We pay Yokotaya a Visit.. the newest Japanese restaurant on the Section 17 strip..
Section 17 is developing nicely into a rather cool neighborhood for good food.
Yokotaya, a Japanese restaurant, just opened its doors mid January and we decided to check it out today.
When most people think of Japanese food, they usually think of sushi or sashimi. Prepared with great finesse and precision, sushi is as much about feeding the artistic soul as it is about feeding the stomach. But Japanese food is not sushi alone.
Japanese cuisine is meant to be pleasurable and comforting, like a childhood-memory of food, bypassing the intellect and appealing directly to the emotions. One such food, is the Katsudon or the Pork cutlet. The Katsudon is a succulent, breaded, slab of pork, that is fried until the crust is crisp and nutty, then chopped into pieces and served over rice with eggs that have been cooked by the warmth of the dish. The result is a blend of ingredients, soft and moistened by the egg, soaking up the sauces and juices, and served on a hotbed of rice. It does not get more comforting than that. Luckily for us, the Katsudon at Yokotaya, priced at just RM20, was good enough to evoke some wonderful dining emotions. Rather well done, we thought.
Beyond the Katsudon, Yokotaya has an extended menu, including the obligatory sushi selection, yakitori, teppanyaki, etc, but I would skip all that in favor of the grilled saba or mackerel set (RM30), a tender and highly flavorful piece of fish, tasting of ginger, salt and brine, which was brilliantly cooked and tasty as sin. It wasn’t overcooked and its fatty juices would literally coat your mouth with an intense flavour, with each delightful bite. Who would have thought that a simple lunch set would have been this good?
miso soup that wasn’t too salty.. and it was full of enoki mushrooms which were nice and springy
the saba set – a huge portion of mackerel, largest I’ve seen in a set, to date
Katsudon.. happy to report the availability of pork, at this Japanese joint
who moved my pork..? 😉
Chawanmushi – nice but lacked ingredients
So having tried two dishes only, we have to say that we were impressed. Will definitely make this a regular haunt for lunch since we need to work our way through that extensive menu. So far, so good!
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Add: Yokotaya Japanese Dining,17G, Jalan 17/56,
Section 17, PJ
Tel: +603 7931 7003 Non-halal Other branch in Kepong: Block C-G-10, Jalan Metro Perdana 3, Taman Usahawan Kepong, 52100 KL Tel: +603 6252 7305
Where’s d porky n beefy hamburg lar??? 😛
this may come as a surprise but the world doesn’t rotate around burgers alone. HAHAHHA. Kidding! Next round lah chisssss 😛
Ahemmm…it does it does…especially when accompanied with a runny or onsen egg! 😛
HAHAHA.. start a blog dahleengggg .. inside u is a food blogger screaming to get out.. u know it! 😛
eh, didn’t u go and eat at that new burger place that everyone is blogging about ar.. I thot you’d be first there?! 😛
Crayon Burger is it? Nope…I think I better give them time to improve first =)
Heading back to Burger Junkyard though…for their Mango Whatzapp-Bi burger…love their chargrilled chicken thigh burgers! =)
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great that u have this good japanese outlet just a short walk (run?) from your home now. i have to drive at least 30 mins to get here. but for tasty katsudon, it’s worth it! (and the sushi here is also not bad) 😀
yeah.. more power to PJ! i think more dining strips like these in this part of the hood are desirable. Give KL a run for their money
The saba set looks huge…I could never have probably finished that in anyway….and it is nice that the Miso is not too salty. The photos are amazing.
thanks!
The katsudon looks good – glad to hear the place didn’t go mass and does provide pork. 🙂
I agree, the saba set looks like an amazingly portioned bit of Japanese food!
Must go back for the rest of the dishes! Menu is huge..
Katsudon is my all-time favourite Japanese dish!
haha.. me too!
Looks promising.
Am bringing my folks next!
RM 30 for that set? Price is similar with Hokkaido Ichiban but the size of the fish is much more bigger!
I know.. value for money!
The katsudon looks so tempting…nearby my house. must try…quite a lot of restaurant popping up in Sec17 area. Cool
Better for us PJ folk i say!
Just tried to call them to find out if they’re open this evening. I don’t think so since the phone rang and rang then went to fax.
When will businesses learn that they come across as very unprofessional when they have their telephone and fax on the same line instead of two separate lines?
true that.
that is not fax sound, if you enter the password it will enter to the security control.
my company using same security system.