Pasta Zanmai, 1 Utama , Bandar Utama

Pasta Zanmai 1 Utama

After a long day at the office, I decided to splurge a bit to blow off some steam. So  I decided to head on down to Pasta Zanmai Japanese Restaurant at 1 Utama for a nice good dinner. William came along too as he has been wanting to try this place as well.

The interior of the restaurant

Pasta Zanmai is a chain of restaurants owned by a company called supersushi. It has a sister restaurant also in 1 Utama called Sushi Zanmai which sells the usual fare of Japanese food such as sushi (duh), Tempura, Sashimi, Teppanyaki..you get what I mean.

But Pasta Zanmai is Japanese food with a twist. Its Japanese Pasta.They not only sell pastas but have versions of Japanese pizzas as well which will definitely try next time we are back. They also run a Japanaese provision shop at the entrance of the restaurant selling lots of Japanese goodies.

Orders that night were:

Ebi Tempura Pasta with Sesame Sauce (ala carte)  RM26

Sirloin Steak Teriyaki Sauce RM30

Green Tea RM3

Ebi Tempura Sesame Sauce Pasta - Yummness!

First up to arrive was my prawn tempura pasta. Mmm…good. I like the way they did this dish as they used a sesame based sauce for the pasta. Very japanesey. They were generous on their prawns as well, giving us about 4 prawns.

Black sesame seeds as topping

And instead of topping off your pasta with parmesan cheese, we were given a small bowl of black sesame seeds in which we grind with a little pestle. Very unique and authentically Japanese. And it went really well with our pasta too. It added that little extra cruch and enhanced the already sesamey taste of the sauce.

Sirloin Steak Terriyaki Sauce

The meat eater in William was at large again, and he ordered the Sirloin steak with terriyaki sauce. Even though we ordered medium rare, it still came out to be pretty rare to me personally. But it was very tender and you can tell they gave you good quality meat and not to mention it was quite a big chunk as well. He ordered the set, so with the set comes a bowl of rice, miso soup and a bowl of japanese salad. He devoured it hungrily.

Japanese green tea

And as all japanese rituals go, we always finish off a Japanese meal with non other than green tea. We would have gone for their tempting desserts but we were full from the meat and pasta.I love green tea, its so soothing and zen like. Even pouring it looks zen.

All in all, will definitely be back as they have such a wide range of variety to choose from their menu. One time is not enough. I want to try the pizzas the next time. Looks pretty interesting. Anyone tried it before? Let me know..=)

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Pasta Zanmai, 1 Utama

G210B, Ground Floor Promenade,

1Utama Shopping Centre,

Lebuh Bandar Utama Damansara,

478000 Petaling Jaya.

Opening hours :  Sun – Thurs 10am – 10pm

Fri – Sat 10am – 1030pm

Pork Free

Tel: 03 77281210

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