Sushi
Sen is currently the talk of the town! I had lunch
here earlier today with my dear friends and now sharing my experience with you!
Sushi
Sen is located at Rukan Crown Golf Pantai Indah Kapuk, precisely next to BC
Cone. It’s easily noticable as it’s probably the only restaurant covered in all
wood looking real Japanese, somehow looks a little like Gojira but as you
really see, it’s actually different. Just in case you’re confused, upon
entrance, there’s this “push” button on the side of the door that will lead you
inside the restaurant.
The
restaurant’s not spacious, well it’s PIK restaurants where normally clusters
transformed to an eatery, but the way they design the interior is somehow simple,
but smart. There’s a mini sushi bar at the other side of the restaurant, but I
was seated next to the window because I requested for it (and plus it will be good
for photos too). Overall, I like how simple and chill they are with the deco,
but still manage to have that decent Japanese ambiance to it.
The
range of the menu here was quite big, especially the sushi and sashimi pieces,
again, if you follow me on Snapchat (STANISLAUSHANS), you probably have seen
the snaps of their menus. Before getting to what we had earlier today, in a
nutshell, they have various SPECIAL MENUS (mostly gyudons), SUSHI AND SASHIMI (Tuna, Hamachi “yellowtail”, Shima
Aji, Salmon, Kanpachi “amberjack”, Tai “red snapper”, Tobiko “flying fish roe”, Suzuki
“seabass”, Engawa, Unagi “eel”, Hirame “halibut”, Kinmedai
“golden eye sea brem”, Aji “mackarel”,
Anago “salt water eel”, Ika “squid”, Tako “octopus”, Ebi “shrimp”,
Uni “sea urchin”, Tamago “egg”, Hotate or scallops, Kaki
Oyster, Gyuniko, Seashells to Moriawase or assorted seafood), CHIRASI, HAND ROLL (personal size),
FUSION ROLL, TEMPURA, FURAI AND LUNCH SET.
Besides
ala carte, they also have Omakase menu with price ranging from IDR 600k-IDR 2
mil, might come back for that one as I LOVE Omakase surprises. OK
enough yakking! PHOTOS!
Sushi Sen Sashimi Salad with House Dressing –
IDR 58k
Simple
salad consisting of green lettuce, seaweed, tuna and salmon sashimi with their signature
dressing. The sauce had this sweet and sour combination to it. The salad was
pretty ok.
Salmon Carpaccio – IDR 98k This
was recommended by a lot of my friends who’ve been there before, as I got
excited and expecting it to be very good (which I shouldn’t), the salmon
carpaccio turned out slightly under my expectation, I mean the salmon was fresh,
and I like the zesty lime and ponzu sauce to accompany salmon, but I was
expecting that “wow” factor.
Sushi Sen Special Gyudon with Onsen Egg and Garlic Chips – IDR 88k
Ok so
when it's served to my table we had a moment of silence because it was way
smaller than what we all had in mind. On the menu picture (not sure if it's
because of the angle or what) but we had this picture that it'll be served in a
deep bowl like the common donburi I've had in town, secondly, we asked for
medium, but the meat turned out to be slightly over-medium (almost medium
well), but despite some misses, must admit that this was one hell of a tasty
gyudon! Beef was still juicy and the garlic teriyaki sauce was so beautiful it
complement the whole element nicely! I will definitely go back and try the one
with foie gras and sea urchin!
Sushi Sen Fusion Roll – IDR 158k
This
is their signature roll here so I guess as a first timer whatever signature
should be ordered. In the contrary to the Gyudon bowl, the roll came in a long
and generous portion. I must say that the sushi roll was quite nice in every
way, especially the texture and flavor. I like how the topping of the each cut
roll could have different sashimi on it, talk about variety!
Generally,
the sushi was nice and fresh. I enjoyed eating everything we ordered here, but
let’s start with the negatives, again, the tako sushi has a slightly different
look than how I expected it to turn out from the menu, it was fresh, but had
this rubbery texture, other than that, I had no complaint towards the rest, but
my personal favorite would be the Hachimaki sushi (yellowtail) and the Unagi
(eel) as the texture of the both were very soft and smooth. My sister's
favorite was the good old salmon belly aburi!
Saikoro Beef Lunch Set – IDR 88k Besides
the old fashioned ala carte, they also come with lunch set menu, as some of the
menus that we wanted were not yet available, luckily, what appeals to me as
"the best one" aka Saikoro Beef set menu range was there to entertain.
HANDS
DOWN. My favorite dish of the entire lunch! The beef was so so so tender and
juicy and perfectly cooked (now this is a medium), and the simple garlic butter
sauce fit like a glove! THIS IS A BLOODY MUST TRY MENU HERE! Other than this,
the other elements of the lunch set was quite normal, and good thing the whole
set only cost us IDR 88k.
If
justice can be made only based on my first visit, then the food here is mostly pretty
good with rich seasoning, somehow had this impression that it’s set for
Indonesian palate, but guess what? No matter what that is as long as it’s good
that’s the most important thing. I am totally coming back for more, I couldn’t
even look at the menu as the pictures were really good and I feel like I want
order every single thing damnit! Ok thanks for reading!
Sushi Sen Rukan Crown Golf Blok B No. 1 Pantai Indah Kapuk, Jakarta Utara 14470 021 - 2251 2669 Opening hours: Lunch: 11 AM-2 PM Dinner: 5:30 PM-10 PM Dresscode: casual Average spending for two: IDR 350k WiFi: No INSTAGRAM
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