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主打清酒配對晚餐。食物精緻美味。清酒芳香撲鼻。誠意推介。Exquisite sake pairing dinner.Delicate & delicious cuisine.Recommended.85/100有一晚工作至頗夜，同事提醒我這裏有間日本餐廳是我一直想去的，於是我們三人便來一試。這店位於日街，位置較為偏僻，自成一角。店內地方不大，只有兩張四方台，六張吧枱，而上一層則有一間大房及私人派對，可容納約16人。After a long night at work, my colleague reminded me of this restaurant that which was open till late. We decided to check this out.Tucked away at an alley in Sun Street, the restaurant was small but elegant. It had a table for 6, a table for 4 plus about 5-6 bar chairs. We were told that a
食物精緻美味。
清酒芳香撲鼻。
誠意推介。
Exquisite sake pairing dinner.
Delicate & delicious cuisine.
Recommended.
85/100
有一晚工作至頗夜，同事提醒我這裏有間日本餐廳是我一直想去的，於是我們三人便來一試。
這店位於日街，位置較為偏僻，自成一角。店內地方不大，只有兩張四方台，六張吧枱，而上一層則有一間大房及私人派對，可容納約16人。
After a long night at work, my colleague reminded me of this restaurant that which was open till late. We decided to check this out.
Tucked away at an alley in Sun Street, the restaurant was small but elegant. It had a table for 6, a table for 4 plus about 5-6 bar chairs. We were told that a private function room for a maximum of 16 persons was also available.
這裏其實並不是一般居酒屋。主要提供清酒配對的懷石料理。師傅拍板的晚餐可以不用預訂，但若要有清酒配對的晚餐則要兩日之前預訂。據知廚師是從九州來的。飲品方面，除了一款「越前」啤酒之外便只有清酒。清酒選擇則令人覺得花多眼亂，幸好友善的店員對店方提供的清酒和食物非常暸解，驚他介紹的都非常給我們的心意。
我們當晚工作後實在太累，所以其實沒有心情吃太精緻和需要用心用神進食的料理。我們於是決定不點廚師發板或任何套餐，基本上跟隨店員的推介。
After having a glance at the menu, I realized that this was not a normal izakaya where you order late night beer & skewers. In fact, it specialized in sake pairing. Two days advance booking is required for sake pairing dinner. But for the Omakase dinner without sake pairing ($700), there is no need to book in advance. We were told that the Japanese chef is from Kyushu.
There was nothing but sake (good quality ones) on the drinks list. We were told there was one type of premium bottled beer.
We decided to go for a la carte.
The friendly manageress was very knowledgable with sake and very familiar with what they were serving and the appropriate sake to go with the food. So we basically followed her recommendations.
先來一客火灼太刀魚刺身:
聽說是時令。火灼之後香味濃郁，肉質爽口彈牙，剛好配襯我們的清酒「花春」。一口太刀魚，一口花春，果然是相得益彰。很讚。The grilled tachiuo sashimi was one of the top recommendations. Indeed, it was excellent. Grilling the tachiuo really brought out the lovely aroma of the fish oil. It was perfect with the bottle of sake, "Hana Haru(?") 花春, again recommended by the manageress.
沙甸魚刺身是廚師推介之一，賣相很特別，亦很新鮮美味:
味道與秋刀魚其實很相似，所以同樣適合點薑茸和濃味醬油進食。We also had sardine sashimi. Both the apperance and taste was similar to sanma sashimi. Don't forget to add ginger and dip it in the dark shoyu.
燒梭子魚配山椒:
燒得相當出色的一道菜。魚油脂香濃郁之餘有山椒來醒味，不會覺得油膩，讚。Barramundi grilled with raw sansho: This had a lot of fish oil, even more than the tachiuo. The sansho gave it a bit of a sting to neutralize any oiliness. One of my colleagues was extremely impressed by this dish.
這道菜不太記得名字。只記得是白身魚包著菌類和紫鬚葉, 同樣美味。
I couldn't really remember the name of the dish below. Only that it was some type of fungi wrapping a type of white bodied fish and shiso leave. Again, this very delicate and delicious.
粟米和炸明太子(前)與四件(カマス) 白身魚卷著小松菜和白子(後)的配搭亦很新鮮和協調。
這和魷魚并烏魚子概念上都是一陰一陽的配搭，不但精緻，口感和味道都很豐富。
(Back) Kamasu with Shirako and komatsuba, served with soramame.
(Front) Deep fried sweet corn and mentaigo.
These two dishes, and the dish shown at the photo below, i.e. Ika with karasumi, all seemed to have embodied the concept of yin & yang. Those all had light flavoured ingredients mixed with strong flavoured ingredients. There was also great contrast between the texture of the ingredients. I like the Ika with karasumi in particular as it was great with sake.
同事亦點了一客明太子汁燒牛舌，他們覺得牛肉味很鮮，口感亦佳。My colleagues ordered a grilled ox tongue with mentaigo sauce. They really enjoyed it.
最後點了北寄貝炒飯。北寄貝刺身或壽司大家都吃得多，但用作炒飯還是第一次。飯質有點像釜飯，而北寄貝即使加了熱仍然充滿了彈性而又不會過韌。Finally，a bit of carbs to fill us up. We ordered hokkigai (sakhalin surf clam) fried rice. The rice were more like steamed rice mixed with a bit of shoyu and mirin. I've never had cooked surf clam before. I thought the surf clam would probably be a bit tough after being heated. Fortuantely, it wasn't at all. The combination was pretty good.
埋單每人$1,000，連兩枝清酒。雖然這裡不是屬於宵夜裹腹的地方，但我都有七至八分飽。食物精緻美味，環境舒適優雅，店員殷勤有禮，我們都吃得很滿意。絕對值得一試。
The bill came down to $1,000 per head including two bottles of good quality sake. Highly recommended if you enjoy the delicate cuisines.
85/100
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