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2009-03-07
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This famous shop with another outlet in Happy Valley was disappointing to say the least. Ordered many Yakitori/Kushiyaki skewers and all of them were below-average. Even though they only use electric grills here, in reality a lot of electric grill yakitoris can still have some chargrilled taste due to the fat dripping back onto the heater element and cooking the meat in its own fat/juice.1. Chicken with Negi - Chicken was dry, absolutely not chicken taste, no chargrilled taste, texture was tough
1. Chicken with Negi - Chicken was dry, absolutely not chicken taste, no chargrilled taste, texture was tough. The worst Yakitori I've had in Hong Kong by far in similar shops. 6/10.
2. Chicken Wings - Skin was not crispy and no taste, chicken inside had no taste. Very way off other Teba-saki's standards, which are usually hard to stuff up. It was like half steamed, half grilled. 3/10.
3. Beef With Spring Onion and Garlic- Beef was super thin, barely grilled and no chargrilled taste. Too raw as well. Problem = beef was so thin, but they didn't want to over cook it. SO IT HAD NO TASTE! 1/10
4. Chicken with Tobikko Sauce (crab roe which is not crab roe) - Sauce was not bad and resembles a bit of mayonnaise mixed with cream and the tobikko. Chicken once again, no taste at all, under grilled. 6/10
5. Beef Tongue - The best of the night. Some pieces were a bit tough whereas 2 pieces were tender. Seasoning a bit uneven however. At least this was slightly crisper on the edges and had some charred taste but not much at all. 7.5/10
6. Kurobuta Pork with Negi - Recommended by waitress but super ridiculously dry, NO KUROBUTA TASTE (compared to say Sake and Yakitori 醉燒亭 not far from here), yet no charred taste either. Rubbish for such an expensive stick. Super tough as well despite not being overcooked. 0/10
Probably had some other things but overall this shop is not recommended at all. Not even OK, but below average, especially considering each stick here is on average $22-4X, some even more, and most of them you have to order minimum of 2 sticks. *Note - some sticks at discretion of shop can be ordered individually.
醉燒亭 closer to Fortress Hill is much much cheaper and much tastier than here, despite there having worst comments for now - since they only opened for around 2-3 months, but its picking up and getting better than here by far.
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