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企理，舒適的火鍋。超級新鮮生猛又幾抵食的海鮮鍋。分量很適合二個人。即得一試。地方大，大夥人亦可。Decent, Clean and Comfy hotpot place. Suitable even for two. Very fresh seafood. Worth a try. >>>The last time I was here was more than 15 years ago! We asked the manager and was told that this shop had been opened in the same location for 19 years already. They dug out a basement and built two extra levels since I last came (digging and filling in basements is a very popular pasttime amongst Hong Kong politians nowadays. ) The restaur
Decent, Clean and Comfy hotpot place. Suitable even for two. Very fresh seafood. Worth a try.
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The last time I was here was more than 15 years ago! We asked the manager and was told that this shop had been opened in the same location for 19 years already. They dug out a basement and built two extra levels since I last came (digging and filling in basements is a very popular pasttime amongst Hong Kong politians nowadays. )
The restaurant had plenty of sofa seats and those were very spacious and comfortable. ( A little bit similar to those at "Sorobol"). I was told that they had a lot of VIP rooms at different levels too. Should be perfectly suited for big groups.
The menu had many different types of hotpots, some of those had a Japanese theme to it. Not exactly just shabu shabu, which is similar to the Beijing style lamb hotpot where you dip the thin piece of meat into boiling water and then dip into ponzu or sesame paste, but the soups provided here are more similar to Cantonese style hotpot and had a lot more variety, including tomato soup base, fish soup, Korean chilli soup base, and Sichuan chilli soup if I remember correctly, which is a plesant surprise. (Shabu shabu is not very exciting really.)
We ordered "Chango nabe": HK$320 for two persons.
Complimentary appetizer: First came the appetizers. Those were chili marinated bean sprouts. Quite good.
I was quite surprised to see a dish of dark soy sauce placed in front of us. As I was wondering what that dark sauce might be, we were served with a big plate of spring onions, chili and garlic! Definitely Hong Kong style hotpot, which I appreciate even more than the traditional shabu shabu sesame sauce plus ponzu. I didn't mind that at all.
The broth arrived first: 1/2 Fish soup and 1/2 Korean spicy soup.
The Korean chilli soup was similar to the soup pack of a "Shin Ramyun" (the spicy Korean instant noodle). This was just so so.On the other hand, the Fish soup was extremely sweet and tasty! Not "fishy" at all. This is recommended.
The beef and pork were also part of the chango nabe.
Beef: not sure what beef it was my wife though it was quite good.
Pork: Probably from Kagoshima. It was OK too. The meat taste wasn't particularly strong but not bad. It had a good balance between lean meat and fat. I was quite happy with it.
Then came the seafood platter, which consisted of:- Chinese cabbage: a lot of cabbage - all very fresh .
- Tofu: at least 10 piece of tofu. Quite smooth. Good.
- Abalone: x2 - super fresh - it' still alive
- Green Mussles: x 2 - also super fresh;
- Scallop x2 : also very fresh - this had quite a lot of scallop taste!
- Naruto Maki (鳴門卷): x 4 slices - chewy and sweeter than normal - nice!
- Chikuwa (竹輪 - 或稱"獅子狗卷" - 忍者小靈精一人物愛吃): x 2 tubes - quite good - above average.
- Tomato: Big, probably from Japan and definitely organic - big and tasty.
- Enoki: small bunch - fresh but ...well, just a small bunch.
Fresh seafood: What was noteworthy was that the seafood was very, very fresh! The abalones were still alive and kicking (well, maybe not kicking, but it was alive). Prawns, mussells and scallops as well.
So, definitely top points for freshness (if a bit scary) and very good value for the quality provided!
Seafood is definitely recommended!
The squid paste was also part of the chango nabe set. Those were very smooth and fresh. It had very good squid taste.
It didn't look a lot but was surprisingly filling. So definitely enough for two persons with average appetite! I'd say it's prety good value! However, I couldn't help but ordered fried fish skin. It's HK$38 for not a very big plate. Luckily the quality was good. The fish skins were very crispy and fresh.
Complimentary ice cream:
All in all:Environment: Pretty quite, spacious and comfy.
Service: Very polite and helpful.
Food: Very good quality and fresh seafood!
Filling meal set which also included pork, beef and squid paste. Great value for what you're getting!
Excellent for even just two persons. VIP rooms also available.
We sat there for more than 2 hours enjoying our chango nabe and bottled Kirin.
Recommended.
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原來本店已開了19年! 我亦在15年前來過。 裝修了，加了地庫及另外兩層。
有多種湯底選擇。其實較似火鍋。與"Shabu Shabu"有很大分別。 (Shabu shabu 相當如中式的涮羊肉，只是點的醬有點不同罷了。在金馬倫道的"616"較正宗。)
點了海鮮相撲手鍋套餐。HK$320。份量都幾多。很適合二個人。多數人應會很飽。
魚湯及韓式辣湯: 魚湯非常鮮甜。正! 韓式辣湯 - 似辛辣麵的湯底。可以。
跟餐的豚肉和牛肉 - 豚肉:肉味一般但肥瘦適中。 牛肉:好像不錯。抵。
墨魚滑: 幼滑兼有墨魚味。
海鮮: 超級新鮮生猛。鮑魚還是生的，蝦，青口，帶子全部很有鮮味。值得推介!
魚皮: 忍不著另加的。 香口又不太咸。
環境: 乾淨，企理。通風做得好。沒有油煙味。 有大量卡位，坐位舒適很有私人空間。
樓底高。地庫及樓上兩層都屬於餐廳的。有VIP房，適合大夥人。
服務: 友善，態度有禮。
如想舒舒服服，靜靜地吃新鮮的海鮮鍋，值得一試"砂煲"!
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在日本兩國看過相撲比賽。原來可以很刺激的。其中一點是兩位力士四隻手要全部接觸地面才可向前衝。只要有一位力士的一隻手還未觸地，雙方可以突然起身，無限次回角落灑鹽(驅魔)後再準備衝。高手有時蓄意暫停，籍此打擊對手的心理准備和銳氣。有點似跑手突然起跑來打亂其他跑手。有很多投技及抓技。一場相撲比賽一般30秒左右便完! 一天都有50-60場比賽。除日本人外，都有不小蒙古及東歐選手。"橫綱"是最高級的力士。其次是"大關"及"關協"。相撲手鍋是力士增磅用。肉類為主。再加大量米飯。
[b]Chango Nabe:[/b] "ちゃんこ鍋“ (Chango nabe - 相撲手鍋) is typically a sumo wrestler's main meal. We've tried a chango nabe at 両国 Ryogoku, Japan, the HQ of Japanese sumo. We had the chango nabe after we saw a real sumo tournament last year. The sumo tournament was extremely interesting! There is a surprising amount of technique in sumo and the sumo wrestlers were surprisingly fast in spite of their size! Most matches were over in less than 30 seconds! Anyway, the chango nabe there had a lot more chicken meat, which helps maintain body mass, and leek, instead of seafood.
Shabu Shabu: Those provided at "616" (TST) is more authentic. In fact, these were not shabu shabu in the traditionally sense as they didn't have sesame sauce and ponzu. Notwithstanding it not being authentic "shabu shabu", this is still a very good place to have hotpot style meal for two persons. The ingredients were very fresh, the seats were comfortable and there were many sets for one or two persons. Worth a try!
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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