Mentai

Recently I went to Sakae Sushi not once, but twice!

The first time was with Snorlax. We had a "buy 1 free 1" promotion with the Maxis app.

mentai zukushi, RM8.88 for a plate

The three pieces of sushi came with prawn, octopus, and white fish (I call it white fish because I don't know the actual name). The octopus was very chewy and even the fish was slightly chewy, so it wasn't very good. The mentai sauce was good though.

chicken teriyaki jyu, RM11.88

tempura & sushi bento, RM17.88

The chicken teriyaki rice was very good. As for the bento, it was a hesitant choice on our part. Snorlax wanted a tempura bento, and this was the only one. It it came with rice, it would have been perfect for him. As for me, I had wanted to try soba for some time now, but always hesitated because I was afraid I wouldn't like it. So we decided to share the chicken teriyaki rice: he gets his rice, and I get to try soba.

The soba was actually quite nice after squeezing the lime on it. I tried it without the lime first, but felt that it wasn't so good. The only thing is, it's still a cold dish so I am unused to it making a complete meal. (the same as when I tried Korean cold noodles)

That was the meal with Snorlax... then another time I went alone and made use of the "buy 1 free 1" offer for mini don with my Watson's member card.

gyu kinoko mini don, RM9.88

I knew that gyu was beef, but turns out that kinoko is mushroom. The beef was stir-fried with brown beech (shimeji) mushrooms. This was just as good as the chicken teriyaki rice.

tamago mentai mini don, RM6.88

Since this costs less than the other mini don, it was the free item. There were only four mini dons to choose from, and this was more special, and something that I would definitely not order when there are other dons to choose from. So I took this opportunity to try it. Tamago is egg, the Japanese rolled omelette. Actually in the photo from the menu, we can see the slices of tamago and the mentai sauce is on top (similar to the mentai zukushi at the top of the post), not fully covering the egg. I was surprised (pleasantly so) to see so much mentai sauce when the dish arrived.

The dish tasted good, but... I think I still need my meat. :P

Just a photo of both mini dons. The beef one arrived first, so I was already halfway through eating it when the second don arrived.

The prices above are all non-inclusive of 10% service charge and 6% SST. One thing to note was that even for the free items, we were charged for the service on those items. The actual price and the SST were the ones that were waived.

As for the title of the post, I thought it was worth mentioning that I usually don't order mentai dishes because they are quite expensive. So the "buy 1 free 1" deals gave us a chance to try some mentai!