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2011-02-27
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Came here for lunch on a Wednesday. The place was never fully packed even though we were there at peak lunch hour, which is a surprise as the food here is good! Only problem is there's very few waiters. At one point, only one sleepy-looking waiter was serving the entire room of customers. Lunch sets here are a bit pricier than the typical Wan Chai lunch, ranging around $80, but worth it. It's got four courses after all: miso soup, steamed egg custard, entree and then dessert. Both starters were
Lunch sets here are a bit pricier than the typical Wan Chai lunch, ranging around $80, but worth it. It's got four courses after all: miso soup, steamed egg custard, entree and then dessert. Both starters were quite disappointing, however. The soup was too salty (even for me... and I'm the type to add soy sauce to rice) and the egg custard was pretty plain. The mushroom in the custard had almost no taste. Maybe this meshes well with the overly salty soup, but I would've preferred if some of that sodium from the soup went to the egg.
Thankfully, the food after was a lot better! The tempura was crispy and even came with a side of fatty tuna (though the fatty tuna was a bit too hard to chew). My mistake, however, was not ordering the spicy tuna rice that my friends ordered. I had a taste of the fish and it was fresh - chewy but not elastic. I'm not a huge fan of sashimi, but the spiciness masked the rawness. Generous portions too - one of my big-eater friends couldn't even finish the whole thing!
For dessert, I went with the western choice of black sesame ice cream. Sweet with a strong black sesame taste, and not too milky - it was very good in my opinion!
This place wasn't the best Japanese cuisine I've had, but I look forward to getting the spicy tuna rice next time!
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