YUMEMIYA where you can enjoy Japanese Style Pasta

I have bought this K-Drama 'PASTA' for long ... just recently that I had a chance to finish it completely ... Of course again, it made me craving for 'Pasta' as its name says !!! The story of 'PASTA' is about a woman who dreams of becoming a successful chef at La Sfera Restaurant (an Italian Restaurant). She is now only a Kitchen Assistant which she need to work her way up to become a chef ... of course there's a man ... A man is the Top Chef (The widely recognized Italian Chef in Korea) as he studied culinary arts in Italy and started out as a chef assistant at one Hotel in Sicily. Yes, it's a kind of Light Love Story but I have to say that the food scenes especially during their cooking was excellent !!! It almost started from heating the pan, pouring the olive oil in, and till the finished products were on plate ... Knowing a lot about Italian Food, Pasta Dish, in the Kitchen, and top of all the Korean Culture whiche reflected to Italian dishes serving in Korea !!!

However, I have not seen any Korean Style Pasta available in Thailand yet ... Only one place that I can recall for a non-Italian Style Pasta in Central World names 'YUMEMIYA' which locates in Isetan Department Store ... Of course, it's the Japanese Style Pasta Place !!!

When we mean 'Japanese Style' Pasta, it means of course 'not at all Italian' which consists of non-traditional ingredients that you can see in Italian recipe. But of course it was a Japanese dish but was inspired by Italian cooking ... Yes Yes ... it's something unique to Japanese Culture which you can see even before entering the restaurant ... such as a lot of pasta dishes in display plastic or wax replicas at the entrance ... of course, it would be helpful for customers who want to know the description and style of Japanese Style Pasta serving inside ... this includes a greeting of 'irasshimase - welcome' and leading customers to table with a later serving a glass of water or tea for free (plus refilled) including 'oshibori - wet towel' for cleaning hands. In the case of YUMEMIYA, it includes light crispy snack (flour) with Tomato Bruchetta (spicy style) full with fresh tomato, onion, and basil & fresh chilli.




Now, let's talk about the dishes ... of course, all dishes are served with fork, spoon, and wooden chopsticks ... So Japanese Style !!! The first dish that I proudly show is 'Tofu Nikumiso Spaghetti' 190Bht - Spaghetti with minced pork sauce and bean curd miso paste ... Normally Nikumiso is great with steamed rice - It's a common Japanese dish but it can be with noodles, pasta, sandwiches ... Nikumiso is maded from ground meat, chopped green onion, minced garlic, minced giner mixed with miso paste (soya bean paste), sake, soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil. In some options, for more vegan or less calories, we can use firm tofu instead of minced meat ... but at YUMENIYA, there are both minced pork and tofu in.




This one is called 'Ebi Ika Okura Yamaimo Spaghetti' 220Bht - Spaghetti with shrimps calamari okura and yam Japanese Style ... This is the best mix I always love ... In fact all my be loved items are in here from okura and yamaimo (Japanese yam) especially when it's topped with Bonito ... The taste is not mild as you might think ... besides, it's the great combination between mild seafoods taste with mild veggy such as okura.




This one is for the one who love 'unagi (Japanese word for fresh water eels)' -- Unagi & Shimeji Spaghetti 250Bht -- Spaghetti with sea eel, mushroom and Japanese Pepper ... The word 'shimeji' means a group of edible mushroom in Japanese term ... Japanese belives that shimeji is rich in umami tasting compounds ... Therefore you can find a lot of mushroom insisted in this dish ... Yes, this is another fried mushroom (with a little of sauce) topped with grilled unagi & fresh green oak salad.




Another dish of mushroom Kinoko Spaghetti 160Bht -- Spaghetti with mushroom and chicken Japanese Style ... It's a kind of soy sauce taste mushroom broth combining when frying topped with nori seaweed ... so real Japanese Taste indeed -- light feeling while eating too.

While Tuna Wafu & Oba Fumi 190Bht is another Japanese one to try -- Spaghetti with tuna and oba Japanese Style ... wafu in fact is a kind of real Japanese style dressing consisting of soy sauce, rice vinegar, vegetable oil and could be added with some ingredients such as shiso, grated ginger, umeboshi, or even wasabi. Therefore, this one is using Tuna in wafu sauce mixed with oba leaves (chopped) similar to pesto sauce ... so light & so refreshing but still full with protein from tuna.




Now, look at the heavier one Carbonara Spaghetti 190Bht -- Spaghetti carbonara Japanese Style ... yes, it's creamy type of pasta ... but light feeling you can get from this as Japanese style with diced bacon (in fact pork meat with a little fat).




More of enjoying spaghetti -- now we can move to dessert ... Kanten-jelly with Red Bean, Chestnut, Dumplings and Vanilla ice-cream 140Bht -- a big bowl of desserts which we can select vanilla ice-cream either from ice-cream or sofe serve type serving with brown syrup and hot green tea ... for eating we need to pour the syrup on top for more tasty !!!

Another Japanese Dessert is Red Bean with Chestnut and Dumpling (which we can order either hot or cold) 110Bht -- This is the hot version full with mochi and a little pieces of chestnut.

Righ t if you want to enjoy light feeling of pasta and try Japanese style pasta ... a lot to select here with a kind of quick service eating place ... reminding it's not a kind of fully restuarant type (don't expect) !!!

YUMEMIYA
6th Floor Isetan Department Store
4/1-4/2 Central World, Rajdamri Road
Kwaeng pathumwan, Khet Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330
Tel : 02-255-9894