
Total damage: ~$15/person.
The day before we had another tasty meal (but at 4x the cost) at Koo near Golden Gate Park. Now, I've been there once before and I really liked it; I thought the fish was fresh and the chef knew what he's doing, plus the service was attentive.
- A spoonful of happiness - a spoonful of tobiko and whitefish, and a spoonful of ankimo and quail egg, in ponzu and truffle oil, served with a shot of sake - foodgasm
- Miso-marinated black cod
- Shrimp gyoza
- Boston amaebi sashimi - I liked that they deep-fried the shrimp heads and served them together
- Sushi: blue shrimp, aji, sanma, sayori, mirugai, flying fish (a favorite of the night), kona kanpachi, unagi, uni (foodgasm again. I love uni). I probably forgot a few others.
- Rolls: Tokyo crunch, azteca, best roll, flying kamikaze - I like the lemon on top of the 'best roll'.
We also had a bottle of Hatsuhana Utatane sake-really smooth with clean flavor. It went really well with the sushi.
We went to Ti Couz for dessert afterwards, but for some reason it wasn't as good as I remembered it to be.