CoCo Ichibanya     CoCo壹番屋  

AddressShop 302,3/F, Silvercord Tower, 30 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
尖沙咀廣東道30號新港中心3樓302號舖
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CuisineJapanese | Japanese Cafe | Curry
Phone3572 0460
Price Range$41-$100
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    supragurl7
    49 Review(s)
    Rising Gourmet
    Baked curry rice Smile Apr 26, 2012  
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    Baked curry rice with shrimp and corn soup
    Baked curry rice with shrimp and corn soup
     
    I came before 12 pm and surprisingly there were only 2 other tables occupied. I came here because I saw that they have baked rice and their version looked interesting. The corn soup kinda dragged me in too.tongue So I ordered the baked curry rice with shrimp. The other choices were spinach+mushroom and chicken (i think it was chicken) They were all the same price. I also ordered the corn soup because I really like japanese style corn soup. I feel that the baked rice did not have enough curry sauce. In addition to the curry sauce there is also some cream sauce. I rather not have the cream sauce and be it cheese. I also did not like the shrimp because it was kinda salty and small. I should have gotten the spinach and mushroom one. The corn soup was good except it wasn't hot enough and there were no croutons.
     
    Recommended Dish(es):  Baked rice,curry,corn,corn soup
     
    Other Ratings:
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     4  |  
    Environment
     5  |  
    Service
     5  |  
    Hygiene
     5  |  
    Value for Money
     4

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    As I am not a meat lover I have always wanted to try this place when I saw the reviews of the curry spinach and clams.
    The first branch of this opened in Kwun Tong but there is nothing to do in Kwun Tong.

    The setting and layout of this restaurant reminds me of Saizeriya, and their curries are a high end and more Japanesey version of Ginza.
     
    cute diecut napkins
    cute diecut napkins
     
    The cutlery holder is similar to Saizeriya and I love the diecut on the napkins.
     
    Similar to Ginza, they also have pickles.
    Coco Ichibanya started off serving curries in Japan and then expanded internationally!
     
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    After browsing the menu, I was amazed by the choice they had from cheese curries to gratins!

    Gratins
     
    Asparagus, cherry tomato and cheese curry
     
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    Curries that I would like to try:
    Natto beans curry
    Clam and cheese curry
    Okra and cheese curry
    Fried quail eggs curry
     
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    Basically you can order the curries listed on the menu or you can create your own curry, but the first step is choosing the level of spicyness of the curry sauce, then how big you want your portion of rice to be, and finally the toppings.
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    The choices of ingredients for the curry was amazing, there were 28 which were: cheese, tomato and asparagus, kimchee, eggplant, spinach, mushrooms, clams, natto beans, okura and tofu, fried squid, thin sliced pork, vegetables, fresh prawns, fried fish, cream croquette, fried quail eggs, stewed chicken, bacon and spinach with butter, grilled pork and kimchee, crispy chicken, fried chicken, sausage, pork cutlet, prawn tempura, hamburger, chicken cutlet, seafood and thinly sliced beef.
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    For my curry I was greedy and wanted to try everything, so I chose the spinach curry as basic and added clams, okra and tofu and natto beans. I would have ordered fried Quail eggs too, but I forgot!
    I've never seen fried Quail eggs before, so that would have been interesting.
    As for the curry I chose not spicy and for the rice I chose 200g which is the smallest size and costs $5 less.

    The ingredients I chose were all fairly light in flavour and would not overpower the curry.
    As well as that, the ingredients I had chosen were beneficial to health!
    Okra is diuretic and rich in oxalates, Tofu and Spinach are rich in Calcium, while Natto beans are rich in vitamin K, reduce bloodclots, cholesterol and are said to have antibiotic properties.
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    When the curry came, it was loaded with all the ingredients I had ordered.
    I really loved the curry sauce, it was different to the curry at Ginza, the texture was similar to gravy with a prominent curry taste.
    I was impressed because it was not sweet.
    The ingredients I chose went well together because they were all light, and the Okra and Natto beans both had slimey texture.
    It was a shame I forgot to order the fried quail eggs but I will next time!
     
     
     
     
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    Lastly on the menu I was surprised to see shaved ice, I assumed it was a Taiwanese dessert!
     
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    Price: $99
    English menu: yes and there is a menu online as well.
    Service: Good
    Yummy factor: Brilliant
    MSG levels: none
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    Other Ratings:
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     5  |  
    Environment
     5  |  
    Service
     5  |  
    Hygiene
     5  |  
    Value for Money
     5

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    my tick-tick-tick =D Smile Nov 18, 2011  
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    Expected a long queue when we tagged down "CoCo Ichibanya" as our dinner venue - but japanese curry, with deep fried pork cutlet, with omelette rice? This very combination is basically a tick, tick and tick for me ; the best of three worlds! lollollol Ecstatic to find someone as enthusiastic as I was and so the venue was set.

    Did the queue bother us? Honestly - no.
    When you foresee something 'difficult' ahead (the queue), don't be discouraged, do your best and plan ahead.
    Of course, this I will not dispute, there are many other hopeless targets with unbearable, unimaginable long long queues; but the queue here (at least on that Saturday for us) was totally fine.

    Planned ahead, we (party of 2) arrived at 6:30pm. Got a ticket and waited in the mall with a few other people. We got a table within 15 mins! smile

    bowlENVIRONMENT
    Nothing exciting at all. Clean. The restaurant area was bigger than I imagined; and I guess that balanced off the WAIT to be LONG but NOT INSANE. Did not look like a "traditional" restaurant to be honest, it felt more like a "commercialised" cafe.. (by this, I mean not a cafe which you would want to chill in..)

    bowlSERVICE
    Again, nothing exciting and nothing terrible. Prompt and polite. No complaints.

    bowlFOOD
    I had ...!!
    deep fried pork cutlet curry omelette rice!!
    deep fried pork cutlet curry omelette rice!!
     
    AKA: "tick-tick-tick"

    The deep fried pork was good; not too oily, crisp enough and the pork was tender. I must confess there are other better places specialising in that. But what I was served was good enough to please me =)
    Curry - oh yum yum Japanese curry; not too hot and not too sweet. A bit hotter would be perfect to my liking.
    Omelette rice - egg was not over-cooked, soft and smooth. Good! (rice was just rice lol)

    And when the three met. Magic. Satisfaction. madmadmad

    My friend C had:
    deep fried pork cutlet curry rice with CHEESE
    deep fried pork cutlet curry rice with CHEESE
     
    C really enjoyed her dish too.

    Being a cheese lover, I actually requested to add cheese to my "tick-tick-tick" (to make it a "tick-tick-tick-tick"). The waitress politely rejected my 'invention' and request, explaining that it would ruin the "texture" of the dish - to which, I must admit I agree. tonguetongue

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    When I looked out to the entrance, I saw the queue growing. No one rushed our meal and we were able to take our time, enjoy the food and catch up.

    Life is full of drama, you can never plan for all circumstances and all contingencies.
    But when you foresee something 'difficult' ahead, don't be discouraged, do your best, plan ahead and enjoy.

     
    Recommended Dish(es):  咖喱吉列豬扒奄列飯
     
    Table Wait Time: 15 minute(s)


    Other Ratings:
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     4  |  
    Environment
     4  |  
    Service
     4  |  
    Hygiene
     4  |  
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     5

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    C:Y
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    Queuing up for the hottest restaurant in town is never easy, and it challenges your patience. It's not the worse when you've got to give up your first choice for something first, but the worst comes when you order the wrong dish after an hour or more queuing. Here comes my experience in Curry House CoCo...
     
    A Friday evening as I dated my Mother for a dinner at 一風堂. She arrived way earlier than me, holding 2 number tickets for both 一風堂 and Curry House CoCo. My classes ran late so it took me over an hour to meet my Mum..by the time I arrived, she had already been standing for around two hours (Sorry Mum!). Expectedly, two hours of queuing was not enough for 一風堂 on a Friday evening..we had no choice but to give it up but turned to Curry House CoCo, which we waited another 45 minutes or so...I kept starring at the MENU and the customers inside the restaurant, wondering what has been the magical ingredient that sparkled the interest of all these curry cravers out here shocked

    Once we got the table, we sat ourselves down and ordered two set meals immediately, due to our excessive waiting time to have finely decided the best choice (which I later realised it was kinda a wrong decision). Looking at the branding of the restaurant, it was a very homey kind of Curry House, something that you would expect finding in somewhere around the corner of a high street in Japan, publicising the "home-made curry" and the "non-commerical" type of atmosphere. I was indeed influenced by this during my experience in Curry House Coco.
     
    My Mother and I decided to give an additional HKD$20 for the Soup, Mini Salad and a drink (Cold Lemon tea we chose), which was something of a decent price I'd say. Too bad that my stomach was not entirely well that evening, I was not able to finish the drink or trying out the ice cream...must try next time! (apparently the ice cream was popular here!mad)

    The soup was Onion Soup. Quite a strong flavour of onion and seaweed. The mini salad is really, rather mini, and just like any other typical petite salad you could get from the cafes. I couldn't emphasis enough how the feeling 'home-made' had been keep on popping up as I had my soup and salad!
    Pork cutlet & Vegetable curry
    Pork cutlet & Vegetable curry
     
    Within a while, my pick arrived - Pork cutlet & Vegetable curry (a curry combination with vegetables). It was rather huge! I was a bit shocked by the quantity, but I think it definitely made a guy who had been waiting for more than an hour satisfied. The potatos were enormous! The plate was big! The Japanese rice was finally cooked - sticky and chewy - just perfect for curry. The pork cutlets were not bad either! It was fresh and carefully deep-fried as not to make it too greasy. With these being said, the ingredients were good if you eat them individually..but perhaps not together? I immediately turned rather full half-way..because pork cutlets were simply too much to take in along with the gigantic potatoes and thick layer of curry sauce! sad I had a hard time trying to finish the dish off (thank god I did at the end). It would be a lot better there was more sauce, and less heavy on the ingredients.
    Clam & Tomato & Spinach curry
    Clam & Tomato & Spinach curry
     
    My Mum's Clam & Tomato & Spinach curry had quite a bizzare look shocked but definitely a very health-looking dish! She enjoyed it a lot. I had a spoon, and frankly, I liked her's more than mine - at least there was more sauce involved! The tomato sauce was able to add in a bit sweetner the curry, successfully enhancing the overall taste of clam and spinach. A rather clever approach! smile

    To sum up, I really do think that I picked the wrong dish this time - never ever would I pick the Pork cutlet & Vegetable curry again! Instead, I should have picked some of the more famous ones such as the egg omelette curry or mushroom sauce curry? And I definitely have to try its ice-cream when I return, which was again, huge as I observed! shocked
    Note: Therefore, the judging for this food review is going to be based on the dishes I picked - but not the restaurant itself and the more famous dishes that I yet to try.

    Stay tuned! I'm gonna write another review when I return to Curry House CoCo! lol

    - Y
     
    Recommended Dish(es):  Clam & Tomato & Spinach curry
     
    Table Wait Time: 60 minute(s)


    Date of Visit: Oct 07, 2011 

    Spending per head: Approximately HKD110(Dinner)

    Other Ratings:
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     3  |  
    Environment
     3  |  
    Service
     3  |  
    Hygiene
     4  |  
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     4

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    PHToy
    20 Review(s)
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    Democracy with quirks Smile Oct 02, 2011  
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    We have been here a couple of times in the past month and have tried 3 different dishes. The curry with tofu is a bit plain (but that is how my wife likes it, and why she ordered it twice tongue), the curry pork cutlet is good, and the beef omlette is also good.

    What I really like about this place is that is an example of democracy in action. You can choose exactly what you want, from how much rice you get to how spicy the sauce is. There is a list of toppings you can add to your basic dish, so you get to eat exactly what you like, with no surprises. smile

    The only thing is that there are a few strange quirks here, such as:

    1. The forks are really curved and can be awkward to eat with. At first I thought my fork was just bent out of shape, but then I notieced that all of them were the same. shocked

    2. The toppings are served separately and some of them are served cold, such as the corn. Why serve something cold that is going to be put on top of hot food? huffy

    If you can't be bothered to wait in line for the ramen place 1 floor below, this is a good starchy alternative.
     
    Table Wait Time: 0 minute(s)


    Date of Visit: Oct 02, 2011 

    Other Ratings:
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     4  |  
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     4  |  
    Service
     4  |  
    Hygiene
     5  |  
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     3

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    sweetmonster
    88 Review(s)
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    Sweeten and filling JCurry Smile Sep 04, 2011  
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    B and I always want to try this lovely and talk of the town japanese restaurant that recently landed in Silvercord Center.

    This time,we could squeeze out and have a bite on it.

    Around 7 sth, we reached and found quite a small crowd waiting for calling. We got the tickets and then walked around first (never know we could skip few tables already but the waitress could help arrange it and sit in bar area)

    Okay, here we go, we were starving by then and thus, we added $15/each for the set (choose 2 out of 3, including soup of the day, veggie salad and ice cream). tonguetonguetongue

    Back to the delicacies, we ordered:
    Veggie soup - which i think is miso soup, taste nothing special and surpriseshocked
    Veggie salad in sesame dressing - It's fresh but not a WOW to me, but i always like any veggie combining sesame dressing, dressing penetrating the leavessmile

    MAIN:
    Mushroom x egg curry rice - WOW! I gave it the biggest WOW! It was definately mouth-watering (not only its presentation but the taste).
    I am not really into spicy and Japanese curry is absolutely awesome! Extra with cream sauce and some freshly-cut mushroom on top, i felt like heaven and currently the best i have ever had! tonguetonguetonguetonguetonguetongue

    But if more mushroom could be better and subliminate it!

    B's choice - Deep-fried pork chop x curry rice - B gave me some pieces and i felt just okay, as the coating part was a bit thick and the meat ain't that smooth but chewy. I prefer mine~~~tonguetongue

    Finally comes to dessert to round it up, 2 scoops for each with cookies and strawberry one. I like both of them and could eat fruit too. But since the rice already filled us 95%, we couldn't really finish our desserts!smilesmiletongue

    P.S. Staff there seems so green, during the time we dined, two staff broke glasses......which was really.....not professional for us! Should train more instead or hire more staff ~~~~~~shockedshocked
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Recommended Dish(es):  Mushroom curry rice
     
    Table Wait Time: 7 minute(s)


    Date of Visit: Aug 31, 2011 

    Spending per head: Approximately HKD75(Dinner)

    Other Ratings:
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     4  |  
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     3  |  
    Service
     3  |  
    Hygiene
     3  |  
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     3

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    davidchang
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    Smells great! Smile Jul 20, 2011  
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    The whole restaurant smells great as it was full of jap curry smell! I like their menu option of deducting $5 for the 200g rice option. You also get to choose the spicy level. from zero to seven if I remembered correctly. Basically if you don't want to have jap curry then don't come here since they really don't have much other option!

    chopstickThe pork slices jap curry rice was quite good, although not that much pork, just a few very thin slices, so I wouldn't say there's enough meat as a lunch.. however plenty of curry sauce to go with the rice. And of course my favorite is the vinegared red crunchy radishes that go perfectly with the curry sauce! smile
     
    Spending per head: Approximately HKD70(Lunch)

    Other Ratings:
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     4  |  
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     4  |  
    Hygiene
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     3

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    戴小姐
    5 Review(s)
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    Ichiban Omelette Smile Jul 18, 2011  
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    I had a mushroom omelette curry with cream sauce while my dinner company had a pork cutlet omelette curry.
     
     
    The little-bit-spicy-but-not-too-sweet curry went very well with the omelette and the cream sauce further enhanced the flavor of the dish. The mushroom played a good part in balancing the strong curry flavor and was just in the right amount.

    Did'nt get to try the pork cutlet one but my dinner company thought it was great.

    The soup and the salad were just so-so, while the iced tea (w. lemon) and the ice cream (2 scoops, with some frozen fruits underneath) were great. I just love bitterly-tasted drinks .tongue

    Will defo have a come-back.

     
    Recommended Dish(es):  雪糕,omelette
     
    Table Wait Time: 30 minute(s)


    Spending per head: Approximately HKD90(Dinner)

    Other Ratings:
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     4  |  
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     4  |  
    Hygiene
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