Eating My Heart Out: Sakura Japanese Restaurant-SBFZ

One of the restaurants that has been around SBMA for a long time but I didn’t get to try until now is Sakura Japanese Restaurant. And as the name clearly suggests, its specialty is Japanese cuisine. I love Maki and ramen and I decided to stick to something I am familiar with. When I ordered my food, I was a bit overwhelmed with all the unfamiliar food names in the menu. But I stuck to ramen and ordered Niku Udon and Matcha Mochi Parfait for dessert. My boyfriend then decided to have the Bento Special. While waiting, we were served an appetizer that I don’t know what was called but tasted fairly good.

Appetizer

My order came out first and I was not disappointed. The beef was tender and the soup was savory. The noodles are quite soft and thick and I think goes really well with the soup.

Niku Udon

I was feeling a little envious, because my bf’s meal looked really good and plenty. And all I had was ramen.

Bento Special

I tasted most of his food but I let him enjoy the sashimi and the shrimp, which I know are his favorites. I decided to order additional food and asked the waitress what’s their best selling Maki on the menu. She said there were two that she could suggest but many of their customers say that their Alaskan Maki was the best. So I ordered that. And boy was it good. I almost closed my eyes while I was chewing on my roll. It was by far the best Maki I have ever tasted.

Alaskan Maki

The flavors just blend so well in my mouth that even if I was already near full capacity, I kept eating my roll and I was able to finish it happily. But then the waitress came and asked if she should serve the Matcha Mochi Parfait, and I had to laugh because I forgot I still had one more food to demolish and here I am almost unable to breathe because I was so full.

Matcha Mochi Parfait

I am pretty happy that I was finally able to eat at Sakura Japanese Restaurant. And just to prepare you for how much you should expect to pay for eating really fantastic food, we actually spent more or less 2,000PHP for the whole meal. But I am not at all surprise with the price since I think that the food was very much worth it and I do plan to eat again at this restaurant, just let me recover first.