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2010-03-17
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Decor - Excellent lighting. Music is a bit loud - OK for 2-4 people, but larger groups might find it difficult to talk. We did notice some private rooms where rich men seemed to be entertaining young ladies with a lot of makeup.The type of Japanese restaurant where waiters yell out your order. Their Japanese is good but it can lead to some problems (see below)Food - Sushi is very fresh, at just the right temperature.Possibly the best robatayaki (skewers) we've had in Hong Kong. The vegetable
Excellent lighting. Music is a bit loud - OK for 2-4 people, but larger groups might find it difficult to talk. We did notice some private rooms where rich men seemed to be entertaining young ladies with a lot of makeup.
The type of Japanese restaurant where waiters yell out your order. Their Japanese is good but it can lead to some problems (see below)
Food -
Sushi is very fresh, at just the right temperature.
Possibly the best robatayaki (skewers) we've had in Hong Kong.
The vegetable options deserve praise. Even the more difficult options e.g. green peppers are done very well - full of juice. Eggplant, onion, cherry tomatoes, shiitake were all excellent.
The two types of beef (Australian / Japanese Wagyu) are seasoned just right; the meat is high quality. The Wagyu is especially marbled.
Service
Extremely responsive and understanding (at the end we ordered 1 rice and 1 noodle for 4 people and the waitress offered to separate the portions without complaint)
Calling out orders out loud can lead to some problems. They have a dual system - when we ordered the Australian Beef Skewer, they made a computer record and also yelled out the order - but they yelled out Japanese Wagyu instead. It caused confusion with the chef as the written order and the yelled order did not match. This was easily corrected, however.
The staff understand that robatayaki can be a long meal (ordering skewers one by one) and will serve up hot tea whenever.
Other
Either their suppliers had problems or the store is too popular - we started our meal at 8 pm, but many things were out of stock: Sea Urchin (uni), beef tongue, asparagus, pork, spring onion (tamanegi).
Conclusion
As noted, very expensive, but the quality is very high.
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