Kura Japanese Restaurant, One World Hotel

Kura Japanese Restaurant, One World Hotel.

Kura in Japanese means a traditional storehouse built with thick mud brick walls, used for storing produce or family treasures. Lets see if we can find any treasures there!

Kura is another Japanese restaurant by the Rakuzen group. Located in One World Hotel, Bandar Utama, this outlet is tastefully designed using ‘honey comb’ like wall features. The interior is not your typical traditional Japanese house but yet it accentuate a sense of cosyness with a blend of modern design with traditional elements. They have a teppanyaki corner where they use iron griddle to grill or pan fried food. There are also rooms for private gatherings and in total the whole restaurant sits about 165 persons.

Front Reception

Entrance

Private Room

Common seating

The Food

Kura has quite an extensive menu ranging from teppanyaki to sushi to sashimi and the ever popular bento sets for those who can’t quite decide what they want at one glance. It is a good idea to go with a big group as you get to order a common pool of food and sample them without over eating. I was so tempted to order my usual sashimi / tempura bento set but decided to try another highly recommended chirashidon set. So in the end I order the Sakura Chirashidon Zen (assorted seafood on sushi rice set). My friends ordered the Sushi Udon Set, Rokkaku Bento Set and the Grilled Salmon Set.

Chirashidon

Sushi Udon Set

Rokkaku Bento Set

Grilled Salmon Set

Wasabi presented in a unique way

For the common ‘to share’ spread, we had the stamina roll (advocado & omelette roll topped with whole roasted eel) , the dragon roll (fried king prawn roll topped with advocado) , tempura moriawase, spider roll (fried soft shell crab roll topped with flying fish roe) and the tempura advocado roll. All the bento set comes with the standard miso soup, chawanmushi (steam egg) , salad and sometimes Japanese rice (depending on your combo). We also had the warm 'goodness' sake which was quite good as a starter.

Stamina Roll

Dragon Roll

Tempura Moriawase

Spider Roll

Tempura Advocado Roll

The 'Goodness' Sake

Ambience

The gathering there was with a group of friends so we booked a room for ourselves. Service there was quite efficient and they have ‘call buttons’ on every table to get the staff there to attend to us. The interior design was nice and the room gave us the privacy we needed and also the license to be a bit rowdy without strangers giving us any stares. As for the location, being housed in a hotel next to the shopping mall, parking is not an issue unless there are major functions going on in the hotel. You can just walk over to One Utama Shopping mall right after a heavy meal to do some shopping.

Special Guests

Verdict from my guests.
My dinner companion Ezzy, Hanny, Kit & Bonita. Their comments - Service was good. Location is not too bad. Lets talk about the food. Food presentation was quite pleasing. My Sakura Chirashidon Zen was okay but somehow I felt that we have had better ones at their Rakuzen outlets. According to Kit, the grilled salmon was a bit over done and the wasabi was not to our liking. It was mild and we have to drown our sashimi in it to get the kick. Nevertheless, in general, everyone agrees that the stamina rolls, dragon rolls and spider rolls, which we shared, was the highlight of the night. Another dish we didn’t get to order was the Wagyu Houba Yaki (wagyu beef grilled with Miso on Hoba Leaf). I heard this dish is really good. Too bad we miss out on this. You can try it when you check this place out and let me know what you think.

Location

Address -

Kura Restaurant

One World Hotel

Bandar Utama

Petaling Jaya

Tel : (03) 7726 9660

GPS Coordinates : 3.147597,101.617817

Extras

Opening hours

Mon – Thurs 11:30am to 3:00pm
6:00pm to 10:30pm

Fri, Sat, Sun and Public Holiday 12:00noon to 11:00pm

Food - Pork Free. Advisable to call to make reservations if you want private room