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2016-03-01
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I was dining with some friends in The Pun and we decided to give this place a go, because none of us had ever been here before. Apparently the restaurant has been around for a while, but in another location not far away.It was a little difficult to figure out how to approach the menu. There's lots of Japanese-ified Italian stuff, which wasn't really what we wanted. They don't have any Japanese-style noodles like udon, so we decided to just get sushi and skewers.We ordered a few different types o
It was a little difficult to figure out how to approach the menu. There's lots of Japanese-ified Italian stuff, which wasn't really what we wanted. They don't have any Japanese-style noodles like udon, so we decided to just get sushi and skewers.
We ordered a few different types of sushi, but I think they were out of one and I forgot to take a picture of the other one we got. This was the striped jack, which I don't believe I'd had before. The fish was fine, but I have a personal and I admit unusual distaste for wasabi, which appeared not only on the side (which is fine) but also rubbed between the fish and the rice. The whole thing just tasted like wasabi to me.
The skewers menu is not extensive and we only found two that caught our fancy. I love shishito peppers, they're very similar to padron peppers, and are great when charred and judiciously salted. Sometimes they come with one of those Japanese things I'm not really big on-- I think Katsuobushi?-- but these were just salted, grilled peppers and they were great.
The beef tongue was reasonably tender, and had lots of flavor, naturally, from its marinade, from the fresh lemon you squeeze on it, and from the seasoning powder that comes with it. Everyone who ate this was a fan.
The fatty tuna roll was another wasabi-heavy roll, so whereas I'm normally down for fatty tuna, I was less excited about this. Again, that's just me and my bizarre preferences.
Pictured are two kinds of roll:In the foreground is the spicy salmon roll. This was very mayonnaise-heavy and mildly spicy.
In the background is the California roll with salmon on top. The salmon's a great addition and makes this roll quite robust.
This last roll was the softshell crab roll w/ avocado. Putting the avocado on top allows for generous portions both of the fried crab and the avocado. I was a big fan of this one.
We ordered the sauteed seasonal vegetables (or something like that) and were informed that all they had was cabbage. That was fine. When the cabbage came, it was extremely tasty: very garlicky and a little bit oily, still a bit crunchy-- even one of my friends who was quite skeptical of a dish of just cabbage was won over by it.At the end of the day, I was impressed by Sup 1. I probably would never have gone here, except that the group I was with wanted to go. As one of my friends said, the exterior seems a little intimidating. Additionally, the name is silly, and I'm not really a fan of Japanese-style Italian food-- I'll just go to an Italian restaurant if I want Italian pasta.
But I liked most of the food we got. The stuff I didn't like was more my fault anyway, given my aversion to wasabi. Being an inveterate American, the things I most liked were the inside-out rolls, especially the California roll and the softshell crab roll. I was also big on the veggies: the shishito peppers and the cabbage. I probably won't come back here, as I don't dine in Sai Ying Pun that frequently, but I wouldn't mind it if I did wind up back here.
张贴
