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2009-01-10
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Without being overly critical, I did find this HK branch of the Ooyota restaurant to serve food slightly below my expectations.First of all, let's be clear that Ootoya in Japan is purely a cheap eat place looking for a cheap set menu for lunch or early dinner. The layouts there are usually very run-down and its a place frequently patroned by business workers at lunch or overseas students.The HK outlet meanwhile is trying to escape from this fate, with much cleaner and hygienic set ups and quite
First of all, let's be clear that Ootoya in Japan is purely a cheap eat place looking for a cheap set menu for lunch or early dinner. The layouts there are usually very run-down and its a place frequently patroned by business workers at lunch or overseas students.
The HK outlet meanwhile is trying to escape from this fate, with much cleaner and hygienic set ups and quite an attractive, modern Japanese style layout.
The food is quite presentable and suggests it is approaching mid-range restaurant quality, although the problem is that the taste of the food hasn't escaped from its origins.
For example the Fried Chicken Donburi dish had slightly overly thick bread coating and not only that, it was ultimately too crunchy to be enjoyable. Another chicken dish involving a deep frying method as well, also was overly fried and reeked of overly used oil. The sauces were also slightly too oily compared to most Japanese food, suggesting that it hasn't lost its roots of being one of the cheapest restaurant chains in its native Japan.
The rice and soba noodles quality however are excellent, probably one of the best in HK for fast food outlets.
Due to the overly strong taste and thick batters of the food here, however, I must say I have reservations to come back here for their set menus. Even their Hon-Maguro Tuna Rice bowl has the fish marinated in a soy based sauce by default, which is too overwhelming on the palate.
I'm more inclined to order their less heavy options such as Udons and Soba noodles.
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