Kampachi Hotel Equatorial Kuala Lumpur Jalan Sultan Ismail Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: +603 2161 7777 www.equatorial.com/kul

Kampachi doesn’t just serve good Japanese food, it serves great Japanese cuisine. This grand old Kuala Lumpur institution revels in its unshakeable reputation and extraordinarily wide menu, which boasts everything from shirasu oroshi (young sardine with grated radish) and gyuniku shogayaki (beef with ginger sauce), to toro tataki (seared sliced tuna belly) and suppon zosui (turtle porridge). Its matcha (green tea) ice cream is legendary. Expect to find ingredients freshly flown in from Japan, including welcome rarities like freshly grated wasabi and whole Japanese melon, and seasonal gems like Yamaguchi fugu (pufferfish) served in myriad different ways.