Toranomon @ Grand Indonesia

Ever since I left LA 1.5 years ago, I haven’t been to a yakiniku / k-bbq place. mostly because i believe nothing beats the value and taste of the korean BBQ from k-town in LA (I’m still dearly missing those $25 all you can eat BBQs!)

That is, until I met up with my friend Elyse and she introduced me to Toranomon at Grand Indonesia. Elyse is yet another one of my online friends that has become an irl friend. We first met up in Singapore, and have since then constantly meet up whenever she’s in Singapore (which has been almost every month now), but oddly we never met up whenever we’re in Jakarta. I don’t really like going out in Jakarta due to the traffic and the fact that I’m mostly unfamiliar with the city, and also having to depend on someone else for transport (major turn-off for me). Elyse is a total foodie, especially when it comes to Japanese cuisine, so I fully trust her when she says we’re going to try a yakiniku place that is expensive, but GOOD.

Anyway, Toranomon is located in the super huge mall that is Grand Indonesia. Whenever I go there, i’m bound to find a section of the mall that i’ve never been to, just because it was that huge!

We immediately ordered some korean pancakes (not pictured), edamame (the green beans you see on the left) and a bunch of meat since Elyse has HSBC card and they’re doing an awesome 1-for-1 promo. I don’t remember what we ordered anymore because it’s been awhile, but they were ALL GOOD. You just can taste the quality of the beef on the first bite. I was in heaven!

The beef also came with two types of pre-cooking dipping sauce: salty and sweet. I mostly prefer sweet for the thicker meat and salty for the thin brisket meat. Then, you’re also given two types of after-cooking dipping sauce, which were also sweet and salty. I forgot which one I prefer on this one.

The meal set us back about Rp 300,000 each, which roughly translates to just above USD30. and this is with the 1-for-1 promo discount and the fact that we’re eating in a country where I spent USD10 on lunch for three, so yeah.. it was quite pricey. Will I go back? well yes, definitely. I just wish they aren’t that expensive and/or the 1-for-1 promo would last awhile.

They had a CUTE furikake holder! I WANT ONE! furikake is a type of dry condiment that you spread on top of white rice for a subtle extra flavor.

Afterwards, we went to visit a section of the mall that has rows of independent designers and unique stores with cute things in it. We walked away with a mystery box of tokidoki frenzies charm, which I’m now obsessing over.

I ended up with the momobella one, which i’m pretty happy about but I must have the latte milk box one!!

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