Matsuba Japanese Restaurant

Date: 17 October 2009, Saturday
Venue: Matsuba Japanese Restaurant, Desa Sri Hartamas
Occasion: Dinner with Kenneth, Ling, & Theng
Overall comment: Everything from food to ambiance to price & service was moderately good.
Halal: No

On the same day of my day trip to Cameron Highlands, Kenneth was back for the weekend & asked for a meet-up. Tired, but having the knowledge that my good friend would love to meet up with his Miss Wong, I agreed to the meet-up & dinner.

I had quite a lot on my mind, but meeting up with some good friends was a good break off all the thinking. We did some reminiscing of the good old school days (it's like more than 8 years ago!) & had some good laughs together :)

We had a simple dinner at Matsuba Japanese Restaurant in Desa Sri Hartamas, which in my opinion was fairly good. It's not wow, for sure, but good enough to shut me up from making more complaints :P

The walkup to the restaurant

The restaurant isn't that large, but was spacious & comfortable for a meal with friends/family. Although it was a weekend, the restaurant was surprisingly quiet. Perhaps there are just too much competition around the area. With numerous Japanese restaurants in Desa Sri Hartamas, Solaris Mont Kiara around the corner, & happening Bangsar a stone's throw away, Matsuba sure needs to put in much effort to keep a steady flow of patrons into their grounds.

Cozy-looking Matsuba

My friends, especially Ling, finds it too difficult to understand why I need to spend so much time & effort in taking photos of food. To her, food's for consumption, not for posing & picture-taking. Hahaha...she'll try very hard to keep my hands off her food whenever she dines with me...so I only managed to get my hands on one of the dishes that Kenneth ordered + my own dish (Theng had the same thing as I had)...

Terriyaki Chicken
Quite nicely done :) It was a tad too salty for me though...

Tempura & Sushi Set
Ok, I've a really bad memory, so I can't recall what's the actual name of this dish. The tempura was actually quite nice. However, I felt that the sushi weren't top-notch...not VERY fresh...nope, not at all...

After dinner, we headed to Alexis@ BSC for dessert. I was too tired & too full to have anymore food, so the 3 of them had their drinks & cakes, while I joined them for fellowship. By the time I got home, it was midnight. Fuh...I was out from 6+am & spent almost 18 hours out of the house - awake! I was drop-dead tired...what a day...

Map to Matsuba Japanese Restaurant

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Matsuba Japanese Restaurant
No. 17 & 19, 1st Floor
Plaza Prisma Ville, Block B
Desa Sri Hartamas
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Wilayah Persekutuan.
Tel: (+603) 6201 1100
Fax: (+603) 6201 1100


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- Ruth