Sumire Japanese Restaurant - Grand Hyatt Jakarta

If I may ask you, what's your favorite Japanese Food, probably sushi and ramen are the most common, how about Kushiyaki? Skewered and grilled meat and vegetables, the most famous Kushiyaki is Yakitori (grilled skewered chicken). Last week, I went to Sumire Japanese Restaurant at Grand Hyatt Jakarta, dominated with Japanese, very busy during lunch time (remember it's inside a 5 stars hotel), convinced me that this place is certainly special.

the private room

sushi bar

This month, they have promotion for Kushiyaki set, starting with only IDR 265k++ salad, rice, and drink are included. First, it's affordable, secondly, it was sooo good. To describe my beef kushiyaki, it came on pot with charcoal on the bottom, they use certain Japanese charcoal that doesn't create too much smoke. Five skewers in total, asparagus, shiitake mushrooms, beef cubes,beef roll, and beef tongue. My uber favorite is the beef cubes, super tender and juicy.

Those skewers came along with a bowl of steamed white rice, salad, and condiments. We, Indonesians, we get used to with sambal while in Japanese restaurant the most common condiment for a spicy kick is togarashi. What is very special from Sumire? They have special condiment called sambal Lukman, found by Chef Lukman himself, no it's not fusion, but the sambal is a certain thing that made this place unique. As a fan of spicy food, I always get excited when it comes to sambal, I was a bit skeptic at first but surprisingly it was quite addicting and became a great pairing for the Japanese dishes. 

salad with yuzu dressing

sambal Lukman

What's even better, the dessert is included. Glutinous rice balls in slightly sweet coconut milk topped with sweetened red bean. Delightful comforting dessert, but ice cream is a must, so.. a scoop of matcha ice cream was just right to complete my lunch. Have you ever tried to dine at Sumire? Let me know, what do you think? And ohh please ask for their special sambal (because it's not on the menu).

Opening Hours:
Lunch 12 pm to 03.00 pm
Dinner 6 pm to 10 pm

Sumire Japanese Restaurant
Grand Hyatt Jakarta
Kav 28, Plaza Indonesia
Jalan M.H. Thamrin no 30
Jakarta

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