Itacho Sushi @ Grand Indonesia

Jakarta - A noon travel to Jakarta is always smooth with little traffic. I changed my money @ Grand Indonesia level 3 - a good and recommended rate and then next door purchase a 2Gb top up for my Telkomsel SIM card.

I had a late lunch @ Itacho Sushi on level 4.

Green tea in a bag

This is sacrilegious for a Japanese restaurant to have a green tea served with a tea bag.

Miso soup

Their Miso soup is rich and very tasty with lots of ingredients and generous douse of seaweed. The Miso comes as part of the sushi set below.

Good sushi

Cold soba

I like cold Soba and so far none of the restaurants outside Japan prepare as good as them. This cold Soba does not taste fresh and very dry.

Winter dish of mackerel

This was the best dish and it was so fresh and cost SGD 13 which would been thrice the price in Singapore. It took a while of the chef to prepare this dish as you can see how elaborate it was prepared.

another nice view

Next to the sashimi is the chef preparation of dice mackerel with a tinge of ginger roll into a ball. Very nice tasting too.

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Travelogue around Asia Pacific Part II

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