It was the day before Chinese New Year and we arrived at Mid Valley Gardens with growling stomachs. Amy had suggested “this place with very nice char siu” that turned out to be the Canton-i that was closed for the new year. We moved to Fong Lye for Taiwanese food but met with the same fate again.

Yuzu Japanese Restaurant
very classy interior, illustrated menu

Just when we were running low on ideas and high on hungriness, we walked by Yuzu and decided to go for it.

The restaurant was quite a bit bigger than it looked from outside the entrance. The interior is classy, comfortable, and best of all, their tables for four are actually big enough to hold 4 set meals. I get pretty irritated when the trays have to be slightly off the edge of table.

Yuzu Japanese Restaurant
the three sets we ordered, sushi, udon, unagi, chawanmushi, tempura, etc

We sat down and after spending some 5 minutes on the pretty big and well illustrated menu, I decided to go for the Nigri Sushi & Inaniwa Udon set. Horng ordered a set that includes unagi, kamameshi (iron pot rice), and tempura. Amy went for unagi bento, miso soup, and a chawanmushi (steamed egg).

And then Horny’s eye was captivated by this particular entry on the menu. Sliced kobe beef with stone grill. It took some 5 seconds before temptation took over and we decided to give this a go to welcome the year of Cow.

Yuzu Japanese Restaurant
kobe beef, YUMS

Food did not take long to arrive. The inaniwa noodle is a type of cold noodle that is served with soba tsuyu (noodle sauce) with some condiments such as wasabi, spring onion, and seaweed. It was smooth and has a very subtle taste that I like, very refreshing.

My set also came with the teapot mushroom soup (like the one i had at Ninja Jones) that I really liked. The sushi though, while very fresh, had just a bit too much rice for my liking.

The kamameshi from the other set was very surprisingly very good, tasting almost like a cross between very good fried rice and lotus leaf rice but yet different. The unagi too, received very good reviews from Amy and Horny.

Yuzu Japanese Restaurant
Horng, KY, and Amy

However, the most memorable dish has got to be the Kobe beef. RM 88 for a dozen thin slices of raw marbled beef. The alternating layer of fats and lean meat looked so good sitting right next to the stone grill with hot burning charcoals.

We grilled it just ever so slightly. With a dip in the sauce and down it went into the mouth. The texture was so tender and yet so rich and succulent. This was the best beef I’ve had so far. Amy was supposed to try only one piece since she “believes in kwan yin” and all but she ended up having 1/3 of everything. It was really very good and I would certainly have it again.

Map to Mid Valley Gardens
Yuzu is on the 3rd floor at Mid Valley Gardens

The bill came to be a bit over RM 200 for three of us. The sets were around RM 30-50 and the excellent kobe beef was RM 88. A very satisfying meal and I believe I would return to this place.

Address:
Yuzu Japanese Restaurant
T236, 3rd Floor
The Gardens
Mid Valley City
Kuala Lumpur

GPS: 3.118675, 101.676085
Tel: 03-2284 7663

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38 thoughts on “KY eats – Yuzu Japanese Restaurant at Mid Valley Gardens

  • February 4, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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    the wagyu beef saikoro cubes are also very excellent, so if you dont feel like it you dont have to pay so much for kobe. try the sashimi too next time, very fresh and they give real grated wasabi. try more of the individual dishes, i feel as if the set stuff and the individual dishes at yuzu are made by 2 different quality standards, so it gets even better!

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  • February 4, 2009 at 2:03 pm
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    there r the same ppl as ninja jones isnt?

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  • February 4, 2009 at 3:06 pm
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    Was the Kobe on special promo?? RM88 for the serving you had definitely cheap. I remember paying rm100++ for 5-6 miserable tiny pieces.

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  • February 4, 2009 at 4:19 pm
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    Ooo…might be going tmr if my clan wanna go too^^

    Cold noodle is Nice!! I tried before at Sushi ZanMai

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  • February 4, 2009 at 5:25 pm
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    Myhorng,
    AGREED!

    Paul Tan,
    Good suggestions, will do that. 😉

    lotsofcravings,
    I doubt it.

    Precious Pea,
    I think it’s on the permanent menu. 😀

    cumidanciki,
    Yah it was very good.

    hitomi,
    Make it happen! 😀

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  • February 4, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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    The presentation of the kobe beef is awesome!

    You can see the marbling effect very well. RM 88. Nice.

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  • February 4, 2009 at 5:35 pm
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    RM 88 for a dozen thin slices of raw marbled beef = so so MEMORABLE!!! will definitely go there too. Geee… thanks! 😀

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  • February 4, 2009 at 5:56 pm
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    Wow such an auspicious pricing for the Kobe beef. They should put a warning in the menu that the Kobe beef can make you ditch one’s religion restriction. Lol…

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  • February 4, 2009 at 7:53 pm
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    Jap restaurants in KL are really upping their quality in terms of ingredients n food served. Gd for us makan kakis!

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  • February 4, 2009 at 8:08 pm
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    I think we’ll kill (and eat) alot of cows this Year of the Cow.

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  • February 4, 2009 at 8:39 pm
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    well..to believe in Kwan Yin, one CAN definitely eat beef, ONLY if you are at home..when you are outside, it’s always fine to have cheezeburger BEEF~!!

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  • February 5, 2009 at 12:19 am
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    yatz] yea!!! cheeseburger beef best!! LOL =D hahahahah… futsal!!!

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  • February 5, 2009 at 8:50 am
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    while KOBE is good think Paul made a real good suggestion . . . .wagyu is quite the same bro. . . . .

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  • February 5, 2009 at 10:09 am
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    Mmmmmmmmm damn it, it’s making me hungry and it’s like 2 plus hours to lunch time! 🙁

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  • February 5, 2009 at 10:22 am
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    Huai Bin,
    As with the taste! 😀

    Jade Zheng,
    Bring me, spend me! 😛

    eiling,
    Hahhaha yeah I agree!

    ShaolinTiger,
    Yeah, was good!

    thenomadGourmand,
    True, true. 🙂

    Yiling,
    Oh yes, especially those Jap cows 😛

    Yatz,
    oOoo I’m not familiar with the rules. :/

    andrew,
    Hahahha come!

    sotong,
    You were already back in penang!

    foodcrazee,
    Yah, that’s true. I read up quite a bit about those (which might not be a good thing)

    Mellissa,
    So poor thing, come I feed you! 😀

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  • February 5, 2009 at 11:49 am
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    Went to Yuzu b4 too… It was really good!! the miso soup, cold soba etc. were all equally good =)
    I’m very hungry now! 1 more hour to Lou Sang Lunch! Can’t wait!!

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  • February 5, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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    damn it! it;s lunch time now and i’m freaking hungry. nicholas asked us to wait for him for lunch!! god damn it!! ur post didn’t help!!! wuwuwuwu

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  • February 5, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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    would love to spend u but not i am a penganggur marr~ nak petik anggur pijak ngan kaki pun takder anggur profit ilek. hahaha! get the subtext? i’m waiting 4 u to spend me!!! lolz~

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  • February 5, 2009 at 10:20 pm
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    hahaha I like your map.. 😀

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  • February 6, 2009 at 12:19 am
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    yuzu is run by the same people behind ninja jones..thus one can alwiz be assured of the food quality..the sashimi is awesome but comes with an exorbitant price..sigh $$$$$$$$$$

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  • February 6, 2009 at 12:30 am
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    Wah! Yum yum.

    can eat wif lenglui summore..

    more yum yum. hahah

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  • February 6, 2009 at 9:21 am
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    Rachying,
    Wahh lou sang is nice!

    Robb,
    Hahahha, ditch him 😛

    Jade Zheng,
    Oh nooooo! :X

    tom,
    Thank you 😛

    kampungboycitygal,
    OoOo, thanks for the tips! 🙂

    shaoweii,
    Hahhaa Amy will be very happy if when she finds out!

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  • February 6, 2009 at 10:30 am
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    paul told me abt this place since aages ago but i still haven’t visited it.. argh wagyu here i come!

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  • February 6, 2009 at 10:40 am
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    Fwah! Awesome setting and the food looks uberly good. And from the review, i guess they taster uber good too. Thanks for the tip KY. Will definitely go one day.

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  • February 6, 2009 at 11:22 am
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    tell you the truth, I went there once, and I wasn’t satisfied with the food there.

    Though the staffs were polite. Ahh right, I went there when they first opened with those special deals.. darn…

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  • February 6, 2009 at 12:20 pm
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    how come yu zu 乳猪 dont have zu 猪 one?

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  • February 6, 2009 at 12:58 pm
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    Chriso,
    Make it happen! 😀

    Kelvin,
    You’re welcome, do it! 😉

    DanielCtw,
    Oh well, maybe it’s time to do it again. 😛

    aeroplane1234,
    HAHAHAHAH teruk!

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  • February 7, 2009 at 5:17 am
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    reading your blog makes me damn hungry…

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  • February 9, 2009 at 4:38 am
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    Kobe beef. So tempting. I was said to be god son of Guan Di but I still eat beef. Who can resists such a good meat.

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  • February 10, 2009 at 12:45 am
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    jolene,
    :X

    Simon Seow,
    Make it happen!

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  • July 17, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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    good.>very nice must go back and eat again,becouse i get a member card already have 10%dis oh>> ha ha ha:>

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  • July 18, 2009 at 11:26 pm
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    angie,
    wah you’re hardcore!

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  • September 10, 2010 at 3:59 pm
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    You only talked about those good foods. Do you know that the trays the waitress have to carry are so heavy and they are paid only around 1000 RM per month and their working hour is from 10 am to 11 pm. Can you deliciously taste the food carried with the sweat of poor foreign girls , put into the servitude by Malaysian Business Men. Think Think

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    • September 10, 2010 at 4:59 pm
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      TT: this blog’s about diner’s point of view, and if you think these waitresses are paid very low, you should also think when going to KFC/McD, or buying anything made in China.

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