Sumo Sam

Was intrigued by Marvin Agustin's DSL commercial so we decided to dine here one time. No pictures this time folks! We tried the:

California Maki Salad Php150- Was disappointed by this salad. Nothing more that some mangoes and shrimp tossed in greens.

Beef Enoki Php 245- Enoki mushrooms wrapped tight in fried beef. Was really looking forward to this dish. Was disappinted by how tough the enoki was.

Green Chicken Php 115- I liked Misato's green chicken so much more. 


Will have to come back for those noodle/pasta dishe on the menu, which in my opinion are the most interesting. Too bad we weren't in the mood for it that time.

Octopus Japanese Fusion Restaurant

This is a quaint restau inBirch St, Brea, CA. They have huge servings here and give these bean appetizers which the other people with me liked and I didn't.

I got there "bento box" though they didn't call it that. What it is essentially is that you can mix and match 2 dishes from their list of viands for $8.45.


I got Japanese spring rolls with a house plum sauce and barbecue chicken. The spring rolls were really good and had a new twist from the ones I'm used to. The barbecue chicken was ordinary and forgettable.

Misato 2

 Another birthday celebration for my mom, this time I was able to try the:

Misato Tofu Special Php185

Described as "Tofu platter with minced pork and carrots in special sauce." I liked this one, the tofu was cooked just right, with a crispy battered outside and tender inside. The sauce was good tasting too.

Tuna Sashimi Php230

I don't eat sashimi.

Crazy Maki Php250

This is realllllly goooood. That final layer they add on the wrap is simply divine!! It's so good. This is really value for money.

Green Fried Chicken Php210

Described as "Leg powdered with Japanese Herbs served with Terriyaki sauce." I like this one a lot because whatever breading it is that they use on the chicken, it makes the chicken not taste like chicken anymore.

Gyu Saikoro Steak Php300

"Diced cut beef steak." This one was a revelation! When I tasted it, I forgot all about the chicken I had ordered. It was tangy yet buttery. Very yummy. I think I'll be dropping the green fried chicken from my usual orders and will be having this instead..

There were three of us and so we ordered three rice bowls of the Shirasu rice medley. We ended up finishing one bowl onyl though.

Red Kimono 2

All you can order from a pre-set menu!!!  Php 495 only!!! We tried:

Layered Spinach and Tofu

A delight as always!

Crunch Ebi Maki

Not as 'different' as I thought.

California Maki

A classic rendered perfectly.

Salmon and Cream Cheese Maki


Mixed Tempura

Nothing to say...

Beef Kamameshi

It was a must to order one of these as part of the buffet.

Gyoza

Oh yummy! Their goyza had more veggies than pork. Yey me!

Chicken Teriyaki

This was my fave out of everything we ate that night! The skin was perfectly toasted and the meat was very tasty!

Grilled Miso Chicken

A bit too bland for me.

Pork Ribs Teriyaki

Didn't like this at all.

Shitake Mushroom Tepanyaki

This was great!!! A bit too salty thought, best if you eat it with rice na lang!

Chicken Teriyaki

Tasted raw and bland. Definitely not for me.

Chocolate Balls

A bot too chewy. Had some strawberry syrup inside.

Vanilla Ice Cream

I know it's just plain vanilla. But it was so refreshing and soothing to have this, after all of that!!!

Red Kimono

I have long wanted to try Red Kimono and finally I was able to. The place is quite small and can be stuffy during peak hours. They are ofering a sort of buffet at the moment wherein you order a la carte anything you want from their buffet menu, so you may want to try it.
What we had:

Salmon and Cheese Maki

Interesting combination but just "ok"

Crunchy Ebi Maki

I think Omakase's crunchy maki was better but hte two are quite different from one another. This one has a tempura like crispy batter outside.

Layered Spinach and Tofu

The best of all that I ate. Who knew tofu and spinach would be great together! The peanut sauce was also a complementing taste to the dish.

Sugi

This was my second time eating at Sugi. The first one was quite unpleasant but this one however was much better. I actually enjoyed the food we had.

This is what we ate:

*Kaiware Kani Salad-radish sprouts in either mayo or a vinegar/sesame sauce (a refreshing change from the usual)

*oysters cooked like adobo
*Okonomiyaki (japanese pizza)- the best we've tried so far
*spider maki-rice wrapped around soft shell crab
*salmon with cream cheese maki

*wagu steak- really tender, great sauce


It's quite pricier than your everyday Japanese restaus.

Misato's Crazy Maki

Their supposed to be famous for their Crazy Maki and now I know why. This was really great. You'll actually have to put all of it in your mouth because if you bite into it, it'll just fall apart. Yum Yum Yum. Don't take my word for it. Try it!!

Crazy Maki (Php 250)

Pinoy Don

I've tried the branch along Magallanes and that one was much much more presentable, well lit, conducive and cleaner. The branch in Podium is going to waste! It was so dirty! Believe you, me, it "doesn't belong to Podium" if you know what I mean. Sadly, these pictures were also taken from the Podium branch and well, see for yourself and you'll understand.

Tinapa Maki

I wanted to try this again because I really liked it when I had it in the Magallanes branch. Sadly this was a great disappointment. The rice used was really hard. I think it was a leftover order from the lunch rush (we were there at 3pm). It was very saddening to have to eat it.


Tuna Maki

Again, this was a disappointment. The suppposed crunchiness of the maki, was soggy and was very flour tasting. Really disliked this.


Longi-gyoza

Decent I guess. But it was really greasy so I didn't enjoy it once again.


Would not come back. I was starving when we ate there. I was really disheartened to be served food like this at a time like that.

Misato Japanese Restaurant

I've been hearing a lot about this place from the "Chinese Mafia" ....I first discovered the place when I saw one of them dining in the restau and after some prodding, he bragged about how yummy the food was and even gave recommendations.... Naturally, I had to try it for myself!

This is what we ate:

Tempura Maki- php145


Green Fried Chicken- php 210

don't be intimidated by the way it looks, this stuff was really yummy

Shirasu Rice Medley- php 80

- this was good too! at first i was really weirded out because i thought there was something alive in my food!!! there really really was something moving (think seaweed under the sea)... i still don't know what those paper thin stuff were but hey! the rice was great!


The only reason I didn't give the restau 5 stars was because of the restrooms. They were small and cramped and had sliding doors.Moreover, there was no air circulating! Talk about claustrophobia! Much! Worst of all, it was painted red which really made my head hurt. Aside from that small issue, the service and food were excellent!

Tempura

Nothing great. More of a "pwede na."

California Maki

Well, I think it fairs well compared to all other cali makis out there.

Ebi Tempura 

ditto

Gyu Asuparu Maki