[NEW MENU] Kakuni by IPPUDO Indonesia

April 18, 2015

[NEW MENU] Kakuni by IPPUDO Indonesia

Finally, Kakuni is ready to serve at Ippudo Indonesia, Pacific Place Jakarta. I joined their new menu tasting on 29th March 2015 with Openrice Indonesia Gathering and so sorry i'm late to review about this fantastic Kakuni. What i love the most about Ippudo is the tender and tasty pork. I like the interior design in here especially the white and red bowl on the wall. I was introduced to Amanda as Marketing Manager and Mr. Miyazaki from Japan. They teach us about how to eat ramen and answer our questions, the are very humble.

On that time, Ippudo gave us Seasonal Chef Special. Here there are :

Kushi Katsu

Kushi katsu is also known as Kushiage, In Japanese, kushi means skewer and katsu means a deep fried cutlet of meat. This is a Pork Kushi Katsu, prefer to eat when still hot.

Deep Fried Squid with Nori

This is my favourite of course, the squid texture is tender and the flavor of nori is make this dish as a champion. This served with mayonaise and lemon.

Hot Potato Salad

The ingredients are brocoli, potato, cheese and tobiko. I love the brocoli inside and melted cheese on top. I'll try to make this hot potato salad to be my breakfast.

They introduce to us about the new menu of Kakuni which release on this April exactly two weeks ago. They are Shiromaru Kakuni, Karaka Kakuni and Akamaru Kakuni. The first one is Shiromaru Kakuni, when the waiter served this on the table, i am very happy because the pork is very big and looks tasty. For people who don't like spicy, this one is very recommended. Rich, creamy and delicious are the three words about this dish.

Second one is Akamaru Kakuni, Aka is means red and Maru means circle. Yes, this one is served with a red big bowl with a very tempting pork belly on top and miso sauce so the soup is not as white as Shiromaru.

The last one is Karaka Kakuni, this hot and spicy ramen is perfect for a heavy dinner. The portion is very big and the pork belly is also big too, i think is a portion of two. I choose hard noodle, spicy flavor in Japanese is not spicy as Indonesian people, some of us prefer to give additional Indonesian chili to make the spicy comes out. I really enjoy the three kind of ramen.

Thank you to Openrice for the invitation and thank you to Ippudo for your hospitality, i will come back for sure with my family to enjoy the Kakuni menu.