Omakase at TATEMUKAI Grand Indonesia

When it comes to fine dining, I always find myself willing to spend it more over Japanese food rather than other cuisines. Aside from how much I love them, I know how expensive a good quality of Japanese food can be. I always am a true believer in "you get what you pay for", and this Japanese fine dining really is a good example of it. 

Tatemukai start its business at late 2010. Tate-san, the head chef used to be the chef at Kinokawa, another upscale Japanese restaurant. If you've been to Kinokawa when Tate-san is still the head chef, you would see wooden boards with handwriting from the customers hanging on their walls. It's sort of the customers' way to appreciate the good meals Tate-san served them. 

When he left Kinokawa and join Tatemukai, the loyal customers requested the wooden board handwriting's tradition to be continued, so expect to see all that hanging in the walls of Tatemukai. 

They are one of the place who doesn't need any excessive publication in promoting their restaurant, explaining the sort of hidden main entrance. Unlike years ago when they just started, walk ins are now welcome, though reservation is still strongly recommended due to the seating capacity. 

Tatemukai only serve omakase, no ala carte or anything else. Omakase means "I'll leave it to you", so we don’t know what we would be getting but we could let the chef know in advance to not include a certain type of food. Example, my husband is allergic to prawn, so we let the chef know to not serve prawn for him. 

As they only serve omakase, all the seating are sushi bar type, for the customer to enjoy the chef's skills in preparing the dishes. We could ask in advance during phone reservation if you want to be served by Tate-san himself (only lunch, he normally won't be available during dinner), but since I know I will take pictures of the food, I prefer to not be served by the head chef. I know how all the professional chefs don't really appreciate if we don't eat the food as soon as served. 
Though I ended didn't take too many pictures as I think it's a waste to let those fresh sashimi left too long only for the sake of picture perfect. No no, won't do that.

It was funny, judging from the instagram posts I saw, I was so sure that the omakase won't make me full, since the quantity is so little and my tummy is always ready for tons of sashimi, but seriously we were bloated up half way that we have to stop. 

One omakase session will serve you 13 - 15 courses excluding soup and desserts, but if you are full in the middle of the session, feel free to let the chef know to stop the food coming. You will paid less of course. One omakase at Tatemukai cost 1.995k (after tax) per person, and as we didn't finish the full course, we were "only" charged 1.7k per person. I strongly recommend you to bear your tummy and have a full session as with only 295k difference, you have so many selections still to come. 

I'll have another omakase date with couple friends around this month, and I'll make sure my tummy can fit in all courses. And yes, hopefully I'll update this post.

ALL INGREDIENTS FRESHLY IMPORTED FROM JAPAN EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.  

Chutoro (medium fatty tuna)

Ootoro (tuna belly)

Otoro sushi (tuna belly with miso, edamame and foei gras)

Ikura (salmon roe)

Kanpachi (served with ponzu sauce)

Prawn sushi

Uni sushi & Scallop 

Crab sushi with foei gras 

Salmon belly (medium seared)

Beef wagyu grade 9+

Matcha shaved ice with ogura

Strawberry mochi

Tatemukai impresses me in so many ways. The quality, the freshness, the perfection. Everything you have heard about them, true.

I won’t write much on each specific items as if I do, you would read a lot of “delicious”, “fresh”, “amazing”, “so good”, "melt in mouth" repeating on and on, as all those words describe each and every single one of them. After tasting Tatemukai, I assure you, you won't feel sorry at all for spending that much.

If you are a true Japanese food fan, trust me, an omakase session at Tatemukai is very worth the splurge.

Tatemukai 

Grand Indonesia Shopping Town

West Mall Level 3A 

Jl. MH Thamrin No.1

Jakarta

Ph. +6221 23581807