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2023-04-26
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CitySuper, the ever popular high end grocery store chain that offers a variety of imported items from around the globe has always offered cooked meals in the form of takeaways and a food court. But now they have branched out and entered into an actual restaurant with service. A focus on their Japanese brands they sell, they have created a midrange Japanese restaurant.Located in the new Sugar+ building in Causeway Bay, the restaurant is spacious though not very big. It also has an amazing view of
Located in the new Sugar+ building in Causeway Bay, the restaurant is spacious though not very big. It also has an amazing view of Victoria Park below.
Menu is in English, Japanese and Chinese. You order by scanning a QR code that is in English and Chinese (though the categories are in Chinese only but it's easily enough to just click about). They seem to serve everything from sushi to udon to tempura. Just basically everything. All featuring the brands CitySuper sells. As I use a lot of their products for cooking, I'm fairly familiar with the brands and knew what I was getting into. Everything is in single people sets.
Each set starts you off with a salad. This was ok. Heavily dressed in Japanese salad dressing, the greens were fresh, the cherry tomatoes sweet.
After a bit of a wait, my lunch arrived. I chose the Saikyo Yaki Salmon Set with Jumbo Shrimp Tempura ($278).
It came with a miso soup that was ok. Not too watered down with the light taste of dashi.
The set came with an appetiezr of Japanese burdock salad. This was nice and savory.
The tempura consisted of the one large prawn, pumpkin and carrot. It wasn't too oily and it was very crisp. It was served with a bit of matcha salt. The prawn was just cooked. The legs were wonderfully crunchy like chips. But the tail couldn't be eaten as it was much too hard.
The salmon was nicely cooked with a crunchy skin. The seasoning was not too salty. I did love the pickled daikon as they used a bit of yuzu to make it not as sour but yet still refreshing.
The food was ok with some parts feeling like the takeaway I sometimes get from CitySuper. As there was such a variety of choices for sets, it felt like Ootoya but a bit more expensive. I should mention the service was amazingly attentative. I was sitting there waiting for my food but I didn't ask why it was taking so long. A wait staff came over and apologized for the wait and that my order will arrive soon. I though this was very nice of this person considering I didn't even mention it. It was ok but may return to try something else because they do let you collect points on your CitySuper members card.
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