Daikanyama @ Changkat Bukit Bintang, KL

The above picture says it all; it can only mean one thing.

A surprise PARTY for Fat Boy Bakes!

Which means, loads of food and sake despite it being a Thursday night.

Where else can we hold the party but at the funky fusion Japanese restaurant/bar situated at Changkat Bukit Bintang; Daikanyama (not to be confused with some one nia's ma ("in cantonese, mom")).

Start with sardine jerky with japanese mayo which was served as a snack to cure the hunger pangs while the food arrived. Chewy and yet tasty, i mean how can anything with mayo not taste tasty right?

To make us feel healthier, theres a salad tossed with, erm, fried soft shell crabs. Oh so much healthier and scrumptious, i must admit.

Sashimi cannot be presented in its true form, one say. It has be be torched or seared (cant be too sure) slightly and rested on potato salad. Now, it can be presented and swallowed down in a frenzy.

By labelling it a fusion restaurant, you have no boundaries. So stuff some cheese into some bacon and serve, to be compared with the boring stinky asparagus with bacon (which by no means was bad at all).

A series of maki are served. You have salmon served with soft shell crab, unagi cheese and ebi roe and avocado with crab meat (i think). By now, i get the feeling that fusion japanese involves using alot of japanese items and when possible, use liberal amounts of mayo and cheese.

Did i just say over use of mayo? Tori Teriyaki. It is oh so yum though.

The Mayo is never ending, served with what looks like a fusion kakiage. With some random vegetables, we could find unagi, prawns and even fish!

The bacon fried rice, by this time was like a red traffic light. To "stop" for all those on the low carb diet. Well i had a few bites and oh so yum once again, although i can't see myself ordering fried rice in a restaurant.

We end with some japanese mushrooms stir fried with some butter which tasted so creamy that i suspected cream was used (oh i can so imagine the amount of butter used) topped with some bonito flakes.

Oh what a wonderful meal at Daikanyama (minus the mayo and cheese).

Ala-carte prices are not known but come in a crowd of lets say 20, it works around to be RM50 per pax to have a taste of everything. Sake starts from RM190 per big bottle (1.5 litre or 2 litre size).

Address and contact details:

42, Changkat Bukit Bintang,
50200 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-2141 0323

Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 stars. Minus the overused items like cheese and mayo (choose from the menu carefully) and this would be a 4 star restaurant. Cosy in the midst of KL city, take a quick bite or have a round of sake in one of the hip sake bars in town.