I discovered Kukusan Steamed Buns from browsing around Instagram. In their account, they're showing what looks like a Shoarma bread, but made with what looks like a Mantou (Chinese steamed bun) and with more interesting looking fillings. Kukusan quickly catches my attention.

That's why the earliest day me and Hypnoticade had a free time, we headed down to Sunset Rd. where this new eatery is located. About across the Sunset Point where Burger King are, three to four shops after the intersection, we found Kukusan. Since the palce itself has rather narrow shop front, there's only enough space for two cars, and some motorbikes. There are more spaces when the stores next door closed, just like when we're there.

There were some people at the moment but most of the place were empty. It was quite steaming hot as well inside, and I can only imagine how hot it was in the kitchen. The staff behind the counter later informed us that it is just their third day opening trial, hence there's still a lot needs to be done, including the air conditioning.

Glancing at the menu displayed on the chalkboard, I consulted the staff on what options available, and what their recommendation are.

While Hypnoticade choose the Tempura of Oyster Mushroom, my eyes were fixed on Middle Eastern Spiced Lamb Buns for two reason: good Middle Eastern food is a rarity in Bali, and it's been a while since I had a good Middle Eastern meal.

Banana Cinnamon, Mango Passion, and Citrus Gang

For the refreshments we chooses Banana Cinnamon for the little kid, Mango Passion for Hypnoticade, and I was interested to try their Citrus Gang.

While the Banana Cinnamon and Mango Passion came in the cute Mason Jar, Citrus Gang surprisingly appeared in a retro Rantang, a tiffin tin.

With the Citrus Gang, it's love at first sip! It has the refreshing citrus flavour made with three different kind of fruit: orange, lemon, and lime. Not only the juices it incorporates the skins too, making it sort of marmalade drinks.

The Mango Passion was fresh and sweet, it uses an almost ripe mango combined with the fragrant Passion fruit which makes it an aromatic juice. The Banana Cinnamon has a creamy and rustic taste, which resulted in a quite exotic flavour.

Middle Eastern Spiced Lamb and Oyster Mushroom Tempura

Both of our orders came in a single wooden serving plate, accompanied with the eating utensils in a tin bucket, which most we didn't use, only the fork to pick the salad.

My Middle Eastern Spiced Lamb bun provided a good punch of Arabic flavour, just like eating a fluffy Shoarma with the succulent roasted lamb, it was good! The Tempura of Oyster Mushroom itself provided a good combination of crunchiness with the mushroom's earthiness, and the creamy mayonnaise. They're both served with tangy rare mango salad, which turned out to be a lovely combo!

Rare mango salad with bean sprouts, tomatoes, mint and cilantro, fresh!

Spicy Beef Rendang bun, and Red Curried Duck

For the second round we ordered Spicy Beef Rendang bun, and Red Curried Duck. The Rendang hit the spot, and the slight modification of adding peanuts and fried shallot is greatly welcomed.

The Red Curried Duck itself tasted almost mature, pungent and slightly cheese like, but I liked it for its strong flavour.

Aftermath

After sampling out those varieties, if I have to choose only one combo I'd go for their Spicy Beef Rendang and Citrus Gang.

As it was their try-out day, so there was no price list yet, and we're quite surprised to find out that our food was also cost zero, in return for comments. Which we happily gave. (byms)

Note: Photos are taken using Samsung Galaxy Grand. 

Kukusan Steamed Buns

Sunset Road No. 1, Seminyak, Bali 80361, Indonesia.
+(62) 8786 0411 555

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Something different happened late last month with my beloved Picky Eater:

"Aa, koq aku pengen Sushi ya?" ("Dear, why do I want a Sushi?")

And I was like stunned on my seat surprised... after more than 6 years of patiently introducing her into this kind of food, it finally worked: she has an urge she never felt before, a Sushi crave! And already she announced that her favourite Maki (Sushi rolls) is the Salmon with Avocado, while her Sashimi favourite is Butterfish. As with the Butterfish itself, I think it's not the infamous Escolar but a White Marlin (Shirokajiki).

No more sushi-shy means now we can both enjoy a good sushi dinner without me feeling of having to drag her into a sushi parlour against her will.

Speaking about fear of food, do you happen to have food you used to hate, but come to like after some while? For me it's quite a lot. When I was way younger, I didn't even want to eat a chicken if it's not a white meat, and I have a high dislike for Carp, even though it's the major kind of fish people eat in Jawa Barat where I came from. As with beef, it has to be tenderloin and nothing else! Sambal? Spicy? A big no no...

Back to the sushi-shy; now comes the part which I have to bear the disadvantage of my achievement, just like when I successfully converted my family back in the 80s to like Pizza... Now I have to share... (byms).

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Rating:	★★★
Category:	Restaurants
Cuisine:	Asian
Location:	Cilandak Town Square

I always love viet food..especially the beef noodle.
dulu sebelum jamannya byk resto viet, gw slalu makan di sbuah resto yg skrg kyknya udah tutup dulu ada di Barito (yg skrg Sari Ratu) dan di dkt RSPI.

Waktu kmrn wiken pd mw ngumpul di citos, jadilah gw milih utk nyobain Do An - yg sblmnya gak ada dari kita yg udah pernah makan disitu.

Tadinya gw mo nyoba Fresh Prawn Lumpianya karena emang gw suka banget lumpia viet yg ga digoreng itu, tapi ternyata mayan mahal untuk 1 porsi yg isinya 2 potong hrgnya 25rb. Jadilah beralih ke makan besar aja mesen Beef Noodlenya (aduh di menu sih tulisannya bhs viet jd ga apal) hrgnya sih tmasuk mahal utk ukuran resto Pho2an yg laen, 38 rb. Henny pesen nasi + chicken saos pedes gitu (lupa jg nama Vietnya apah) en Diah pesen Nasi Goreng Spesial (standar banget :P). Menu-menunya termasuk mahal mnrt gw...appetizernya aja 25-30 rban, sementara main coursenya diatas 35rb semua. CUma minumnya sih murmer yaa...es teh2 doang ga sampe 10rb.

Ternyata porsinya masing2 pesenan kita gedaaaaa sekaliiiii...GLEK!

Lgsg diem, pucet bingung mikirin ngabisinnya gmn, scara ini adalah dinner dimana udah jam 9 mlm makanan sudah pasti tercerna jadi lemak (halah, mo makan aja dibahas).

ealaah...sambil ngobrol...gosip sana sini..eh lho kok...abis???..hahahhahaha
geblek deh, pesenan kita semua abis..bis...bissss ...tandas..

enak bgt ternyata beef noodlenya lebih enak dari yg biasa gw sering makan di Pho2 yg laen itu. Kalo menu yg lainnya sih blm nyobain juga, tp next time I'll be back lah...
cuman...knapa menunya mahal bener yak...(keluh)