My favorite item at Sushi Tei.

Excellent with the extra side of house sambal.

Cumi Bali's own potato balls. These were really well executed and they paired perfectly with the house sambal.

This was better than I expected! But it doesn’t compare to the cream corn one they have at Sushi Tei.

“Deep-fried mashed potato mixed with minced beef and coriander and coated with egg.” These are surprisingly and pleasantly smoky, and the best of everything I tried today. Goes great with the sambal belacan. Quite possibly the best bagedel I’ve had as well.

Gourmet Hokkaido pumpkin croquettes that I bought frozen and deep-fried on a second occasion after microwaving them on the first occasion yielded disappointing results. Follow the instructions on the package, kids and don’t be lazy like I was the first time.

Hokkaido Corn Cream Croquette

Sautéed rendang-flavored minced beef

Chorizo croquet, piquillo, pepper mayo

Spherical croquettes of beef and chicken, but mostly beef (I tasted none of the chicken). The contents had a gravy-like consistency. But let’s get to the star of the dish, which were the frites. These were solid chunks of potato, with crisp outsides and deliciously fluffy insides. Got it to go with the store’s MZ Special Sauce (Onion Frite & Kerrie) and the Garlic Frite sauce (which I preferred).

What can I say? I love pumpkin and I love croquettes! So I had to add Panko crumbs to the pantry (boo)! Adding maple smoked bacon to the pumpkin and onion filling was a game changer. For me anyway. Crispy on the outside and naturally sweet and savory on the inside, what’s not to party about in your mouth?!?

Hokkaido creamed corn croquette. I wish these were as readily available and affordable here as they are in Japan. 😋

So good! 🌽 😋

Traditional potato frikkadel

Not a bad way to repurpose all that chicken left over from making chicken soup and to finally dispose of all the breadcrumbs (from too many sourdough baking trials) taking up space in the fridge.

I guess these were decent.

Pumpkin Croquette

These were waaay smaller (~ the size of my thumb) than I expected, and for the (already questionable at the outset) price and less than stellar texture, I will not be getting them again.

Eating out in Japan can sometimes be an exciting guessing game, especially if you’re in the outskirts.

I thought it was a creamed corn croquette. Little did I know I would find out more than 2 months later via Google Translate that it was actually a creamed crab croquette 😳 🦀

I think this was ground beef.