This place is always full at lunch, not because of the quality of food or service I suspect, but just being full of bankers / lawyers from the Landmark vicinity with clients they want to impress with a well decorated and spacious restaurant with outdoor views. As a warning sign, one rarely sees Japanese clientele here or customers paying out of pocket rather than corporate accounts.
On to the food critique...
I had the daily set lunch, of HK$450 (!!!) including appetizer (choice of crab salad, tomato salad or salmon tataki), first course of chirashi don / sashimi / or nigiri, and second course of lamb with edamame puree, grilled sea bass or grilled prawn cold noodles. (You can add $180 to upgrade to miso cod or wagyu beef)
- Salmon tataki: This was actually the best out of three courses, the salmon was fresh, sliced finely and well-grilled to a slightly burnt finish
- Sashimi: Nothing stand-out here and honestly I could get much better sashimi at many of the boutique sushi restaurants in Central or Causeway Bay. The fish neither tasted particularly fresh nor unfresh; in other words, very mediocre. Tuna was not much better than Sen-ryo type quality
- Second course: My dining partner had the roasted lamb while I had the noodles. He said the lamb was a bit dry and tough, while my noodles were downright awful. It tasted like the instant noodles or cold ramen you could get in chain restaurants bathed in a tasteless sauce (not even spicy per the description, or maybe watered down for non-Asian tastebuds). The only good part was the prawns, which were fresh and springy. I had great difficulty even finishing half of the dish
No dessert and no coffee / tea, which are staples of most Central lunch sets.
Not a place I would recommend, even to out-of-towners.
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