Being the one and only established Japanese restaurant in Muar, Sanga has a reputation to live up. Rumours has it that Japanese officers from near-by factories often dine-in here and sometimes booked the whole restaurant. So, here we are, to test out the quality of the reputed Japanese Restaurant.
2). Sanga houses a single shop lot, only a handful of tables inside the restaurant where you can enjoy the cooling air-conditioning in a hot and sunny day; where as there are four more tables on the outside for smoking customers.
3). I always start off with temaki (hand rolls) when dinning Japanese cuisine. In this case, I have ordered a Ebi-Ten Temaki (Tempura Prawn) and Soft Shell Crab Temaki. On the appearance, the hand rolls do look appealing, however the fillings were cold and ain't crunchy enough. Nothing to complain about, at least the rolls are made with Japanese rice.
4). The second to come is always sushi. This time is Dragon Maki, a sushi roll with fish roes on the outside and Ebi-Ten on the inside. Needless to say, the roll is very tempting with each piece of sushi is cut into even size. The taste didn't disappoint me either, each piece is cut into correct mouthful size, where you can tuck in the whole piece. The tempura prawn is still warm and crunchy on the inside of the roll. This easily is my dish of the day.
5). To make our stomach to the fullest, we got ourselves a plate of rice, which is no ordinary fried rice, it's a Salmon Fried Rice. It appears to be an ordinary fried rice, and where is the salmon? It was minced, mixed and hidden within the rice, where you can taste salmon with every bite of the rice. Not bad, at least, it is cooked with Japanese rice.
6). The meal ended with a bento (lunch box) set, which we will be fullest to the max after this. We ordered the Tempura Bento, which consists of Miso Soup, Japanese white rice, Tempura prawns and vegetables, Tentsuyu sauce and watermelon for dessert.
7). On the other side of the dish, there are some vegetables topped with Thousand Island sauce. As you can see, the Tempura consists of battered and deep fried prawns, sweet potatoes, eggplants and green beans. As usual, the bento has all the usual ingredients and balanced meal, I can say.
8). Although it is still below par as compared to other authentic Japanese Restaurant, Sanga still got what it takes to be well established in Muar, as there are still no other competitive restaurants around (except Sushi King in The Store). It is worth a try, if you like to have getaway from routine street food in Muar.
Sanga Japanese Restaurant (山河)
Address : 115, Jalan Abdullah, 84000 Muar, Johor.
Tel. : 06-9533115 / 06-9536236
017-6333915 (Poi Gee Pin - Chef)
017-6333915 (Poi Gee Pin - Chef)
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