Comments on: Wasabi Nami Japanese

By: Iwao

Iwao — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:34:41 +0000

Ohayou Kenji I have visited Medan many times and visited almost Japanese restaurant which included closed restaurant already Atami & Tenya in Medan.
Sorry I haven’t tried Tonkatsu in Medan but tried Chickin katsu in Sushitei.
I have chance to visit Medan wil try Tonkatsu, Katsu don or Katusjyu and let you know it near furture.

By: Kenji

Kenji — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:02:30 +0000

Hi Iwao,

No, I am not a Japanese. The name (Kenji) was given by one of my teachers when I attended a Japanese language school in Tokyo because it was hard for him to pronounce my Indonesian name.

Yes, as you said, when we order katsudon or katsujyu in Japan, the fried breaded meat which topped over rice together with egg and vegetable is usually pork (tonkatsu).

Since you have visitted Medan more than once, do you know if there is any Japanese restaurant in Medan which serves tonkatsu?

By: Iwao

Iwao — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:19:10 +0000

Hi Kenji ! Are you Japanese your name Kenji is same as japanease
I’m Japanese and visit Medan some times.
As you know tonkatsu is very popular in Japan and some restaurant served only tonkatsu which can serave many kind of tonkatsu.
Your mean of tonkatsu is katsudon or katsu jyu which searved tonkatsu with vegetable and egg over the rice, very nice!

By: Medan Indonesia

Medan Indonesia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:06:16 +0000

Sure Kenji, just email us when the post is ready.
Email us at contact[at]medanku.com
replace [at] with @

or use this form:
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By: Kenji

Kenji — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:46:56 +0000

Okay, I’ll translate those 2 articles when I have more time. But I don’ t have access to post them here. So I just send them to your email address and you post them later?

By: Medan Indonesia

Medan Indonesia — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:23:11 +0000

Thank you for your contribution to MedanKu.com Kenji,
by the way, if it is not too much to ask, since you are well spoken in English,
could you write your review for the food posts in English for us for MedanKu.com.

We could translate it but, it will be better if it is from you.
We will post the Bahasa version in MedanTalk.com

Thank You!

By: Kenji

Kenji — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:53:12 +0000

Of course! I am very glad you will do that. And please mind that when I said: “Medanese hawker food is the BEST in Indonesia” in my earlier post in this thread, that is the comment from a non-Medanese.

By: Medan Indonesia

Medan Indonesia — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:44:34 +0000

Cool! Can we have your permission to post them at MedanKu.com and MedanTalk.com?

By: Kenji

Kenji — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:30:05 +0000

I live in Manado now and am not a Medanese. Maybe you will be surprised to know the main purpose I went to Medan February this year is for tasting and taking the photos of Whore Rice (Nasi Lonte) and Kwetiauw Shen Tien Shia. I was an active member of www. sendokgarpu.com until the end of May 2009 (stopped as I don’t like the new moderator). These 2 Medanese dishes have been mentioned many times at the forum but nobody there knew how those 2 dishes looked like. Curious, I went to Medan via Kuala Lumpur by Air Asia (cheaper than via Jakarta as I didn’t have to pay Fiskal) .

Below are my articles on Nasi Lonte and Kwetiauw Shen Tien Shia. Maybe interesting for Medanese to see how a Manadonese explore Medanese food in Medan.

http://www.sendokgarpu.com/blog/2009-05-23/Jalan_-_Jalan/medan-hawker-food-series-1—nasi-lonte/283/#content

http://www.sendokgarpu.com/blog/2009-05-23/Jalan_-_Jalan/medan-hawker-food-series-3—kwetiauw-shen-tien-shia/302/#content

By: Medan Indonesia

Medan Indonesia — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:32:19 +0000

Where are you based now Kenji? Interesting how Medanese have traveled, studied and live abroad.
And thank you for visiting MedanKu.com and contributing your experiences with us.