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2014-10-27
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The only kushiage specialist so far.Comfortable Japanese drinking place.Huge sake & socho selection.Open till late.唯一串揚專門店。鮮味海鮮串揚。提供大量燒酎和清酒。由晚上至凌晨4點半！夜鬼之選。 Hiden used to do very good Omurice and a variety of pork chops and steaks. They've now changed completely to being a drinking den that serves kushiage. Kushiage refers to food dipped in batter before being fried. Unlike yakitori, it's not restricted to chicken meat. It also includes other types of meat, seafood and vegetables.Now the place h
Comfortable Japanese drinking place.
Huge sake & socho selection.
Open till late.
唯一串揚專門店。
鮮味海鮮串揚。
提供大量燒酎和清酒。
由晚上至凌晨4點半！
夜鬼之選。
Hiden used to do very good Omurice and a variety of pork chops and steaks. They've now changed completely to being a drinking den that serves kushiage.
Kushiage refers to food dipped in batter before being fried. Unlike yakitori, it's not restricted to chicken meat. It also includes other types of meat, seafood and vegetables.
Now the place has a fairly traditional Japanese decor which consists of a bar area with about 12 seats surrounding the bar.
The menu is in Japanese and Chinese. All staff members speak Japanese, Cantonese and English.We've ordered a large number of kushiage. These photographs were from two visits:
Kimchi:
We started the night with something healthy. The kimchi used wasn't that spicy but was more sour instead.
Ika (squid) was good. Certainly not the frozen rubbery type one sees so often. The batter was cruncy and surprisingly, not too oily.You could choose to dip the kishiage in rock salt, ponzu and "sauce" (like a thicker version of HP sauce).
The quail egg was also very tasty but watch your choestrol level.
Fried eggplant and fried sausauges were also interesting. The sausauges had cheese as fillings. Those were also very juicy.
The grilled/fried sweet potatoes were very good and definitely worth trying. Those weren't oily at all. It was crispy outside and sweet and soft inside. Recommended.Mentaiko: Choose between raw or grilled. It's not as fresh as those served at specialist shop Tararanya but not complaints. Probably it's better grilled. Perfect with sochu.
The chicken wings were probably the Nagoya type, i.e. deep fried with a layer of sweet miso sauce and sesame. I think these were definitely better than those served at "Nagoya" and probably similar to "Sekai no yama chan".
Plum Crystal: The small cup contained diced Japanese plum meat with salmon (?) soft bones. A very interesting delicacy that should be very good with sake. Not bad with sochu either.
Shirako:Aparently very good for ...mens' health. Whether that's the case or not, it's still very tasty. The texture is a bit like tofu. The batter outside was again perfectly crunchy with the shirako inside still very soft and tasty. Perfect timing. Recommended.
Scallop:This was a definite hit amongst everyone that night. Served with tartar sauce and fresh salmon roes, the scallop was big and had a lot of umami. Definitely not to be missed.
We also had crab leg kushiage. That was also good but I forgot to take a photo of it.
There is also a large sochu and sake selection, which is really the main reason for coming here. I had a sochu mixed with habenero called "Raaa". It felt a bit like drinking tabasco! That certainly woke me up immediately.
All in all, the bill on both visits came down to about $400-$500 per head (including plenty of drinks). Not cheap but the quality of the food, especially the seafood, were really quite high. Another important point is the large amount of alcohol selection and that it's open till 4:30 a.m.!
Definitely a place I'll return to time and again.
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