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On the Valentine’s Day this year, many restaurants prepare
to serve the most romantic set dinners for sweet couples to spend quality
time. The Zuma Modern Japanese Izakaya,
my favorite restaurant also has the Valentine’s day menu. Basically the dinner set is a 12 course
set menu at the price of 3,800++
Baht. Each course comes with the variety
of ways for the couple to share and enjoy.
In this review of the Zuma, I will go over each course one at a
time.
Before getting to the savory items, let’s see what the Zuma
has to offer from the bar. For a
restaurant to be great, besides the atmosphere, the service, and the food taste
being the main factors; the distinctiveness is also a key factor for the
restaurant to be memorable – it is the creativity that differentiates from the
whole, making a restaurant greater than others.
For the Zuma @ St. Regis, they really present the dining experience in
their own style. There is not only good
food here, the cocktails are also brilliant.
Rare liquor choices are impressive – so creative that it will blow your
mind away. On the day that I reviewed
the Valentine’s day menu, the Zume came up with four new cocktail choices,
which are -
- Old Fashioned Orange Habit (Black Nikka whisky, umeshu,
candied orange and a hint of almonds)
- Tokyo Dream (vanilla infused Suntory Kakubin whisky, umeshu,
premium dry sake, lemon sorbet and fresh lime)
- Mandarin Fizz (Brokers gin, Ichiko Mugi shochu, fresh
mandarin, mandarin sorbet and fresh apple, topped with ginger ale)
- Yuzu and Mandarin Cosmopolitan (Grey Goose Citron, fresh
yuzu and mandarin, with a touch of cranberry)
All of these cocktails are never to be found elsewhere –
only at the Zuma @ St. Regis. These
drinks are presented beautifully in their own style but quite similar in flavor;
being tangy, surprisingly easy to drink, and more importantly easy for girls to
fall in love. Besides the signature
cocktails, common spirits are available as well. With all the choices of alcoholic drinks you
can think of, plus the extraordinary ones – absolutely make the liquor bar at
the Zuma the one of a kind.
I usually find a full course menu with about 8-course but
this time the Zuma is serving full 12 courses, which is the most I would ever
have in my life. If there were five more
courses, it would be like the 17 course classical French menu, which is the
full on culinary experience ( I don’t think we have a place offering it in
Thailand. As you might know that for a
typical Thai meal, everything is served all at once – not the serving style
that I am used to in the past. For many
people, different eating cultures may be difficult for one to adapt. Being an open minded people about trying
diverse types of food, I learn to respect the way other cultures eat. To me, eating in courses is truly
meaningful. It is an art of designing
and prioritizing the flavors for the best enjoyment of the ingredients used in
each course – just sophisticated. When
serving one course at a time, it is like the dining time is paced by the
kitchen, allowing the couples to slow down and enjoy the quality time
together. For this coming Valentine’s
day – The Zuma @ St. Regis will fascinate you and your date with the romantic
atmosphere and the classic pace 12-course dinner set.
First course was the fresh oysters from Kumamoto. What a great start for a couple – oysters are
known to be the aphrodisiac. Well, I
thought that this dinner was going to slow things down. Oysters might actually put the couples into
an urge to get home early and…
The second course was an easy appetizer – the Sliced seabass
with truffle oil and yuzu. It was a
simple sashimi style dish with a slightly salty and tangy sauce. The Ikura was perfect add on.
The third course was the Mizuna salad with slow cooked egg
and bonito flakes. The salad may appear
to be a homely one but the tastes blew my mind away. Its complex flavor was mysterious and I just
wanted to have another serving of it.
The fourth dish was the Sashimi assortment, consisted of
Golden eye bream, Shima Aji, and Squid. These
were an interesting pick – not commonly found at typical Japanese restaurants
in Bangkok. We are so used to seeing the
Salmon, Tuna, and Hamachi most of the time.
The presentation was breathtaking.
Its freshness was charming and delicious. I have had Sashimi and Zuma a couple of times
before and I am still impressed. If it
wasn’t so expensive, I would come here all the time.
The next three items were Nigiri and Maki combination. We had seared Salmon with cripy skin and
ikura. Then we had the Salmon and
avocado maki, which was the one with simplest appearance but the most
delectable of the three. The last on the
plate to try was the Spicy tuna roll with tempura flakes. I am not joking – I really loved these
sushi.
The eighth dish was the Grilled Hokkaido scallops with
grated apple and wasabi. The size wasn’t
as big since it is from Hokkaido, smaller than Alaskan scallops. Its small size didn’t make it any less
enjoyable. Being so fresh, the natural
sweetness was awesome with the light soy sauce and the spicy and tangy
sauce. I can only complain about the
serving portion. I want more!
The nineth dish was the Alaskan king crab tempura with red
chili dashi. I have had this menu
before. And for some reason it was more
delicious the first time. It must be the
first timer thing. So, have your
first.
The tenth dish was the Robota grilled kamichiku wagyu with fresh wasabi and artisan salts. Being a meat lover, this was a nice break from seafood. It was super super delicious. Everyone in the table loved this dish. I am drooling as I write this.
In the menu, the eleventh dish was supposed to be the White
miso soup with clams. Instead we got the
Saikyo miso marinated black cod wrapped in hoba leaf. This was a dish that I was going crazy for on
the last visit. This time the black cod
was just as amazing as the first try.
The presence of the Saikyo miso is not only shown as glazing at the skin
but it was infused throughout the chunk of the fish. Actually I am not surprised about because I
was told that the Black cod was marinated for three days. What a wonderful dish it is, this is a must
try dish at the Zuma @ St. Regis.
After all the savory dishes, it is about time to get sweeter
with your couple. For the Valentine’s
occasion, the Zuma will particularly serve the Strawberry hakkaido cream tart
with yoghurt ice cream and the Special Valentine day dessert – chocolate
raspberry mousse, roasted rice biscuit and milk ice cream. There is no way I could describe the beauty
of this dessert through words. The
photographs will speak for me. Honestly
I was afraid to start – ruining a work of art.
Once started, I couldn’t I tried every bit of it – the blackberry,
raspberry.
The Valentine’s day dinner set menu at the Zuma was superb. You will definitely impress your
valentine. For this special occasion,
the romantic atmosphere of the Zuma @ St. Regis couldn’t be any more
perfect. For your special someone that
is crazy about Japanese food, the unique culinary creation of the Zuma will be
absolutely overwhelming.
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