PETALING JAYA, Feb. 26 -- A food court isn't your usual go-to for Japanese food.

There's of course economy rice, pan mee, belacan fried chicken or even apam balik there. Maybe the only exotic item could be Sichuan food.

Hence, to my surprise, there's Japanese food opened by a chef with over 20 years' experience working in a hotel in Japan.

Turns out, I didn't see it as it's on a lower level from the main area that serves most of the other food.

One needs to trawl through the menu though to pick out the gems here.

It covers quite an extensive selection like tonkatsu, Japanese curry, rice bowls (donburi), udon, onigiri, tempura and even maki sushi.

While I couldn't order everything on the menu, I took a gamble and won with their comfo...