Mecha Uma

  Finally we got a reservation at Mecha Uma @mechauma after numerous attempts!! It’s our first time.  It’s right beside Starbucks in the RCBC building in BGC.  We follow Chef Bruce wherever he is.  Even when he was in BF Homes, we would drive all the way there.  It is always a memorable meal!!!   Love this! Chef Bruce @brucericketts drinking the coolest drink in town!!!
 He had just arrived from Niseko and Tokyo and bought some equipment and cooking accessories including knives   New hairdo too 🙂    Sea brim with Yuzu sauce   Tofu made from uni and egg with Hokkaido uni   Shima aji with Sake jelly- radish salad Sake and lime   Foie gras of the sea – monkfish liver on seaweed kropek with Ginger bud   COD sperm seared like foie gras   Rock fish paired with a puree of sweet potato in the broth of the fish with pistachios and cilantro with Sake  Getting ready for the sushi 🙂  Aji  Halibut with salt and Japanese lime  Saba   O toro smoked over charcoal – the burning smell of the toro fat is the smoke O toro smoked over charcoal  Unagi steamed grilled and cooked rice seasoned with Yuzu skin and wasabi stems kinome leaf ( leaf of sansho pepper) and leftover sushi rice popped – broth with dashi

 

Matzuzaka beef hip section – steaming in its own juices so it’s not oily – with burnt eggplant puree with Spanish blue cheese and Sake sauce

Sake kazu ice cream – white chocolate radish and pear candy made of cream cheese almond crumbs

Ala Carte MenuBestsellers coming out of the kitchen

Scallop Aburi  Toro Foie Temaki Wagyu rice  Regular visitor at @mechauma , Ricardo talking to Chef Bruce about what he will have for dinner. He comes weekly and he leaves it up to Chef Bruce @brucericketts to whip up something for him.

This is one of the dishes last night – Aburi O Toro with Uni
 So nice to see familiar faces at @mechauma Mark Martillano the cashier used to work at Starbucks @starbucksph MOA for 4 years and greeted us since he recognized Dad “Tito Jun” as they call him. 

MECHA UMA Accepting reservations only from 11am-8pm, Mon-Sat. (0917) 8557230 Open for dinner 6pm-11pm Mon-Sat. G/F RCBC Savings Corp Center, 25th St, BGC.