Tora-Tora

Cumi (squid) ikayaki, beef yakiniku, and two bowls of rice

Hi, food lovers! Two days ago, last Thursday, I went to Tora-Tora -a popular japanese street food in Jogja- at KM 5 Kaliurang street. It's still around the area of Gadjah Mada University. It has two branches, the other one is at Gejayan street.

Tora-Tora seen from the east

It has beef, chicken, and seafood as basic ingredients. The foods have medium portion. The foods are divided into some of these types: Yakiniku (sweet with onion), teriyaki (grilled and salty), katsu (fried and crispy), wafuyaki (sour and tasteful with bean sprouts), and ikayaki (spicy and sour).

A long time ago I've been told that the cooker was the owner itself. He was a chef in a hotel. But I don't know that it was HOAX or not. One thing that I still remember is the cooker was (years ago) dressing like a chef from a restaurant.

The cooking process

The warung has some long tables, it can be used by a lot of consumers. You can sit in some of the mats in the south of it in an open area; without any table. You'll have a view of Kaliurang street and UGM at night. Usually the warung has a lot of consumers, tough.

The rice is served using a bowl, unique. The size of the bowl is quite small. I ate the rice using chopsticks but have some difficulties when the rice was almost finish. Huft. Maybe I need some excersice to use it better :p.

The view inside Tora-Tora

Pantomime street show

Cumi (squid) Ikayaki

IDR 17K

Cumi (squid) ikayaki

The sauce tastes quite salty. There're a lot of onion in it. It's so spicy compared to the beef yakiniku, I think it's from black peppers. I love the texture of the squid, it's so soft but still has the great texture of the squid. The sliced onion feels crunchy. The natural smell of the squid came out from the food. It has strong flavour. It has a lot of thin sliced cabbage and carrot with mayonaise. So crunchy and delicious! I tried to eat the cumi ikayaki with chili sauce but it does not match, the food taste is kind of ruined.

Beef Yakiniku

IDR 17K

Beef yakiniku

Some sliced vegetables with mayonaise

The sauce tastes so sweet. It's quite thick, like the sauce of ikayaki squid, but not spicy. It has strong taste and smell of ginger. The meat feels soft, It was easy to crush the meat. I like the texture, it's thin. It has strong flavour and has no onion in it. It has the same colour with the ikayaki squid but the taste is so different, guys. It has some small sliced beefs. There's no something too big here. The beef yakiniku is delicious.

I really like the foods. The portion isn't big (medium) but the taste is good. The display of the foods itself is nice. It's like restaurant foods brought into street. Good display and delicious but cheap, nice!

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Tora Tora

KM 5 Kaliurang street, Sleman, Yogyakarta

Food price range: 3K-17.5K

Opening hours: 06:00 PM