Birthday’s Dinner at Dozo

We had dinner at Dozo on Saturday night, just before we went back to Medan the next day. The restaurant is located at Valley Point, which surprisingly, just 6 bus stops away from Queenstown! For us, it took less than 15 mins to reach the location (minus the waiting time).

The restaurant opens at 6pm for dinner, and we reached there at around 6.20pm. There was only one table occupied when we arrived, but was 80% packed by the time we left.

Dozo - Entrance to its large restaurant

I found that the table arrangement was… unique? (if not weird). When you first arrived, the menu card is placed facing AGAINST you. You can’t really read it unless you pick it up. I tried to think about the logic behind, but maybe it’s just about design.

Can't help but noticing the menu card placement ^^;

It was a 7-menu-course, and there are 5 selections for each course. As I haven’t fully recovered from my cough, I picked less sinful items – something raw or not fried. The food presentation was pretty good. The waitress was pretty attentive. They explained what is the food made of, and even how to eat the food (from left to right, eat with pickles, etc). Unfortunately, as the crowds thicken, they were a bit overwhelmed and stopped telling us about all those after the 4th Course :(

Here goes my selection for the 7 courses:

Chef's Selection of Assorted Platter ("Eat from center, then right and left")

Cold Dish: Platter of Air Flown Seasonal Sashimi ("Start with the prawn and finish with the left most item")

Side Dish: Stewed Beef Tendon with Puff Pastry ("Just eat the way you want it")

Soup: Infusion of Cepes Mushroom with Truffle ("Start with the truffle, keep it in your mouth for 10 sec, then the soup")

Main: Duck Confit

Drinks: Green Apple Mocktail (his: Ice Mallow Apple Melody)

Dessert: French Cream Cheese Cake (his: Super delicious Dozo's warm Choc's cake)

In addition, there is free flow of Japanese tea (I love the tea – it has some flower flavour!), some munchies, and a free birthday cake! Haha. The ambiance was pleasant with instrumental music playing non-stop in the background. We finished at around 8pm and yeah, I had good experience with Dozo :)

0 cough during the dinner!
ED