Shunka: finally some real Jap food, too bad its fusion

I am only a partial Japanese food fan, considering that I love teppanyanki, but not sashimi, sushi but not the noodle. All along, there was a lot of pseudo japanese food joint around, with local version of sushi and probably udon with self made soup and so on.In Kampar, there was a limited choice of Japanese food, the only more authentic,

however ironic is SushiKing joint in Tesco. There is a new kid on the block though, the banners were announcing the arrival weeks before the opening.

Shunka, situated in Bandar Baru square, along the same row as GongHin dimsum shop. Basically it is just in front of Grand Kampar Hotel. As the name proudly advertise, Japanese and fusion, we were a bit skeptical especially the fusion part of it.

First of all, all the staffs were well trained. The welcoming greetings, thank you are all spoken in Japanese. Only my wife could understand that, I was blurred most of the time. The deco was rather nice, with even 2 partition which can be used as a private room.

The menu spoke for itself. Fusion japanese food. Not local version of japanese food (like sausage in your sushi type of food) but really fusion style. It is based on japanese snacks and food, but not the run of the mill kind of end product. Most of them are snacks, grilled, deep dried stuff. The usual udon noodle fare is there with some variety of fried rice. However, the usual teppanyanki type of food is missing, and there is (surprise!) NO sushi. The only sushi we found is in the snack section with deep fried sushi. Odd. However, you can even find sake, and wagju beef here for the BBQ. Not bad.

We ordered tonkatsu set (RM15.90) for my wife. Basically it is deep fried pork with rice, served with miso soup and eggs. The pork is really HUGE in portion and the meat is rather thick. As expected, it is rather plain, which they expect you to dip it in their special soya sauce. It tasted bit odd, not my wife fav though. I ordered omuyaki soba (RM9.90), basically is jap version of mee pattaya. Wrapped in big piece of egg roll, the soba noodle is more acceptable. However, you can only find 2 piece of pork inside, but the egg make up for the plainness.

Overall, the price was bit steep for a student town like this, though we can understand the japanese food is never considered cheap. We would also prefer authentic jap over fusion though, but it is rather refreshing to find some alternative of food choice here in Kampar

ratings: 3 Poink!

comments: not bad, just that fusion jap is not really our cup of tea.

Shunka Japanese

2323 Jalan Hala TImah 1,

Taman Bandar Baru,

Kampar

05-4661998