Zensai — Japanese Starters
Small plates to open the meal: silky chawanmushi steamed egg custard (plain, seafood or topped with ikura), crisp agedashi tofu, warming miso and clam soups, and chilled chuka salads of seaweed, octopus or scallop lips.
Order a few for the table while everyone works out what they want from the belt.
All 13 dishes on this page
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Z1
Chawanmushi
Steamed custard egg with fish cake, crabstick, shimeji and shiitake
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Z2
Kaisu Chawanmushi
Steamed custard egg with assorted seafood
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Z3
Ikura Chawanmushi
Steamed custard egg with seasoned salmon roe
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Z4
Agedashi Tofu
Fried tofu topped with sautéed shimeji and shiitake in dashi broth
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Z5
Miso Shiru
Fermented bean paste soup with tofu and seaweed
- Meat-free
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Z6
Asari Miso Shiru
Japanese short neck clams in fermented bean paste soup
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Z7
Chuka Kurage Chinmi
Seasoned jellyfish
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Z8
Chuka Idako Chinmi
Seasoned baby octopus
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Z9
Ebi Gyoza
Pan-fried prawn and vegetable dumplings
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Z10
Atsuyaki Tamago
House-made Japanese rolled omelette with dashi broth
- Meat-free
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Z11
Hiro’s Natto
Fermented soybeans with sweet and spicy mango salsa
- Meat-free
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Z12
Chuka Hotate Chinmi
Seasoned scallop lips
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Z13
Chuka Wakame Chinmi
Seasoned seaweed
- Meat-free
Pictures are for illustration purposes only. Prices are on the menu in the restaurant.
Where to eat it
Order zensai at any Sushi Hiro — six outlets across Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Klang, open daily 11:30am–9:30pm.