Genki’s Surprise
No, no, the place wasn’t called Genki’s surprise, but instead, it was Genki’s Kitchen, although they did surprise me to a certain degree when I was there yesterday.
Initially I wanted to dine in somewhere else, but it was closed, so I made a few rounds to find another place for dinner, and decide to step into Genki’s Kitchen. Genki means healthy in Japs, so the food must be pretty healthy, I guess.
Imagine me, alone, stepping into an empty restaurant, only to be greeted by four burly male waiters. -.-||. I felt so intimidated, alright.
From the menu, the restaurant serves mainly simple Japanese dishes, as well as fusion Japanese dishes and some Western snacks.
My appetizer, kappa maki. Upon placing my order, half of the burly waiters disappeared, into what I believe is the kitchen. Aha! So, they cooked the meals too. I was surprised, and skeptical too.
Tadaa! My set meal, pork ribs king rice with soup. Initially I had wanted to order just the rice itself, but my waiter recommended the more value for money set meal, which includes the rice, miso soup, a choice of iced coffee/tea and ice cream dessert for RM6.80.
Upclose. I must say, they are very colourful, and healthy too. The rice and dishes were cooked with minimal amount of oil. I find that the meat is a bit dried to my liking, but the taste made up for it. This kind of lives up the name of the restaurant, heh.
My dessert, only about the most unhealthy stuff on the table. For all the food above the bill comes in less than RM10.00 inclusive of service tax. Pretty much affordable, I would say, although it was quite intimidating. Even though it was dinner time the place was quite empty, likely owing to the fact that it was tucked in the more secluded corner of Melaka Raya, the row opposite Red Square Karaoke. What a pity.
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