One
day I happen to think about “my favorite food”, but I am not going to talk
about my favorite “food genre” or “food concept” as I always find myself
updating my preference by certain times, but as for the type of food, I realize
that I can not resist “soupy” food. There are times when I really crave for
fried kwetiau but when I actually reach the restaurant and saw the boiling hot
water, my mind instantly think of something soupy and I eventually cheated on
my craving and went with the kwetiau soup. Not rare that I found myself standing
constantly having a food envy. Food could cause a big dilemma I guess! HAHAHA!
Anyway, talking about something “soupy”, in this feature I am going to be
reviewing this newly opened shabu-shabu house that just opened around one month
ago called KOBE by Shabu-Shabu House.
I
guess the naming itself has given you clear information that this was another
venture by Shabu-Shabu House. Truthfully speaking, I am a loyal customer to
Shabu-Shabu House and constantly going back to their outlet in Plaza Indonesia,
but now knowing that they have another outlet with more variant of food to
choose, more “youthful” and in a way, pocket friendly, there it goes,
shabu-shabu me away. Kobe by Shabu-Shabu House is located on the second floor of
Street Gallery, Pondok Indah Mall with quite spacious area, lately the queue has
been pretty long and it was full house when I went there, hence I couldn’t find
myself extra comfortable while taking pictures of the ambiance, but on the
other hand, business wise, that’s good! I guess they’re owning the vibe now.
The
main concept of Kobe is actually an “All You Can Eat (AYCE)” restaurant and
they are offering various kinds of buffet meals (mostly Japanese) ranging from sushi,
curry rice, ramen, hamburg, chicken katsu, sukiyaki, gyudon, karaage, tempura,
sashimi and many more. Align with the AYCE concept, the food was served in
large quantities for comfort, but the good thing is that I still found the
flavor of the food to be pretty good. More on that later, let’s focus on the
shabu-shabu.
They
have two types of buffet packages to be offered to be customers: the regular
and the deluxe package, and both already consist of the complimentary access to
the shabu-shabu, salad, steak, sukiyaki,
dimsum, ramen, beverages (bottomless soft drink, ocha, tea, water) and dessert
(sweets, ice cream, mini cakes and chocolate fondue) for 120 minutes on
weekdays, and 90 minutes on weekends. The only difference is the beef, the regular package comes
with striploin beef imports, while the deluxe package comes with the US beef
imports! In terms of pricing, I would say it’s VERY affordable for the amount
of food they’re offering you and what you had (at least I experienced good) in
return, on weekdays, it’s: IDR 149k++ for regular/person, IDR 249k++ for deluxe/person,
and on weekends, it’s: IDR 177k++ for regular/person, IDR 299k++ for
deluxe/person.
The
only thing I can remember about the ambiance was how packed it was, just full
of people, but everything was pretty organized at that moment. Speaking of
their seating, they have the indoor and outdoor seating areas, the indoor
consist of the seating for two or groups and VIP room for more private dining experience.
Each customer will be given their own boiling pot and induction stove (except
for some tables I noticed, mostly the table for two since it’s pretty small to
hold both pots), and for some reasons I LOVE THIS IDEA, sometimes when I ate
shabu-shabu with friends and the fact that each person has their own preference
of stuff they like or don’t like (for example “a” can’t eat seafood, “b” can’t
eat beef or red meat), that could really cause a little confusion and could
just be slightly annoying, and there I was boiling whatever I want! YES! For
the soup, they offer LARGE options for you to choose: original, curry, miso,
spicy miso, sukiyaki, kimchi, collagen, corn and tounyu (came from soy milk). I
chose the spicy miso and boy it was lovely! Not exactly crazy spicy but the
level of saltiness combined with the savory flavor was beautiful. I really
enjoyed it.
The
beef is recommended to be served with dipping sauces, and my favorite has got
to be their peanut dipping sauce. It doesn’t matter how you prefer your beef to
be, but if you want to listen to me, then make sure you dip your beef on the
boiling soup and count from 1-10, trust me it’s just going to be beautiful
tender, juicy red medium beef you’ll be having!
My
idea of perfect shabu-shabu is very simple: lots of meats, with vegetables and
mushrooms and I could go again and again, but when you actually in a situation
where they offer you more, come and get it!
Hamburg
Chicken
katsu
Tempura
The
steak was actually very good and pretty much above my initial expectation, it
was cooked beautifully (guessing charred) with tender texture, and served with
tasty sauce. Just yum!
I was
super fond of their green tea ice cream! It was light with tasty green tea
flavor, altogether sweet and perfectly balanced <3.
My
lunch was beautiful at that time, don’t compromise and just upgrade your meal
to the deluxe package! Upgrading IDR 100k more will you a better dining
experience, and trust me you won’t regret the juicy beef you’re about to have!
Keep up the good performance and the quality, and I believe they’re going to
last long, just like Shabu-Shabu House :).
KOBE by Shabu-Shabu House
Street Gallery 2nd floor - Pondok Indah Mall
Jalan Metro Pondok Indah
Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta Selatan 12310
021 - 2952 9777
Opening Hours:
11 AM - 10 PM
Average spending for two: IDR 500k
Dresscode: casual
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