Food Passionist ...Drink Drink Eat Eat...: Ichiban Izakaya

hi all

I am back..!!
Yes again i went to Ichiban Izakaya again for dinner again, with the same person again!!

This time we ordered something else but maintaining my favourite Ramen and fried chicken

Tofu (cold dish)

While waiting for our dishes to come, the restaurant actually served some 'cold dish' to the customer. This time the restaurant had served us some cold tofu with a little bit kimchi on top of it.. The tofu taste was quite pleasant, quite soft. However the kimchi was kinda 'spicy' for me.

Ichiban Bento Set Side Dishes

Not long later, the side dishes of our Ichiban Bento set arrived.. The side dishes includes a bowl of salad, chawan mushi, miso soup and some fruits (green apple, honey dew and watermelon each one slice). The chawan mushi taste is very good. The textures is very soft and melt the moment it reaches my mouth . There are few slices of mushrooms and crab stick in the chawan mushi. However, i am not a fan of mushrooms and crab stick, so i leave it there for Kit to finish the job. Next my miso soup...yummy!!! I am really a fan of miso, any miso soup is fine with me!!
The salad taste like the usual salad. The lettuces, tomato and cucumber are fresh, i like the Japanese cucumber very much...

Miso Ramen

Gyoza

Next, the Miso Ramen arrived. Like my previous post, the miso ramen really taste good!! One of the best ramen that i had ever taste :) While i was busy eating the ramen, Kit's gyoza came. I only took one piece of the gyoza, as i wasn't too fancy about it.

Tempura Udon

Later, the Tempura Udon came. The Tempura Udon consists of a bowl of Udon soup, and a prawn, a slice of sweet potato and a slice of brinjal fried in tempura style. There are lots of soften seaweeds and 2 slices of fish cake (in pink colour flower pattern) served on top with the Udon. The udon taste like the ordinary udon, nothing special about it. But the soup is very clear and not very salty. It has a little bit taste of 'tea leaf' on it. Good for a simple meal.
Finally, the Ichiban Bento Set came together with my favourite fried chicken. Yummy!!...

Ichiban Bento Set

Fried Chicken

The fried chicken taste remain like the previous time, very hot and crispy.. Taste good..

Unagi

Inari

The Ichiban Bento Set consists of some green peas, a slice of Unagi , 2 inari bean curb, sashimi and some fried dish (prawn, chicken and a small fish). I like the green peas very much. It is quite crunchy and nice to eat, a very good snack. The unagi taste was not bad. It is quite soft and the teriyaki sauce is not very sweet like the others. But i only had one bite on it, the rest are eaten buy Kit. The inari is served cold and the rice has lesser vinegar smell compare to the other inari that i had before, while the bean curb is quite soft.

Fried dishes

Sashimi

As for the fried dishes, i took the prawn only. The boneless fried chicken taste like the fried chicken that we ordered ala carte. There is a lot of 'flour' or crumbs on the fried prawn, the prawn meat is very little only compare to the tempura prawn in my udon, feel a bit cheated when i bite on it.. :( As for the fried fish, i am not very sure what type of fish is it, i think is mackerel fish (if anyone know please tell me!!). I had a bite, it is very crispy.. Not sure if there are bones or it was fried till the bones are crispy and able to be eaten.

For the sashimi, there are 2 slices of salmon, tuna, sardine and octopus with some wasabi at the corner of the bento box. To be honest, i didn't eat any slice of it. hehehe... I am very full and not really a fan of sashimi. Kit finish it all and he mention that the salmon and sardine taste very fresh and nice. As for the tuna and octopus, it taste normal only nothing special about it.

Overall, i really enjoy having meal in this restaurant. (else i won't go back again :P). The must try items that i recommend are the Miso Ramen and Fried chicken.

OK rating time again...

p/s : they do give member card for their patron, RM20 is equal to 1 point. After certain point accumulated, u will get a free sake or voucher. The membership is free, but he member card privillage is not very attractive and benificial.

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