For my brother-in-law’s birthday, we had dinner at Edsa Shangri-la Hotel’s Japanese restaurant Senju.
We stayed inside a function room and each of us ordered a set meal.
I decided to share the “Ume” set (P1,145 per person) with my 5-year old daughter. It’s a full course meal complete with appetizers, main dishes, and dessert. It started off with Kobachi or Chef’s Appetizer. The Kobachi was actually pickled veggies. I actually enjoy munching on Japanese pickles. 🙂
It also came with Sashimi santen-mori, which is 3 kinds of sashimi, namely raw salmon, raw tuna, and crabsticks.
Then there was Chicken Teriyaki Salad. It was good but it would have been better had the chicken skin not been charred. Service was extremely slow that night and I was very hungry so I did not bother to have it changed. I just removed the burnt skin.
Ebi-kakiage (shrimp and vegetable) Tempura is served on the side. It’s deliciously crisp.
The main dish of my “Ume” set is Gindara Teriyaki which is served with rice and miso soup which are not pictured here. Like my Chicken Teriyaki Salad, my Gindara Teriyaki was burnt. As a result the fish meat was overcooked and not at all tender. I don’t know what was wrong that night but I simply peeled off the charred scales and salvaged what I could.
For dessert, there was Kurogoma Purin and Fruits Moriawase (Black Sesame Pudding and Assorted Fruit). It was okay.