My sister always loves and craves for sushi, as for me, it's supposed to be only an occasional satisfying food. Well for me Nasi Padang (Indonesian popular dish) is the most satisfying food ever.
So, get back to sushi, that's the star of this post. For this time, I chose to go to Sushi Joobu at Kelapa Gading, which was the first time for me. Basically, the sushi served there is fusion type with mayo or cheese as the condiment. However, I am kind of hybrid preference, so too much creamy cheesy mayo-ish will make me sick fast too.
The place is a two-story building, which is quite small with an open kitchen at the first floor, so we could see how the dishes freshly made. For the ordering, we could choose all you can eat or ala carte. They divide the all you can eat type into three choices, based on the unagi availability, so the most expensive one provides unagi in the menu. I chose to eat ala carte as there were only 3 of us which I am sure could not devour too many dishes.
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Appetizer
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As seen on the menu, dishes are similar to Poke Sushi, my favorite sushi restaurant. Wakame salad, salmon salad, salmon skin etc. I ordered salmon salad, wakame salad, crab salad and dynamite. Surprisingly, the taste of all the dishes were also similar to Poke Sushi's version. However, the wakame might be able to get more salt as the sweetness rather a bit overpowered the saltiness, so for me it's not well balanced for my palate. But, it's nice enough for me. The salmon was fresh, it's not fishy and the mayo dressing complemented the salmon very well.
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| Assorted Sushi |
My next order was sushi. Crispy salmon sushi, dragon roll and salmon skin roll. Unfortunately, the rice was not sticky enough to hold the firmness of sushi. It easily broke apart when I was dipping it completely in soy sauce. I was kind of disappointed. Taste wise, they also did not wow me, but the dragon roll is good. It got crispy texture and of course, the star on top, unagi. On the other hand, they can still improve their rice stickiness.
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| Assorted Tempura |
Another disappointed dish, the tempura. The batter not crispy, rather it's mushy especially the eggplant and the onion ring. I think they overcooked the vegetables. On the other hand, the sweet potato was firm and the prawns were cooked to perfection. But still, the batter pulled down the level of tempura. I was craving for nicely seasoned and crunchy tempura but it didn't meet my expectation.
Overall, based on my ordered, the food was okay but I especially like their appetizer more than my others order. Their service was good and fast. Price wise, it's reasonable for that portion, but I hope they can improve their quality.
Sushi Joobu
Jl. Kelapa Gading Boulevard
Blok WD2 No. 19
North Jakarta
