Cerita Kuliner Marugame Udon @ Grand Indonesia - nuraisya blog

It seems just like yesterday I visit the second outlet of Marugame Udon, now it already reach it's eight outlet on 15th October 2014. Within almost two years Marugame Udon has spread it's wings to every nook and cranny of Jakarta and the surround cities, even Surabaya. For the eight outlet the honor goes to Grand Indonesia which located in the center of Jakarta City. And will adding more outlets at another big cities in the future.

A brief about Marugame Udon & Tempura, a restaurant that brought the open kitchen concept, freshly cooked and self-service of udon, rice and tempura. Under the auspices of PT. Sriboga Marugame Indonesia from PT. Sriboga Group. This authentic Japanese restaurant is a franchise from Marugame Seimen. If you want to see the whole process of how the fresh udon made until it served to your tray you can check my previous post "Marugame Udon @ Gandaria City".

As usual the Japanese atmosphere really thick here too, just like the previous outlets

And now let's give another try for the menus here, perhaps many of you guys already knew and tried them before. Like before, after getting your order and pay there's a little table near the cashier to free-refill your drink. Burst eye chili, onion stalk, sesame seed, ginger and crunchy tempura crumbs (tenkatsu) also available here to add more personal taste to your dish.

Niku Udon, IDR 45.000

Udon with sukiyaki meat slices and kake dashi soup. For those who cannot bear to eat in big portion or want to eat more tempuras, this tasty light udon will suit you best.

Tori Baitang Udon, IDR 45.000

Udon for chicken lover, with clear soup and chicken meatballs. This one is rich in flavor but still cannot beat Mentai Kamatama Udon, my favorite udon here.

Egg Tempura, IDR 8.000

Now for the tempura, this little one always been my favorite. When you bite this tempura, the juicy soft-boiled omega egg will melt in your mouth.

My Tempura, still the same old formation

Beef Croquette, IDR 12.000 (top)

Another favorite of mine. A reminder though this one's a little heavy, so choose your udon wisely to balance the portion.

Cuttle Fish Tempura, IDR 12.000 (bottom left)

A bunch of fries to try

From upper left to lower right:

Ebi (shrimp) Tempura, IDR 14.000

Chicken Chili Tempura, IDR 7.000 green chili with chicken as the filling, never an option before it turn out pretty good and soon my new favorite.

Sweet Potato Tempura, IDR 7.000

Tori (chicken) Tempura, IDR 12.000

Broccoli Tempura, IDR 10.000

Rice Menus

Not into udon, don't worry Rice Menu available:

Tendon Tori Rice, IDR 50.000 (upper left)

Japanese rice with Kakiage (vegetable) Tempura, Egg Tempura and Tori Tempura as the toping.

Tendon Seafood Rice, IDR 50.000 (bottom right)

Japanese rice with Kakiage (vegetable) Tempura, Ebi Tempura and Skewered Tofu Roll.

A pack of blogger, it always fun to hangout with you guys...
(courtesy of Yenny Widjaja)

Well, that conclude my story about Marugame Udon, big thanks to Edwin and Adriantomo for the invitation and congratulations to Marugame Udon for the opening of the eight outlet that is exactly today! See you guys later on another posts ^.^

MARUGAME UDON

Grand Indonesia

Shopping Town West Mall Level 3A

Jakarta

Cerita Kuliner Marugame Udon @ Gandaria City - nuraisya blog

Last Sunday I received another invitation to a blogger meet up at Marugame Udon & Tempura, Gandaria City, UG Floor, at the end of Mainstreet district. This is the second Marugame Udon in Jakarta, the first one at Taman Anggrek Mall already open from beginning of 2013. 

Marugame Udon's menu and samples, they all look so real.. I almost droll at them while waiting in line to order

Marugame Udon as the first udon & tempura restaurant franchise in Indonesia surely bring a new atmosphere to our culinary world. From the name you can tell directly where it came from, Japan. With it's open kitchen concept we can see through all the process from dough making, boiling the udon, preparing the udon according to customer's order, tempura frying and serving. All the ingredients are fresh and halal. In fact if the noodle already boiled after more then 15 minutes they will not serve it to us, they immediately boil a new noodle instead to maintain the freshness. Marugame Udon with it self service concept always provide freshly cooked food so customers can freely pick their favorite udon and tempura. Started from choosing your base udon or rice menu, then picking the tempura yourself, get the drinks, pay at the cashier, add and mix your own sauce, eating your meal, then return all the empty plates and cup to the provided place. It is a fast eating experience, just like in Japan that require high mobility in their daily life.

From top left clockwise: dough making, boiling, until serving the udon, you can see all the proccess

For the udon, that day I tried Mentai Kamatama Udon and Kamaage Udon. And chose Beef Croquette, Egg Tempura, Broccoli Tempura, and Kakiage (tempura from mixed vegetable strips) for the tempura. They all taste great, but for my taste I would personally recommend Mentai Kamatama Udon and Beef Croquette. Mentai Kamatama with caviar, soft-boiled egg, special sauce plus the mild taste from Beef Croquette as the tempura, a great combination indeed. A reminder if you order Kamaage or Zaru, don't eat directly from the udon bowl, you have to take out the udon and eat it in the dipping sauce bowl. And if you don't like half raw food don't choose Egg Tempura, cause the egg soft-boiled.

Mentai Kamatama Udon - IDR 50.000
One of the recommendation, udon with special sauce, mentaiko caviar and soft-boiled egg

Kamaage Udon - IDR 33.000
Udon served in a hot water pot, eat it with the hot dipping sauce provided 

Many choices of tempura to accompany your udon from IDR 8.000 - 15.000
Eat them with the tempura sauce, yumm...

Marugame Udon at eating-hour,  in the middle Yenny and Edwin the person who I thanks for inviting me to the event
Sorry for the candid shot :)

For those who like to share or free gift, don't skip this opportunity

Okay, for the closing thank you Marugame Udon especially Edwin and Eka for inviting me to this event and thank you to Yenny and Tika for the opportunity. And for you who haven't try Marugame Udon or just want to eat more, you should come and join the fun. Don't forget there's free Marugame Udon Pouch just for sharing your moments in Marugame Gandaria City. All you need is to mention @MarugameUdonID with hashtag #FreshUdonTempura and #MarugameGancit in Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, or Foursquare. So come, eat and share your moment at Marugame Udon Gandaria City...! Until then... ^-^