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like raw sashimi, you will forget salt or teriyaki sauce. The fish
that it is uncooked because of was perfectly seasoned and
the amazing texture and the tasted better when dipped in

Japanese
freshness. Just dip it in the soy the special sauce made of soy
sauce to perfect the taste. For sauce and cayenne pepper
sashimi-enthusiasts, this meal which enriches the taste while

Lunch
will be a favourite the soft
and smooth texture will make
your teeth gradually sink in to
release incredible flavour.
Miyama at Hotel Borobudur is a completely The Kamaha Machi is
Japanese experience. considered a popular dish at
Miyama. This is the cheek of
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yellow tail fish grilled with
combining it with warm rice.
A meal at a Japanese
restaurant is not complete
without trying the signature
sushi dish. Since most
Indonesians like their food spicy,
Chef Omori combines smelt
grilled fish with mayonnaise

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Hotel Borobudur has long

been known for its hospitality,
its historic connection to the
city and of course for the food
served in its many restaurants. I
recently had the opportunity to
try the hotels newest Japanese
restaurant, Miyama. On entering
the restaurant, I imagined I was
in Little Japan. Kimono-clad
waitresses showed me to my
table, just past the centre of the
dining area where a teppanyaki
counter provided customers a
bit of theatre while watching
their meal being cooked. Along
the sides of the restaurant
were sushi and sashimi
counters too, all housed in a
very Japanese environment.
The ambience was warm
and cozy which will make you
feel like you were in a quick
escape to Japan because the
decoration and the interior
design in here was authentic.
You can actually pick the dining
area where the view is a very
beautiful Japanese garden or
if you want to have your lunch
without any distraction; Miyama
has a private room for you. The
restaurant has three different
kinds of private rooms, the
tatami and non-tatami private
room which are perfect for
family gathering and teppanyaki
private room where you can
spend time with colleagues or
even meet friends for a catch up.
The restaurant is also suitable
for a casual dinner with a date.
Little Japan
The view of
Japanese and cayenne pepper rolled in
Garden seen dried seaweed. What makes
from the
01 fish on ice inside of the this unique is they presented
Fresh premium restaurant. the whole smelt fish, so in one
sashimi with
leaf shape sushi roll you could see the tail
wasabi. and the head. The combination
between each grain of warm
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Smelt grilled rice, spicy taste and the crispy
fish sushi fish is perfect. The moment-
combined
with cayenne to-moment joys of eating one
pepper in it. mouthful of sushi after another
03 Fishs Cheek can merge into a blur of fish
Kamaha Machi bliss. We continued our lunch
is the cheek
part of yellow
with the best-seller meat dish
tail fish grilled Jyu-Jyu Rib Eye. Thin slices
with salt or 03 04 of rib eye are grilled on a hot
teriyaki sauce.
stone to enrich the taste and the
04 Pleasure accompanying sauce heightens
Served on Rock
Jyu-Jyu Rib the Japanese taste that reminds
Eye is thin me of teriyaki. Eaten with rice
slices of rib eye
are grilled on a this is a complete Japanese
hot stone. dinner experience. This Jyu-Jyu
dish is also available in Kobe,
Wagyu and even Seafood.
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For dessert, I had the best
black sesame ice cream. At the
Chef Tomohiko Omori first bite, this ice cream comes
combines the authentic taste of across a bit like green bean
Japanese food with Indonesian but in some way it is better.
flavours. As a starter, I was The texture of the ice cream
served the Genkai Premium was a bit rocky because this is
Sashimi dish which was not a soft serve ice cream type,
presented beautifully with a but provides a suitable, sweet
decorative flower and wasabi finish. The element of surprise
that was shaped like a leaf. the small ice chip made was the
Served on ice, the sashimi highlight of eating this ice cream
involved eight different kinds making this dessert the perfect
of fresh fish, each of which was way to end a meal white
delicious. For people who dont satisfying ones sweet tooth.

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