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2014-07-08
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環境優美, 提供優質定食。性價比偏低但食物鮮度不錯。適合女仕們靜心進餐的地方。Elegant setting for quality Japanese set meals;Fairly pricey;Good service.Perhaps suitable for ladies who wants a comfy place to chat and have something light.This is not a new shop, but surprisingly there are not many comments on Openrice.Interior:It's located at the same building as Koshu, Ippaiya and Gokayama.The moment you walk inside the shop, you'll be greeted by one of the two Japanese chefs, who cooks as well as serves customers. The interior was si
提供優質定食。
性價比偏低但食物鮮度不錯。
適合女仕們靜心進餐的地方。
Elegant setting for quality Japanese set meals;
Fairly pricey;
Good service.
Perhaps suitable for ladies who wants a comfy place to chat and have something light.
This is not a new shop, but surprisingly there are not many comments on Openrice.
Interior:
It's located at the same building as Koshu, Ippaiya and Gokayama.The moment you walk inside the shop, you'll be greeted by one of the two Japanese chefs, who cooks as well as serves customers. The interior was similar to a smaller version Sushi Hiro with light-coloured wood typical of many sushi dokoro.
There is a counter area with about 6 seats, about 6 tables for 2-4 and 2 VIP rooms.
Most of the customers there were Japanese ladies.
This place seems to be family friendly as well. Sufficient room for baby cars and a separate room for family and active infants.
The odd thing about the background classical music was that instead of using smooth classical music, they used rather powerful classical music, which wasn't entirely relaxing.
Menu:
The lunch menu was rather interesting.
You get to choose 2 dishes [for $230] or 3 items [for $290] from the list (which is in Japanese and in English). You have to pay extra for certain items on the list. You'll be able to find most standard lunch set items in Japanese restaurants like stir-fried pork with ginger sauce, tempura, sashimi and less commonly seen items such as vegetable and tofu in thick broth and many vinegar based items. Appetizer:
Meal set: 5 types of Sashimi (+$60) and Tempura (+$20) I wasn't too sure what to order so I ordered something "boring", sashimi and tempura lunch
set.
What struck me the most was the petite size of the whole set. Even the miso soup at the top left hand corner was smaller than usual. The miso taste was quite pronounced and they also had siso leaves in the soup, which was rather interesting.The sashimi (hamachi & two other types of white bodied fish) were very decent.
The batters on the tempura were crunchy and the quality of the shrimps, sweet potato, shiitake and shishito was fine. However, it was gone in a flash.The Japanese rice was also of pretty good quality. It's just a small bowl but I believe you could have as much as you want.
I wasn't too satisfied with the meal because of the small portion and the price I was paying for the set. To be fair, the quality of the food was pretty good.
My wife choose stir fried pork with ginger sauce and tofu with vegetables in heavy broth:
She was happy with both items. However, I didn't think there was anything special about the pork. Those were fairly dry. The lunch sets at Ootoya were far more reasonable and tasty.Nevertheless, the tofu with vegetables in heavy broth was good:
Most Japanese people I know really like this type of thick broth, which resembles the type of thick sauce used in Cantonese cooking. The tofu was silky smooth and had a very nice bean taste. The thick broth had a nice mixture of soy sauce and dashi. There were many different types of vegetables in it as well. This was pretty good.Conclusion:
The service was very good and the decor elegant. The main quibble was the rather overwhelming background music.
The bill came down to about $250 per person. For that price, you could far more reasonable sets with the same, if not better, quality in many sushi dokoro such as Kosyu in the same building or places like Ootoya.
Nevertheless, worth a try if you fancy authentic Japanese set lunches with quality food.
I wouldn't rule out another visit.
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