Kaizen Sushi (Seria)
I first heard the news of the opening of a Japanese eatery in Seria town from the most unlikely source - my parents in law who gave me vague information that it will be a "branch of some restaurant in Bandar Seri Begawan".The other men in my household were excited - nevermind which restaurant it will be as long as it's Japanese - as the nearest one is at least 30 mins drive away.
While I, not being a sushi fan, was busy speculating on which restaurant it will be and guessed that it could be another Excapade or perhaps Sushi Tei or maybe Misato or even Kaizen - the only 4 Japanese places that I'm familiar with.
That was until we got a confirmation from someone who was involved in the project that it will indeed be a Kaizen Sushi.
So last weekend, since it first opened its door last month, we took the whole family and my youngest brother, who was in town on route his way to Miri, for dinner.
One thing about Japanese place that I don't like is the menu can be confusing - all the food looks the same and the selections are so many, I had to forced myself to focus on the pictures and quickly pick before I lost interest.
Salmon sashimi, some sushi, cuttlefish, prawn, egg eel and salmon salad
My husband ordered the vegetable tempura as he knew that I liked the one that I had in Bandar's Kaizen but for some reason, the one that arrived was nothing like the type that I wanted. We also had the sushi party set, salmon salad, seaweed soup and fried rice.
Sushi party set
I also ordered a plate of Japanese dumpling called Gyoza - which tasted as good as the "Wo Tek" (Chinese fried dumplings) that we sometimes have for supper in Keningau and KK after whatever night activities we had then.For some reasons, I find that the Kaizen's gyoza are more to my taste than the Excapade's and I will definitely order this again next visit.
And even though there were only 5 adults and 3 kids, the food finished so fast that I didn't even managed to try some of them!
My in laws verdict was that they prefer the other place when it comes to taste and that could be due to Kaizen's no-use-of-MSG policy (as I was told). But my husband and I actually like this place and I found a couple of things that I enjoy here and next time I'd have to try their curry range too.
In case you're wondering about the price, it is slightly pricier than Excapade but definitely no outrageous RM400 for a 4 persons lunch here.
And Sis Caneeliea, why don't you come over so you can try this and compare it with Umai :-)
