Thread: Scampy's unfinished restaurant reviews: Karuda: Ekkamai

KARODA JAPANESE RESTAURANT – EKKAMAI

Unlike most buffet restaurants, Karoda’s style is like any restaurant – just order whatever you want from the menu and it will be delivered to your table – if you’re lucky, you may even get it in the same order that you ordered it.

My dining companion, a French photographer, orders first and is soon presented with a bowel of Kimchee. I thought that Kimchee was an exclusively Korean dish, but maybe I was wrong – I have not set foot in Japan or Korea so what do I know??

I go straight for the salmon sashimi, and it doesn’t look too bad at first. I have to be fair at this point, because at 399 baht per head you ain’t going to get the good stuff, and that it certainly isn’t, but with enough wasabi in my soi, it passes with a C minus, that is until I feel a tiny bone skewer between my teeth.

Monsieur Jo orders Tako Yaki, a ring of balls which are a Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, ponzu, and mayonnaise. It looks like a Mister Donut ‘Pom-E-Ring’, so for a second I wonder if dessert has arrived early, but it doesn’t taste too bad.

I order some assorted sushi, whatever has rice in it – and fill myself up on salmon nigri, you know – the rectangular blocks or rice with strips of sashimi on top, and tamago maki – the cylindrical things wrapped in Nori which is supposed to be dried sheet seaweed but in this case is damp.

The salmon sashimi is unforgivable, it is dry and falling apart at the ribs

This is Japanese food for Thais who want to be trendy, or for people on a budget who don’t know any better. I strongly doubt any Japanese person would eat here, I certainly wou

Well it looks like you've picked up a bit of the lingo - from the menu that is.

I wish you nothing but the best in Japan, with all sincerity.

I found that any Japanese buffet in Thailand is poor quality , and as you say, Japanese people wouldn't eat there in a fit. Buffet restaurants are generally looked down upon in japan as stuffing your face is considered something for the low class/broke.
Check ouT 'nobu' in thonglor ( soi 12 I think) across the road from J-avenue. Dinner can be expensive but lunch is good and is about 200bt.

Oishi Grande FTW!

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

or for people on a budget who don’t know any better.

uhuh. so see you there ?