Okonomi

Not long after the first invitation to Green Tomato Cafe, I received another invitation to review a Japanese place in Publika called Okonomi. I asked Alicia if she was free to go with me again and when she said yes, I replied the e-mail to set our lunch food review date and time.

Alicia sure knows her way around Publika - I duly just followed wherever she pointed me to.

We were warmly welcomed by the staff and were shown to our designated table. It was a rather breezy order, as there were already some dishes that they specifically wanted me to try. We just ordered some other dishes that caught our attention (without thinking that perhaps we would not be able to finish so much) and our drinks. Our huge meal is as follows:

Gratin Chicken (RM15.90) is a piece of boneless deep-fried chicken served with a rich cream sauce and salad.

Katsu Chicken Burger (RM15.90) is a burger of gently breaded deep-fried chicken, melted cheese and crunchy iceberg lettuce layered in season rice topped with sesame seeds. It looks like nothing fancy, right? But I tell you, looks are deceiving for I can have this all on its own if I should come here alone.

Slammin' Salmon (RM19.90) is a freshly-made and toasted sushi roll of uramaki, seaweed, white rice, double portion of salmon, Japanese cucumber, tamago, spring onion and garlic mayo. They definitely generous with their portions here!

Chicken Karaage Waffle (RM18.90) is a dish of deep-fried kimchi-flavoured chicken served with golden brown waffles and a rich cream sauce.

If anything, you should order this and any other dish of theirs that comes served with this rich cream sauce - amazing flavours this sauce has! We couldn't get enough of it!

The main selling point of Okonomi is that you get to customise your own sushi roll.

Having chosen the type of rice, how you like your seaweed, your fillings and your toppings, they then roll 'em up for you.

Fresh. Like you can watch them do it, too.

We had no idea if our combination would be alright but we went ahead with it anyway. Wah, did we regret choosing the spicy mayo - we were burning! If you can't take spicy, please do not choose that. 

While I only sipped on normal green tea, Alicia ordered a matcha latte and dare we say it is the best one we have ever had in Malaysia. Aiya, cannot compare to those in Sydney la (she just returned from visiting me in Sydney a few months back), but this definitely has standard. Didn't manage to get a pretty shot of the cup full but goes to show how irresistible it was!

Our food blogger friends, Chris and Christine from Brought up 2 share recommended their Matcha Lava Cake (RM21.90), and so we reminded ourselves to order one portion to share.

The wait for it is 15 minutes, so would be good to order it along with your main meal. The wait staff would know roughly when to inform the kitchen to start baking. 

It really was mouthful after mouthful of indulgent matcha heaven! I can just imagine one of my ex-students crying out of bliss if she were to be eating this. 😂

A big thank you to David from T3 Digital Agency for the invitation - my friend and I had a really good time, so good that we wished our stomaches were way bigger!

Okonomi
A4.G2.02, Ground Floor, Block A4, Publika, Solaris Dutamas, 1 Jalan Dutamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mob: +60 14 971 5493; E-mail: info@okonomi.com.my
Daily 11:00am to 11:00pm
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Mee Jawa Publika

Mee Jawa is actually the name of a noodle dish which some say is a variety of the local Mee Rebus.

The old school bicycles at the entrance caught my attention. The red went well with their signage.

They had an airy, clean, simple, open, no fuss concept. Like.

And bamboo appeared to be their feature material. The ceiling and lampshades were made with bamboo.

You cannot come to Mee Rebus and not order a serve of mee rebus, can you? For RM8.90, this was a generous serving of yellow egg noodles in gravy made from potatoes, curry powder, water, salted soybeans, dried shrimps and peanuts. Garnished with half a half-boiled egg, calamansi lime, spring onions, lettuce, chillies, fried tofu, fried shallots and bean sprouts, this version came with chicken slices, too.

For the same price, the fried version of the mee rebus was basically the same stuff without the gravy but fried in dark and sweet soy sauce. 

The Seafood Tom Yum with Rice (RM11.90) was too much for one person. Not bad for what they charged and perfect for people with a not-too-spicy palate.

We also ordered a plate of rojak to share but I was so caught up with visiting a new place that I forgotten to take note of how much it was! Lots of crunchy peanut and sesame - like much!

And yes, fail case again here, I do not recall the name of this dessert. Some tongsui with grass jelly. The cooling effect helps balance the heaty fried food.

And the next day, I brought my parents. :)

Mee Jawa Publika
A1-G2-09 Solaris Dutamas, 1 Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: +60 3 6205 5566, Email: meejawa_sb@yahoo.com
Open daily 8:00am to 10:00pm
*Halal (Pork free)