Tsurukamedou at Grenvil, Jakarta

That's the look from outside. Pretty cool. Simple but yet looks very interesting to get in and see.

The trip this time Tuko went to Tsurukamedou at Grenvil area. Because of some comments heard from friends, Tuko wanted to give it a try. Since most have been giving a mixed review. Which makes it kind of in unbalance of whether it's good or not.

The place is rather empty. When Tuko got in, no other table is filled. So Tuko can choose whichever table to take. And Tuko took the one nearest to power plug, to charge the phone.

There's a lot of Japanese books being provided by the cashier. So if there's guest who can read Japanese, have a visit by the cashier's counter.

After a while, there's 2 more tables being filled by other guests.

 

Ok for the food, Tuko ordered Tonkatsu Shisen Ramen and Tori Karaage.

The ramen is not too shabby. The meat is nicely cooked. The meat is pork, so it's a non halal restaurant. Sorry again my moslem friends. The soup is not too thick and not overly rich of flavor. So this is a good base. But than the ramen is a little too skinny. If only they make it slightly fatter, it'll be fantastic.


Price for the ramen is IDR45,000 or around USD3.50. For this price compare to taste and amount per portion is a little bit over priced. I'll say IDR35,000 will be perfect.

The soup is actually even better than Hakata Ikkousha Ramen. But the ramen got lower score compare to Ikkousha though. That's a different ramen restaurant, but Tuko hasn't comment on yet. Will do that next time.

The karaage is really sucks. Too oily. Way too oily. And the fats are still easily found. You need to clean it up more and use a different oil maybe. Aside from the oily, the chicken's rather good. They did the marinating very well done. But again with cholesterol and fats to be considered. The lemon slice is too thin, you can't even squeeze out any drop from there. Please also redo this part.

The price for this karaage is IDR32,000 or around USD2.50. This is again way too pricy. I suppose you got to do a revaluing the entire menu.

For the drink Tuko ordered Hot Ocha.

Ok the ocha is just plainly dissapointing. What kind of brand do they actually use? Or how many times do they reuse the tea leaves? This doesn't have any taste of green tea. Just a plain hot tea.

Price for the ocha is IDR8,000 or around USD0.60. And it's free refill. Ok for this one you got the price right. Bravo.

After the meal, the waiter came over and asked for permission to take out the plates and bowls. And then they served a complimentary konyaku jelly.

Not too big to satisfy the stomach, only 3 teaspoonful to finish this. Well the taste is just an OK. Not too sweet, which is good. But the judging is still just and OK, not more.
After the bill came, there's additional of 3.5% service charge and 10% tax. Well this is very reasonable. No comment on this.

So will Tuko come back here again? Not until they redo the pricing. Because the food is actually not too bad. Only the pricing is a little off. Please redo.