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2011-09-29
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However nicely designed the MENU, interior design, servicing are, if the food itself isn't well-cooked and fresh at the first place, the fancy stuff is just a side-story.Jika Udon is one of the great examples to illustrate this point.On an evening that I could not recall its date, M and I were looking for a light supper to fill our tummies after having Cova's Pistachio ice cream (See my Cova's food review). We came across Jika Udon and decided to give it a try. We were brought to the bar table i
Jika Udon is one of the great examples to illustrate this point.
On an evening that I could not recall its date, M and I were looking for a light supper to fill our tummies after having Cova's Pistachio ice cream (See my Cova's food review). We came across Jika Udon and decided to give it a try. We were brought to the bar table in the busy hour. Looking at the colourful menu, I spent quite a while choosing what I wanted to eat. The photos and illustrations brought a lot of fun to the readers. Within a while, we put forward our orders and waited in an anticipating mood
Both plates of udon arrived at the same time. M ordered Udon w/ Kagoshima Black Pork & Assorted Mushroom w/ Pumpkin Sauce (top) and I ordered Udon with Chicken with Sauce. The appearance was not bad at first sight. We picked up our chopsticks and started to give it a mix and taste....Oh no, seriously?
I ordered Udon with Chicken with Sauce to play safe because I thought that it should be the easiest and best to cook and make to satisfy the customers. Here, this plate of udon has an extremly small portion, within a few mouthful of udon could finish the plate up. The udon itself was quite sticky, lack of moist and too 'thick' in the sense that it was too chewable. The chicken slices were over-cooked, hard and dried. That must be the case of the defrosting process for the chicken being not fresh enough, as well as the udon. With THE light Sesame sauce, it didn't really create the moist or a particular flavour to the dish. Just a slight taste of sesame..All in all, it seemed below-average to me.
As for b]M's Udon w/ Kagoshima Black Pork & Assorted Mushroom w/ Pumpkin Sauce, again a very small portion. Nothing special at all. The chicken slices were again, overcooked and dried. The pumpkin Sauce did brush the dish up a bit but seemingly little in terms of the quantity of the sauce...I was not too sure if the cumcumber slices matched with the overall ingredients and sauce of that dish...
With a quick try of the so-called 'Jika Udon', I guess the food are merely just processed food brought-in from the markets and defrost them before served.. I cook Udon with Chicken with Sesame sauce (cold) at home too and I have the experience of the procedure of cooking them, from picking up ingredients to serving, it seems pretty clear to me that what qualifies for a nice plate of udon.
Therefore, definitely not Jika Udon.
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