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2007-10-22
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I am a novice to this site, but I can't refrain from jotting a word about this restaurant as a Japanese food (and culture and hotsprings...) lover.I popped in the restaurant for a look within a week of its opening in vest and shorts, but received a warm welcome, so I decided to stay for dinner. I had a drink, a Caesar salad and salmon with vegetables grilled in miso, rounded the dinner up with rice and miso soup. As expected, high quality ingredients and tasty food –apart from the price, they
I popped in the restaurant for a look within a week of its opening in vest and shorts, but received a warm welcome, so I decided to stay for dinner. I had a drink, a Caesar salad and salmon with vegetables grilled in miso, rounded the dinner up with rice and miso soup. As expected, high quality ingredients and tasty food –apart from the price, they are indeed good food, down to the tsukudani.
The main problem, I guess, isn’t about the food quality at all, it is the style that’s troubling. For a restaurant at this end, they really should show some finesse into their style... OK they have good Western food, and they have solid Japanese food, including some country style fares on their menu which may appeal to Japanese food novices, like kiritanpo and hosho grill... a great drink and wine list even my favourite Voss water... BUT does having dishes from both sides of the world mean MODERN JAPANESE dining as they claim?? I cannot agree on this one. Go to Yonemura in Gion or Kai in Ginza, then you'll find dishes like buckwheat pancake with sea urchin and caviar, foie gras on grilled rice ball, pasta with kono wata, cheese tofu, sesame tofu made with rice paste and not kuzu... those are modern Japanese cuisine.
To be fair, if one does not mind the price, this is a lovely den for good quality food –I am still looking forward to a proper modern Japanese dining place in HK though. (Preferably without the noisy crowds who cannot distinguish maguro from kihada.)
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