KINTAN Jakarta

I am an avid fan of Yakiniku, and to be honest, it's not always a piece of cake when it comes to finding a proper Yakiniku restaurant that actually serves great Yakiniku, and when I talk about 'great', I mean starting from the base (meat) to the aftertaste, and I am sooooo glad to find this gorgeous Yakiniku restaurant called Kintan, such a hidden pearl in the "Pacific".

Kintan is located in 5th level of Pacific Place mall Jakarta just beside the recently launched Shaburi, it just so happens that both Shaburi and Kintan are actually under the same group: Dining Innovation from Japan. The difference between both restaurants lands on their focus, if Kintan's focusing on Yakiniku, Shaburi is where you go for Shabu-Shabu.

Venue wise, Kintan is not spacious, the whole venue could fit around maximum 40 people, but I kinda like the ambiance that they offer, it's a good place to eat Yakiniku along with the Japanese atmosphere from the lighting and a few deco elements, each table's completed with private grill and Ami (wire mesh) and here, you grill your own meat, and personally it's always good to have what I want so I always do that.

Thanks to BBlog Indonesia, I got the chance to experience a lovely scrumptious bloggers lunch here and that day I tried their Yakiniku set plus some of their finest meats like the Marble 9+ wagyu and premium US beef!

Nuff with the yakking, time for PHOTOS!!!

TOP 1 MANKUPU YAKINIKU SET

IDR 268k ++

Kintan Jou Kalbi, Harami, Taki Shabu Kalbi, Gyutan, Rosu

HELLO RED MEAT, JUST LOOK AT THAT PEOPLE!

One set portion should be good for two or three people, but I honestly feel it's even proper for four. For IDR 268k++, you're not only paying for the glorious meats, you're also paying for the complimentary side-dishes, salad and rice.

Kimchi Moriawase

IDR 39k (ala carte price)

I do like Kimchi but I hate it when some restaurants failed to do it eventually feel like eating rubbish (which of course I never did), but this one was fresh and had a proper hint of sourness!

Choregi Salad
IDR 38k (ala carte price)
This was again a beautiful salad dressed in Sesame oil and lime, I like how it's sour, savory, just very... Japanese.

MORE MEAT SHOTS, THEY'RE SO FRESH!!!

Before we actually cooked our own meats, the chef gave us a little showcase on how to cook the meat, but I bet the ladies weren't really paying attention to the direction.

Chef cooking the Surprised Hormon (IDR 59k). Surprised Hormon is basically the colon/large intestine area of the Wagyu, it took more time to cook this to make sure the both side's cooked appropriately. The way to cook this was really simple, just make sure you start with the 'lean area', then cook for around 4-5 minutes or until it starts to have the burn-marks before you turn it around. The result? Juicy, fluffy and rubbery consistency in the same time, the seasoning was great already and to be frank I eat NONE with the sauce, however, there are two yakiniku sauces you can choose from.

After the first side's done, start cutting the Hormon to small sizes and cook the other side.

As in for the meat, they were so beautifully cooked, to be fair, the first few meats were cooked by the chef but the last meats were personally cooked by me but as nice as the chef's, I PAY ATTENTION *defensive*, well for the meats (especially Gyu Tan), before you place them on the grill, dip them in the lemon juice :). Again, I don't need any sauce to accompany the meat, they're simply gorgeous fresh from the grill! YUM!

Wagyu Sirloin
IDR 170k++

Good meat looks good even before it's being cooked! The texture of the Sirloin was so tender, so juicy just like any other meats I had there. Another bloody terrific meat.

Wagyu Rosu
IDR 98k++
The marbling of this particular meat was really good, it's hard to decide which one's better because both Rosu and Sirloin were equally gorgeous!

Did I mention that Kintan actually means 'Golden Tounge" in english and I feel like that's the case of me after having such scrumptious lunch here, the food was GOLDEN GRAND GOOD and I had such a pleasant lunch here! It's the kind of good that sticks in heart and mind and I highly recommend this restaurant whenever you're craving for GREAT Yakiniku restaurant. This place deserves more recognition and I am glad that I gave one, sky rocketed to my top Japanese restaurants list!!!

THANK YOU BBLOG INDONESIA AND KINTAN!!!

Kintan
Pacific Place 5th fl.
Jl. Jendral Sudirman Kav. 52-53
Jakarta Selatan 12190
021 - 5797 3250
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Yellowfin Sake Bar and Kitchen Jakarta

Got invited by Yellowfin Jakarta for a scrumptious dinner time (thank you!) and this post will be talking all about it!

As you know (or don't), Yellowfin is a Japanese restaurant which is also a part of the OPCO group which is also running some other restaurants like the classic Portico, Koffie Warung Tinggi, Stark Bierhaus and to the newest joint: Hello Howdy Holla Hey Ho in Grand Indonesia, bet it won't be stopping here soon, looking forward for more ventures from the giant!

Yellowfin itself currently has two branches: one located in Grand Indonesia and another one that I went to was its first and main outlet located in Senopati (just across Anomali). I've been checking out (or at least looking) at Yellowfin because physically, this place is eye-catching with all those hanging lamps outside the restaurant but since I haven't got the chance, plus reading some mixed reviews, I kinda hold myself back a while ago.

The restaurant area was surprisingly quite spacious, it could hold around 60-80 people based from what I experienced visually. The venue was decorated majorly with wood materials and it had that rustic mood to it while still having that Japanese sense to it. During the night, the lighting was pretty dim but I honestly think the dim lighting was actually the quality for the dining venue because it lived up the ambiance.

Yellowfin is also known as a Sake Bar so you're going to find tons of sake bottles used as decoration elements.

They also have private dining area for two groups (12 each) and there will be minimum charge applied due to the reservation, around IDR 2 mil to spend minimum.

Private corner.

First before I start showing you the food pics, I am pretty much FUMING MAD with blogspot because they tend to compress the friggin photos! The photos below suddenly appeared to be taken with some old douche camera with grains all over the photos, Those weren't even looking like that as I am looking at the computer folders right now *sigh*.

Ponyo
IDR 35k
Ponyo is one of some Yellowfin's signature mocktail creations. Technically it's mango puree mixed soda water, passion fruit and passion fruit syrup. This was pretty refreshing and I love how well the flavor was balanced and the dose of sweet and sourness.

Green Tea Lemoncello
IDR 100k
This particular beverage is one of Yellowfin's signature cocktail and sake creation. It actually tasted like Tequilla, only with the mixture of sake. DO have the sugar-coated lemons after you had a cup to neutralize everything, surpisingly this was pretty decent.

Gyu Tan
IDR 70k
This was one of the appetizers served on the dinner. Their take on Gyu Tan (or simply known as Ox tounge) was just really close to perfection! Thin sliced uber tender juicy Gyu Tan served with the-of-so-delicious Miso sauce. Bet you're going to be very addicted once you tried this because it's THAT good plus it had that grilled, wok-ish aroma that rush up your appetite. You probably going to be surprised because it tasted so much like actual beef meat.

Asparagus Bacon
IDR 45k
Short to say, the Asparagus Bacon was another success. The Asparagus was cooked 'pan-seared' and the bacon was just tender and juicy (instead of dry and crispy) which I love. The bacon they're using here is pork and since I am such a sucker for pork dishes, this was friggin good!

Ebi Tempura Spicy Salad
IDR 48k
Now this one had the more interesting play of flavor and texture comparing to the previous two. It was crunchy, sweet, savory, sour... playful but still pretty much fun and enjoyable! This was not spicy as what stated on the titling. I honestly didn't really experience the Ebi because it was either minced or being cut to be ultra tiny but I did 'bump' into the mushrooms, short to say this one worth your try.

Spicy Maguro Onigiri
IDR 25k
They also gave two of their signature onigiri creations: the Spicy Maguro Onigiri and the Shake Onigiri (with Salmon - below). The onigiri was pretty big for a personal size, tried both of the onigiri but I must say that I was fond of the Shake Onigiri because first, I am really fond of Salmon, and secondly the meat was more generous comparing to the Spicy Maguro one, again I didn't find any spicy hint from the onigiri.

Shake Onigiri
IDR 25k

Hamachi Kama Teriyaki
IDR 140k
Hamachi is the Yellowtail fish which also happens to be the icon of the Yellowfin! If you look at the logo, it would be devastatingly hard to cook this because it was just cute! Anyway, this dish was one of their most famous as well as best sellers and I HAVE TO AGREE! It was seriously really really good with juicy smooth meat even after being deep fried and grilled. Gotta give credit to the outstanding cooking skill of the chef. I would grant this as one of the best fish courses I have eaten so far in my life. VERY RECOMMENDED!

Ebi Creamy Spicy Yaki
IDR 148k
This could made me teared up because of HOW GOOD this is. The prawns were big, really fresh and smooth and all that creamy dressing was just beyond my expectation. There's something about this dish that had its own class but you're aware that it's not intimidating.

Gindara Saikyo Yaki
IDR 165k
I must say that Yellowfin is such a champion and serious with their fish courses, again, didn't fail to impress me was this Gindara Saikyo Yaki! The Gindara (black cod) was marinated in Saikyo Miso overnight and that's probably why the seasoning absorb pretty nicely to the meat still leaving it to be juicy and smooth!

Ogura Ice Cream
IDR 25k

Yellowfin was just the awesome place to have great Japanese food (or Japanese seafood) and since I experienced it myself, I must say that I was pretty much impressed by how awesome the food was I could shed friggin tears of happiness! Especially that Hamachi Kama Teriyaki man... hmm! Pricing wise, I honestly think the food pricing is still pretty much reasonable, even if they're expensive, they're expensive for certain reasons.

DON'T STOP READING!!!
Celebrating their second anniversary, Yellowfin is having a special All You Can Eat promotion for their Sushi, Salad, Yakitori, Chahan and Miso Soup) for IDR 199k, every Saturday and Sunday 11-2 PM. Great freaking deal!

NOT ONLY THAT...

Win a chance to travel Japan for two by joining Yellowfin Kihada Chan competition this MAY!

The terms and conditions are very easy: you just have to dine in Yellowfin, collect the stamps and fill in the "passport"! This passport could be the real deal for you as the gateway to JAPAN!

Japan is such a country with worth loving culture and I bet everyone wants to go there!

Keep updated with the information regarding to the Japan trip from the social medias (below).

WHY THE HELL do I need to type this in the middle of the night. Better off to 'tie' myself with the blanket so I won't cheat for the fridge!

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Yellowfin Sake Bar and Kitchen
Jl. Senopati Raya No. 42
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan
021 - 722 0394 // 0812 1969 0077
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