SUMO

Right smack in the middle of the USJ 9 commercial centre (across the road from USJ Taipan) you will find many restaurants. But one certainly stands out – because of its unique name, and that was how I ended up here.

As you approach this place, you are welcomed by red lanterns hanging in a neat row. As you open the door and walk in you will notice pictures of geishas adorning one side of the wall and lots of pictures of Sumo wrestlers fill the other wall.

This restaurant is run by a husband and wife team – Paul & Joanne. There aren’t many tables here, but there is a private room –be sure to call up if you want to be guaranteed the private room.

With a name like Sumo, I could only imagined that the servings will be large, if not huge! So let’s find out............

There were only 2 of us and we flipped through the menu a couple of times. I must say they have rather unique food that are often not found elsewhere.

This is what we walloped:-

Fresh orange juice (RM5) – very good. I liked the fact that it wasn’t diluted…truly thirst quenching.

Our initial order was the special sashimi bento which came with miso soup, a tiny bowl of rice which was half filled and chawan mushi (which by the way only arrived much later compared to the other components of the bento). This cost RM33. The sashimi was very fresh and we loved it.

Chawan mushi 'missing'

Finally it's here

We also had the ostrich bento set (RM19). Found the meat to be slightly tough. As both the bentos were absolutely tiny in terms of serving, we decided to order more food. No sumo portions…sigh!

These are California temaki & crispy temaki (RM7.50). I liked the temaki (hand roll) as they were filled with lots of fish roe.

The garlic fried rice (RM7.90) is served with some salad. I’ll go as far to say that I’ve had far better yakimeshi at some other Japanese fast food chain!

For RM4.50 we had 8 tiny pieces of kanikama maki. Nothing special…just ok.

These are ebiko (RM5 for 2 pieces)  and kanikama (crab stick –RM3.50 for 2 pieces) –once again, just ordinary.

Since many Japanese outlets did not serve this we gave it a try – Baigai Ajitsuki – snails… succulent and fresh. Worked out to be RM2 each.

After this we wanted to order dessert to complete the meal but were told they only served ice-cream…since I was having a cold, we made up our minds to just settle the bill.

Frankly I think service could have been better as I needed to keep signalling to the waiter to refill my green tea.

Address : 48 Jalan USJ 9/5P,
47620 Subang Jaya
Tel : +603-8023 1163
Mastercard & Visa accepted