My parents and I just love Japanese food! And we see to it that, every now and then, we discover new Japanese restos wherein we could indulge our cravings. And last Saturday, I didn’t expect that Kimono Ken would soon be in our list of Japanese restos to go back to.
I didn’t quite expect that the food would be that good. Well, not exceptional. But good enough for a nice, satisfying Japanese food experience.
Salmon sashimi
I like this sashimi best when I’ve squeezed calamansi onto it, as it brings out its sweet flavor. And I love that Kimono Ken’s salmon sashimi tasted so fresh! I could eat one whole boat of this sashimi!
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Kimono Ken’s Special
And what is the best drink with a salmon sashimi? A mango-orange juice! And Kimono Ken has one, called Kimono Ken’s Special. Actually, nothing really outstanding about it. I just love the juice with my salmon sashimi!
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Moist California Maki = Love!
One thing I look for whenever I eat California Maki is that if it has enough moisture in it. That goes for the mango/avocado, the crab, and the mayonnaise. Some restos scrimp on the ingredients and end up with a “dry” maki. But this one from Kimono Ken ain’t dry!
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Chicken Teridon
This is chicken strips “tickled” with teriyaki sauce. It could have used some more so that it’ll taste better. Nothing much more to be said.
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Soboro chicken
This is minced chicken and shredded scrambled eggs in a special sauce. I loved the sauce, but I feel that this would have been a better dish if the chicken wasn’t minced. I like biting onto a well-textured chicken meat. Hehe. But not bad.
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Mango Tempura ala mode
Er, actually, I kinda forgot what the name is. But it sounded something like that. Maybe because I was too much in bliss eating this one. This is actually made up of mango slices wrapped in tempura batter, fried, and topped with lots of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce. What can I say? Pig out!
My rating:
Japanese food can really be quite expensive, but at Kimono Ken, we spent P1,400 for 3 people. That’s about P500/head. A bit pricey for some (but definitely reasonable compared to prices in other authentic Japanese restaurants), but for excellent value for money, you won’t be regretting it.
looks yummy! we’ve been to kimono ken once, and yes, the food is good. nice and accomodating waiters too =)
i ate at kimono ken once and when they saw me taking pictures, one of their staff told me na bawal daw. when i said it was for my food blog, they had to know what i was going to say before they let me take my pictures. a little ignorant of them, i think. but later, a manager came up to me and apologized for stopping my picture-taking. she even gave me a discount card, which i have no intention to use. but i still said good things about the food, which was ok naman.
to arpeelazaro,
I guess the staff don’t know what a blog is. Hehe. How unfortunate, though. Good thing nobody stopped me from taking pics. It would be sort of embarrassing. It’s a little weird though that they’ve to stop you from doing that. I mean, people do take pics while eating out, right? Like for celebrations? Hehe.
aahhmm… u dont have to squeeze calamansi over sashimi…
nice pics… =)
to sachi:
I didn’t have to but I wanted to. Got a problem with that? Who said that can’t be done?