Sushi Tei Revisit @ Tropicana City Mall, Petaling Jaya

**Surprise** **Surprise**

Sushi Tei is now doing charity to assist the immediate relief efforts and support for the Japanese people...

Today 25 March 2011, yes special only this Friday... Half of their Total Sales from all their outlets will be donated!

What are you waiting for? I'll be updating in this same post below this email image sent by my dear from Kenya! Heading there for early brunch... Definitely will be eating Toro to make dear jealous as a while ago he was craving for it~!!

Doing this as I LOVE Sushi, & Happy that Sushi Tei is thoughtful enough as a Japanese Cuisine restaurant to help out the Japanese victims.

I'll be playing my part in helping them to pool more funds. How about you? ^_^



Back from lunch~~~~~~~

Today I believe they were expecting a HUGE crowd to come. Dozens of new waiter and waitress without experience and probably sushi chefs too. Had some simple problem situations:
(a) to order Dai Dai Roll
Me: "are the Mango sweet today?"
Waiter A: "er....... ah? sweet. yes. sweet." answer given after asking 3-4 times.

(b) before ordering Toro Sushi
Me: "is the Toro cut nice today?"
Waiter A: "yaya." (but with blur look) called another waitress.
Waitress B: "it's imported all Toro cut is all same."
Me: "oh really? coz i ate 3 times 1 time the cut is horrible."
Waitress B: "nono, Miss. It's all the same."

This makes me feel that the quality of the service has dropped way too much since the first time me & dear first visited Sushi Tei here.

As usual for a Japanese Cuisine it goes pretty well with Green Tea Hot and Cold are served. MYR 2.00

Dai Dai Roll. MYR 13.80
with the crab meat, sweet mango, Purple Lettuce rolled up in the middle of sushi rice, then covered with salmon sashimi, Along with the combination of 2 different dressings and Ebiko makes it a very refreshing feel.


Salmon Ikura Oyako Don
(L) Size MYR 19.80
(S) Size MYR 12.80
Tons of sushi rice with the bowl top cover with salmon and salmon roe. The served salmon given was like only 2mm-3mm thin! along with 1 or 2 teaspoons serving of Salmon Roe. Would really rather go for individual sushi instead of this. Comparing this to MYR 4.80 for 2 large generous slice of salmon (5mm-6mm thick) on top of the salmon sushi.


Chuka Iidako MYR 6.80
Baby Octopus seasoned with sesame. It was okay only. Ordered because my little bro is crazy about this.


Unagi Avocado Handroll MYR 6.80
A full piece of seaweed, with sushi rice, served with a little unagi sauce at a corner of with Eel with Avocado in the middle. It only comes with a 1cm wide slice of Unagi in it. Pretty unimpressive but, the avocado made it sweeter and blends in well.


Unagi Sushi. MYR 6.80
It's a generous Portion served today compare to my last few visit. Yummy!


Toro Sushi. MYR 18.80
This extremely satisfying melt in the mouth best slice of fish ever. Dear & my favorite however, it is pricey. How it should actually looks like that you can taste that feeling, it's in the left side, today with the in-experience staff & chef i got the right slice where it had not enough fat~!!! rating for it dropped by half...


The bill came up to MYR 79.40 which i believe, MYR 39.70 will be donated. :)

Feeling good in heart for doing a indirect charity and also full happy stomach of healthy meal.

Vietnamese Beef Noodle at Pho Hoa

Went for a Saturday night dinner at Pho Hoa Noodle Soup in Tropicana City Mall. According to their website it seems to be a restaurant chain originating from the US, so I can't vouch for the authenticity of the taste (incidentally, I've only set foot in Vietnam about zero times in my life.


The menu understandably focuses on Beef Noodle Soup. The soup and the noodles are all the same - instead, we're given choices of combinations of steak, flank, beef balls, brisket and a few more other more exotic cuts of meat. I play it safe and go for the beef balls and brisket.

The soup is fragrant and not overpowering, if a tad bit salty. Also, for MYR14.95 I do think they could've been a bit more generous with the serving of meat.


The darling had Dry Vermicelli with Chicken and Vietnamese Rolls (possibly not exact name) for MYR13.95. Combination of the Vermicelli, Chicken, Nuts and assorted Veges go very well together!


Overall, quite a decent place to go to for some quick and cheap Vietnamese fare. Just a side note that the Mines Wonderland branch which I frequent is about MYR2-MYR3 cheaper per bowl (go figure).

Sushi Tei at Tropicana City Mall

Took the darling to Sushi Tei at Tropicana City Mall on Sunday for a mini celebration of sorts. Sushi Tei has always been one of my favorite Japanese places to eat since first trying it in Vivocity Singapore - I think it's hit a very nice sweet spot price/quality-wise.


Started off with the Sashimi Salad (MYR14.80) with Sushi Tei dressing. The dressing tastes basically exactly the same as any other Japanese restaurant's salad dressing. Serving was good with generous portions of assorted sashimi, however I still do prefer lobster or crabmeat salad.


Next on the menu - the Soft Shell Crab with Fish Floss (MYR12.80). The crunchiness of the deep fried soft shell crab goes well with the soft sushi rice. Was a tad bit too spicy for the darling though, despite the waiter telling us "no lah, only little bit hot."


Asama (MYR30.80), 5 slices each of Tuna, Salmon, and Hamachi (yellowtail tuna). A bit of a miss here - the slices were nice and chunky but the Salmon was a bit mushy and not the usual springy/firm texture that I've expected and previously served here.


Hamachi, Butter Fish, Salmon Belly and Half-Broiled Salmon Belly sushi (MYR20.40). Again, the Salmon didn't taste quite up to the mark for the quality I expect from Sushi Tei. Also, Sushi Tei's sushi rice tends to be a bit on the vinegary side, which the darling loves (me ... not so much).


Bill came up to about MYR90 for two. I hear that lunch hour the place is typically quite empty; for dinner on weekends expect a minimal wait and to be seated within 15 minutes.