5 editor picks in Kuala Lumpur.
5 japanese places in Kuala Lumpur we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Kuala Lumpur | Japanese across every city.
Ippudo's Pavilion counter serves the Hakata chain's tonkotsu ramen inside Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur's busiest shopping and dining strip, daily.
OrderAkamaru Modern tonkotsu ramen with a soft-boiled egg.
TipIppudo was the first ramen house to name its broths by colour: Shiromaru is the white bowl, Akamaru the red one.
Zuka Izakaya grills skewers and pours sake on Level 7 of St Giles Mid Valley in Kuala Lumpur, a room set under crimson blossoms and lantern light.
OrderGrilled skewers and a mixed sashimi plate.
TipIt is a fusion izakaya inside the St Giles hotel on Level 7, so take the hotel lifts rather than the mall entrances.
Tanba Japanese BBQ and Hotpot grills buffet-style yakiniku and bubbles a la carte hotpot on the first floor of Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur.
OrderOrder the buffet-style yakiniku for the table grill, then a highball from the Japanese liquor list.
TipLarger groups can book the private VIP room, which comes fitted with a karaoke system.
Sushi Azabu, the Kuala Lumpur outpost of a New York sushi house, runs a 12-seat omakase counter at Isetan KLCC with seafood flown in twice weekly.
OrderThe 14-course omakase of seasonal nigiri, two cuts of tuna, rolled sushi and gyoku.
TipOmakase runs about RM388 to RM588 a head. The counter moved from Lot 10 to the ground floor of Isetan KLCC and is pork-free.
Sushi Ryu runs two omakase menus at an eleven-seat counter inside Platinum Park, Kuala Lumpur, with lunch from RM279++ and dinner from RM579++.
OrderAn omakase at the eleven-seat counter, with wild-caught fish served as sashimi.
TipIt sits in unit 3.3 on Level 2 of Platinum Park Tower 1, and two private dining rooms take larger groups.
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