Delicious Niku Udon from Marugame Udon Sun Plaza Medan

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Many people have told me that getting married is like an exciting and thrilling adventure. However, I found an appropriate term for marriage. For me, marriage is like an exchange of culture, tastes, and behavior. I experienced it, just a simple example in my life. Before getting married, I never tried or ate Japanese food or Japanese cuisine. I am someone who really likes Japanese pop cultere such as jrocks, manga, anime, Japanese movies but, before marriage I only wanted Indonesian food and never

After marriage, changes in culinary and food tastes occur. I am influenced by my wife, my wife is the other way around. Almost every month we take the time to eat at Japanese restaurants, several variants of Japanese food or cuisine that we often eat such as sushi, ramen, udon, teppanyaki, yakitori etc. We have one favorite udon restaurant, Marugame Udon. We always visit and eat there regularly, especially when the restaurant is having a promo. Some time ago, we received information from social media, that the Marugame Udon Outlet at Sun Plaza Medan is currently having a half price discount promo for the niko udon variant. No need to wait long, my wife and I went there.

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Marugame Udon Sun Plaza Medan

This Japanese restaurant is located on the LG Sun Plaza Medan floor and it is very easy to find this restaurant. When we have passed the entry gate, he is right in front of our eyes. Marugame Udon is one of the most popular food merchants in this mall, and we can prove it ourselves when we come. This outlet is always crowded with visitors, especially during lunch and evening hours, it is difficult to get a seat and must be on a waiting list.

We arrived at 11 am, the condition of this restaurant has also started to be crowded by visitors. I immediately queued up to order our order. The ordering system at Marugame Udon uses a self-service system, customers will order the food variants they want to eat directly. After that, the chef will prepare our order, and we have to wait in line and then bring our own order.

Marugame Udon provides their mainstay Japanese cuisine menu, namely udon. For information, udon is a typical Japanese noodle that is white in color and has a thicker texture than other noodles. This noodle dough is very simple, because it is made from wheat flour, salt and water. Yup, Japanese cuisine and food is known for using simple and original ingredients. The variants of udon that we can order at Marugame Udon are distinguished by the type of sauce to be poured, such as beef curry udon, tori baitan udon, niku udon, wakame udon, kake udon, and also abura udon. In addition to the udon menu, there are also other side dishes that we can choose from, such as tempura, katsu, yakitori, or nori.

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Delicious Niku Udon
Because the order system is self-service, so when we just look for a seat that has been provided and can immediately eat this food. I ordered niku udon and nori, for drinks I ordered ice lemon tea. At Marugame Udon there are only two drink menus, ocha and lemon. We can refill both of them and there is no additional charge.

Niku Udon is an udon dish consisting of chewy and white udon noodles, doused in a delicious and refreshing niku sauce. According to the menu board at this Japanese restaurant, Niku means clear gravy made from fish broth, and this niku sauce has been modified to suit local Indonesian tongues. So, I'm also curious about the taste of this food. I often go to Marugame Udon, but I only order Beef Curry Udon for the 4 years I've come here, I've never ordered another menu, it's pretty consistent for one variant. I also ordered the niku udon menu because the price was a half day promo that day.

Niku Udon from Marugame Udon Restaurant has a simple look. One bowl of udon, clear gravy, topping with sukiyaki meat, scallions, chili pieces and fried crumbs. I can't wait to taste the gravy, the slurp tastes really good. This niku udon sauce has a taste that is difficult for me to describe clearly. I think the taste of this niku soup is very special and authentic, the taste is savory and the saltiness is just right. The saltiness may come from the shoyu (Japanese soy sauce) used for this soup.

The delicious and authentic taste of this niku soup blends perfectly with the thick and chewy texture of the udon. Eat it with a spoon and chopsticks slowly to get the right taste. The sukiyaki meat used for topping is also very delicious, as it blends into the flavor of the broth. What's more, I added lots of scallions and tempura crumbs in my udon bowl. The taste is very, very delicious and fantastic.

For one serving of Niku Udon and a glass of cold lemon tea, I only paid around IDR 40K only, usually I have to pay around IDR 50K for a serving of udon and haven't bought a drink. Okay, this is my story this time. How about friends? Do you also have a new taste in food after getting to know your partner?

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