Marufuku Udon at Jaya One, Petaling Jaya

We decided to go here based on the recommendation of a fellow food reviewer, with the promise of good affordable home made udon noodles. The atmosphere was not bad, though a bit crowded during lunch hour. We managed to get a table inside the restaurant fairly quickly and thankfully the indoor seating was air conditioned. They do serve other food besides udon but the name of the shop does end with Udon after all so we decided to try their udon selection. 

First off, we gave the atmosphere a 5/10 with the down side of being very crowded, which most definitely was not their fault. But if we said everything was okay then this would be a very short post right?

 The waiter managed to give our menus immediately upon sitting down, which was a plus point. After pondering a while, we managed to order our food though with some difficulty in getting the waiter’s attention. The service was okay, not super fast like McDonald’s fast but 7/10 okay.

N had the Soboro with iced lime green tea. The Soboro was described in the menu as minced chicken with tare sauce and onsen egg. Tare, our fellow food enthusiasts, is basically a general Japanese dipping or basting sauce that you can use during grilling as well as with sushi, nabemono and gyoza. At least that is what Wikipedia said. And it was quite cheap too, at RM 9 and  another RM 1 for the green tea. N rated his food as 8-9/10…he declared his love for the onsen egg repeatedly. Being a connoisseur of poached eggs, his declaration of the soft silky egg white with a perfectly firm egg yolk must have meant a lot to egg lovers of the world, though none to the rest of us. R, who joined us in this edition of food escapade had the same food as N. As usual, he ate his food in the usual thoughtful manner which can be confused with a poker face. Either way, we assume that his love for the onsen egg is comparatively less than Neoh’s for he rated his dish as 6-7/10.

J and S both had Tempura Seafood Udon with iced green tea because hey, what is life without some fried food? Boring. So, just to make it clear. J absolutely loved it . Like 9.5/10 love. Why not 10, you ask? You can if you want to, nobody cares actually. The udon soup was topped with crispy fried tempura prawn, squid, tofu and, shiitake mushroom and to put the proverbial icing on the cake…a soft squishy egg is placed in the middle of this scrumptious bowl. Priced at RM 12 with another RM 1 for the green tea, this is an absolute deal that you should not miss. The contents looked deceptively small but the tempura thingies can make you feel full. If they do not then the soup most probably will.

Having eaten our fast lunch, we left the restaurant in high spirits. Only then R told us in that “oh by the way” nonchalant tone that though the food is pork free, they do put sake in their soup bases. He did not have the heart to tell us earlier since we had almost finished our food by the time he arrived. Thanks, we guess. Hmmm, that is one sinister restaurant.

Here’s hoping for a future teetotalism review,

Honest Foodies Review Team