Its strange isn't it? My friend initially refused to come here around 4-5 months ago - citing reasons of having received appalling treatment before. On my insistence and after finding out that its related to TATSU 達 (a pretty good place!), we came to try again during lunch time. And guess what - the service here is just as I was told and unacceptable. Even before we've finished out meal at 1:55pm, the staff GAVE us our bill then proceeded to turn off the restaurant's lights, how rude! Looks like my experienced TST dining friend was right all along.

Having said that, I'm only rating this restaurant based on its Food Quality.

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KATSU CURRY RICE SET -
The deep-fried Tonkatsu actually came with a below-average bread crumb coating, it was falling apart and slightly oily, but nevertheless acceptable since Katsu Curry's pork piece is normally lesser quality than plain Katsu served at dedicated restaurants! A typical Japanese lunch standard I shall add! The Curry Sauce however had more 'meat pieces' included than is the norm in Japan, and it was really very good and authentic - based on the more stronger spiced Japanese curry version than the sweetened, localised Hong Kong/Japanese style. Bearing in mind - making a good curry sauce is much easier than churning out perfect Tonkatsu's..

It also came with a few pieces of 福神漬 and the ice cold water correctly. Although it wasn't mentioned on the menu, this $85 Pork Katsu tasted just like a Japanese 黒豚 with its very special fat 甘味 - so I assume this was Kurobuta. The whole set was also pretty big - despite the salad and soup being a bit boring. ALL IN ALL QUITE SATISFYING vs PRICE, and much better and authentic than the one I had at 利久庵.
SCORE: 3.8/5

KATSU DON SET -
Friend ordered this but the sauce and the eggs/onion mixture wasn't done very well, also a tad over sugary. The previously deep-fried pork just like the above dish, having absorbed back the 'liquid' became a bit over-cooked and moistened, thus chewy in the process. It looked better than it tasted and wasn't a very good version of this dish.
SCORE: 3.0/5


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The Ice-Coffee I had at the end of the meal tasted nearly the same as the one at 元気一杯 and indeed many other Japanese shops - but here used a correct creamer and syrup, not evaporated milk over there! Not too bitter and not a bit acidic, this had a strong 炭焼 like influence and was an 'engineered-to-suit' taste and carried that artificially desired roasty aroma, just the same as supermarket-bought UCC coffee or certain Instant Coffees. No complexity or character whatsoever!

Some people might really like this because so long as it is 香&膿 and suits their expectations of commercialised coffee. Afterall, its just another variant of an approachable 'instant coffee' designed to be that way. I just want to say, this mentality of coffee expectation is probably what's keeping us from improving and catching up with the rest of the world - to many, this would be a good coffee. I'm not disagreeing ..... I've been down that path myself! But it can be like being too safe and eating unfresh Milk Chocolates or Kitkats or Toblerone or Godiva everyday and then becoming 'resistant' when introduced to eating fresher, representational artisanal Dark chocolates later on in life... its all part of a learning process. To me personally, 岡田 Coffee is much better and takes much more efforts, because it reflects the 7 x Coffee Berrie's origin and not just another single dimensional 'roasty' coffee but look how many crying faces there are over there?

But since I enjoy eating White, Milk and Dark chocolates and coffees and anything in between from commercial to artisanal - may be I'm not the right person to judge! As an analogy, its much the same as Hong Kong people always insistent on eating poor quality, farmed Norwegian Raw Salmon in Japanese restaurants. Very boring - but I do still like them and will say so honestly. PERHAPS I have evolved and enjoy Salmon that are the fresher wild versions more these days. As a foodie, the whole point of drinking coffees or eating food.... is that we don't become stuck at the same level all the time! It hinders growth for others !

Have you ever been to a restaurant, only to find that you are the only customer ? Would you leave, thinking that the place is not worth a visit since it is so unpopular, or would you rather stay and trust your own instincts ? Such was the situation we found ourselves in as we entered this very restaurant the other day for lunch. Fortunately for us, we had the benefit of prior experience to guide us, for we had previously been to another restaurant belonging to the same group, Tatsu, and we had a most enjoyable experience then; so at the end, we decided to stay. Situated on the 6th floor of a building, with the entrance of the building located off Cameron Road in a small alley, this place was indeed rather "hidden", and we were not surprised that few people even know of its existence; we only read about this place for the first time from a magazine fairly recently. Place was decorated in simple, traditional Japanese style with ample spacing between tables. The set lunch menu offered quite a lot of choices (more than 30), mostly at very reasonable prices. After going through the menu, we finally ordered a "Kichi" special bento set and an assorted sushi set. As photography was apparently not allowed here, we simply sat back and relax this time, while the chef busied themselves with the cooking inside the open kitchen. As all these were happening, other customers (mostly Japanese) started to arrive at the doorstep, and before long our lunch was served to us.

The assorted sushi set came with appetizer, soup, 10 pieces of sushi plus an egg roll, a small bowl of cold udon, and a coffee. The appetizer was a form of mixed stew with lotus root and other vegetables, marinated in a dashi-based broth, and was nicely done; the miso soup was freshly prepared and had depth in flavour, definitely not those run-of-the-mill stuff usually served in other local Japanese restaurants; the cold udon was nice and tangy and served in a sweet soy broth; egg roll was of the right texture and fine, although a bit lacking in flavour; and sushi were all reasonably fresh by lunch-time standards - the salmon belly and minced tuna sushi were particularly good. Coffee was ok. Overall speaking, although this set offered little surprises, still all the items were of reasonably high standard, and at ~$100 per set, it was definitely good value for money in our opinion

If the sushi set was good, then the Kichi special bento set was even better. Miso soup was the same as the other set and of high standard. Egg rolls were ok. The appetizers were the marinated burdock with carrots and the cold Japanese style pasta, both of which were refreshing and tasty. The cold tofu was also nicely done, served chilled with bonito flakes and a sweet soy sauce. But the true highlight of the set must be the grilled Japanese mackerel, which was cooked just right with cripsy skin and tender, juicy meat, being served with freshly grated daikon, and of course, well-cooked Japanese rice - a simply irresistable combination ! (Actually for this set, you could also choose fermented yellow beans and fried vegetables, instead of the tofu and fish.) Dessert was sesame ice cream which was fine. At ~$70 per set, the standard of the set was very high indeed.

My only negative comment for this place was for the service, which was quite lacking at times. Apparently some of the wait staff were just trainees and they were not adequately supervised. No one seemed to bother to refill our tea, and the bill arrived only after repeated prompting. Wish they could improve on this bit ... ...

Overall speaking a most enjoyable meal. We noticed that most of the items on the menu were not terribly expensive; perhaps this would give us the excuse to come back again to try the other items.

聽聞這間在太興廣場的日式小店的食物很有水準。老實說，店的商場位置就在港鐵站旁邊，但每次路過時總忽略了她的存在，況且再過數條街的棉登徑也能吃到同樣地道的日本料理，故此就算這裏水準再好，也好像提不起勁去光顧....

不過先後吃過旬菜富、道、見城及利久奄後，棉登徑內的食肆已吃得七七八八了。心想是時候到這兒試試了....

聽說在這兒拍食物照會被勸止的，但既然一場來到，故一早便打算非影到便誓不罷休。最後趁旁邊的侍應及大師傅未留意時偷拍了一張雖然品質較差，但總算是交了差

這裡做的主要是田舍料理，故此並不打算吃甚麼刺身壽司之類。看見午市menu入面有漢堡扒，正是本人之摯愛不來一份吃吃，怎行 ?

先喝一口miso soup，很清而且並不死鹹，喝完後沒有喇喉的感覺，是自家製的錯不了....

漢堡扒是用鐵板盛着的。扒上舖着一只太陽蛋，底部滿佈着日式蘿蔔蓉，賣相是極正宗的。最佳的食法是將那太陽蛋完用羹攪爛，蛋黃汁滲入漢堡內。一口漢堡再佐以一口白飯，跟着吃些蘿蔔蓉來消消滯。那種美味，真的非筆墨可以形容

這裏的hamburger steak肉質較鬆散，對小弟而言，還是從前紅磡三河屋的那種有點彈牙的口感更合口味。但這裏的勝在肉味挺濃，而且質地不覺很嚡口，肉汁也是充足的。論水準是不太差的....

侍應手腳勤快，話頭醒尾，論服務已是合格有餘了....

一百多大洋左右一個頗有水平的日替午食，也應滿足了

記十月中旬晚餐

跟友人吃日本菜，是日想吃煮物，棄「達」而來到同一集團其下的「吉田舍」，比較兩邊最大分別，是這邊「影相不要」。

要轉入內街大廈，每晚樓上樓下總迫滿客，奇景。訂了位，二人坐到吧檯，見到秋刀對辦，留下一味作燒魚，幾盆煮物看樣子吸引，每日大鍋煮出的薯仔煮牛肉、關東煮外還有汁煮鳳肝，餐牌也不須看，點下來佐啤酒。

先來一客漬物，清爽開胃，最欣賞微甜的漬蘿蔔，淮山獨特甘味也吸引，不錯。
薯仔煮牛肉炆得入味，薯仔炆得入味，牛肉加上甜而軟腍的洋蔥連汁亦不可錯過，若下點蒟蒻的話就更美味。

友人看到金萍蓮藕雙眼發光，自己也很喜歡吃這味，蓮藕切得工整，碟上不著多餘醬汁，味道盡入藕絲內，下了點芝麻，很地道的家常小品，與「達」那邊同樣出色。

叫了溫泉蛋，樣子對辦，鮮的木魚汁與滑溜蛋白是絕配，友人最後忍不住追，並叫來白飯伴吃，聽說是她在日本時的午間簡餐。秋刀魚原尾燒，皮焦而魚肉亦有微微濕潤感，友人搶著腹位吃，最精采帶著「甘苦」的內臟給清掉，自己有幸檢到些頭頭尾尾，還有多餘的白肉，叫了碗軟熟日本米飯作配，簡單卻美味。

氣氛很好，除了內地豪客醉了一點外，店員又不會加茶外，食物方面是很好的，笑談起對方在日本經歷，是稱心滿意的一頓飯，或者會再來吃火鍋，如果店方通容一下可以拍照的話。

話說轉左新公司都3個月...阿吉話要同大家食一餐好既~~~
佢呢個新鮮人....係咁話日本既もつなべ好好食.....一定要同我地食....
結果阿吉...就帶我地黎吉喇.....

黎到又發現呢度都真係好貴.....同埋佢地都好嚴緊架....
我地想影d 野食....佢地話唔比影相....
不過算啦...我都偷偷影到幾張

今日叫左勁多野食....
1. 鯖魚板壽司
2. 可樂餅
3. 刺身拼盤
4. もつなべ--3人份------$ 990 ---勁貴呀!!
5. 帶子菠菜
6. 煮露旬
仲有好多....多到唔記得自己食左幾多野

阿吉勁讚既もつなべ~~~原來即係豬大腸鍋.....對於我呢個唔多鍾意食呢d 野既人黎講....
真係唔多ok喎....不過不得不題佢個鍋既湯真係好好味....
豬大腸同我地平時見到果d 唔同..係切到好細舊...每舊約手指尾頭果節骨咁長.....
而且佢d腸係好多肥膏..得少少腸衣.....所以食落好甘香...
縱使見到佢成舊都係白色....都唔會好覺油膩....仲無好大陣豬腸味....連我放到入口....
不過實在太油.....只係食左2舊仔......己經唔得.....只可以全程食菜....
鍾意食豬腸既同事話係超好味....

另外, 個鯖魚板壽司都好好味....o係出面又真係食唔到....師傅好有心思......
魚上面有一塊透明既甜點....唔知係咩野.....飯中間加左紫蘇葉....加埋一齊食完全食唔到腥味.
前菜都好好味....刺身真係新鮮到暈呀!!!!
今次阿吉無介紹錯...不過呢間野....又係自己唔會黎食....因為實在太貴....
我呢d 低級職員.....食唔起.....
p.s. 原來佢有2本meun.....一本日文....一本中文....小姐一開始只係比左本日文.....
睇到我地傻呀.....好彩今次係阿吉點菜......當然...我都有份搵自己鍾意既可樂餅啦!!!

第十四年同啤啤慶生,今日同佢食生日飯。地方當然係主角揀!

我第一次光顧,唔知呢間野係點呀!
但當踏入門口的一刻開始,便知佢專做日本人生意lu。因為除個有日本人waitress外,local waiter/waitress都係認日文。即係唔係專攻本地巿場,而係主攻他們的同鄉-日本人。

唔知係咪lunch time只有lunch set,無main menu!? 就各人點了一個餐後,大約十五分鐘就可以上菜。唔會等太耐,對lunch hour只有一個鐘的我們是很感恩惠!!

到餐時真的很suprise,覺得好幸褔!! 個餐好豊富,除左我點的main dish之外,有仲有3個mini side dishes. 個main dish同飯,係2人份量(1碗飯但係2碗的size)。 仲有味増湯。食完成個lunch set,真係好好幸褔!! 但係好飽好飽!

至於味道,唔好以為會合香港人口味。如開始所講,佢哋係做日本人生意的,所以味道都係合日本人口味。但對連自己煮飯都係煮和風的我黎講,吉田舍的菜式絕對係好味的!!! ~DELICIOUS~

看食家們說此店侍應待客之道, 親臨此店又覺尚可接受, 我與友人都是點一般田舍菜式, 刺身欠奉. 反而對鄰桌選的佐酒食物有興趣， 例如燒魚骨。

有聞一些日本料理之青瓜蟹籽沙律是內地加工大批入口, 但友人仍是要一嘗, 姑且一試, 唔, 尚有一點青瓜之味, 非一般急凍食材, 斷估是自家製作 冰凍豆腐則很平淡，口感不好。

再來牛肉薯蓉餅, 薯蓉香口, 牛肉適量, 唯獨椰菜絲沒有世貿TONKICHI那般幼細及新鮮。

我較喜歡試新奇菜色， 紫蘇紅梅沙'魚追'天婦羅想是沙「魚追」魚稍濕及魚味淡， 配搭不出紫蘇及紅梅的味道； 南瓜天婦羅味道一般， 此店之天婦羅是稍遜了。

佐酒的雞泡魚干用來佐汽水， 沒有冰凍啤酒配合， 真是我的失策，唯魚干略鹹份量算多了。

沒有點刺身， 選了彩虹壽司, 外層是一片按當日材料的刺身鋪在壽司卷上， $80有六件， 價錢可以， 都算有特色。

朋友選了一客$25一件的燒飯團, 可是只顧談天， 吃下口已是微溫， 算是還了朋友的心願。

另外點了兩客汽水， 肚皮是飽的了。 田舍料理， 倒是石山和一番仍是我的心水。

吉,本來係一個好地方,環境唔錯,食物又好味,因為係日本公司做野既關係,黎左呢度好多次,見到佢地對客既態度可分三類:
對日本人:笑容滿面,一叫即到,有咩問題即刻詳細解答,得閒就一齊傾下計,講下笑,如有小朋友更加玩埋一份~
對食得好既香港人(食好多刺身,送酒菜):笑容一般,問一句答幾句,但態度唔會差,都會介紹有乜好食~
對食少少野既香港人(只食飯麵):無乜笑容,叫極都話"等等",問一句答一句,態度較差.
其實吉成日都好旺,我聽好多香港人講唔會黎,但我黎親都好多香港人囉~但呢個始終係日本人場,食物口味都偏向岩日本人,好似唔憂做香港人生意咁~

2008年1月4日(星期五)晚,貪方便走入了這日本料理餐廳, 與友人在門口猶豫了一會, 看見大部份在用餐的都是日本人, 以為餐廳一定很不錯, 可惜不但失望而回, 還惹來一肚子的氣！我自問是到過不少高、中、低檔的地方用餐,從未如此冷待過！

大概晚上8時,沒有訂座,走進餐廳,女侍應帶我和朋友到入口附近的枱。過了一會,和朋友商議好點什麼菜,點菜時問了女侍應$150的一人前刺身拼盤：「是怎麼樣的？」,黑面女侍應以差劣的態度回應,反問我們：「什麼是怎樣的？」最後我們二人點了以下菜：

1) 一人份量的刺身拼盤($150) ─有5款,每款2片,質素平平！
2) 燒魚翅(忘記確實价錢,約$50) ─味道不錯,但份量甚少！
3) 日式蒸蛋($50) ─混有冬菇、魚肉等,味道一般,份量和其他日本料理的蒸蛋差無幾,超貴！
4) 烤雞沙津($70) ─混有大量生洋蔥絲,號稱推介,但味道難吃,跟獨立吃洋蔥和雞無異!!等候時間長(我們追單時侍應稱因雞扒要烤,所以等候時間較長。

總括食物認真一般,但最氣人的是待應的服務態度,不滿之處如下：

指控一：大部份女侍應黑口面(其中一個好像叫JoJo??), 態度奇差,不會主動替客人加茶,寫菜時對答像要殺人似的。
指控二：請另一女侍應替我們拍照,她回應食物不可以拍照,當我們反問：「影人也不可以麼？」女侍應二竟黑面地回答：「對唔住,我唔得閒。」然後掉頭走... (我感到萬分詫異... 我從來未遇過如此的服務,到過很多五星級酒店用膳,也不會說不可以影食物[雖然最初我不知情時已影了好幾幅],也不會被侍應拒絕幫忙拍照,最多也是說稍等一會後才替我們拍照。今時今日如斯這麼的服務,怎可能在香港出現？) 後來我們叫另一男侍應再影,遭類似的侍遇,但最後也影了。
指控三：種族歧視...... 侍應面對日本人時笑面迎人,躹躬盡粹,反之在香港人面前有另一副臉孔,真是人性醜惡的一面！侍應們：不要忘記,你們身處在香港！！

最後其實我和朋友都沒有吃飽便結帳,錢不是問題,但不想受氣！我從未親身經歷過服務如斯差勁的餐廳,我以後也不會再來,同時會叫身邊所有人把這「零服務」的餐廳例入黑名單！

前幾日同左個日本朋友去吉食飯,之前有o黎過食lunch,但dinner就係第一次,而且夜晚最大分別係多好多日本人~
我地叫o左豚角煮,枝豆,穴子板壓壽司,刺身盛,鐵板羊肉,蟹肉薯餅,汁煮右口魚,炸尤魚圈,吞拿魚生姜燒同埋燒石螺,全部都係水準之上,我地仲叫o左支冷酒,原來飲唔哂可以keep o係度三個月~
個場唔係好大,但侍應好似好忙咁,可能唔夠人手,成日要跑o黎跑去,有時師傅都要出o黎傳菜,總括o黎講,服務態度唔差,而且大部分侍應都識日文~
我o地食到十點左右就埋單,飲飽食醉,下次會再o黎過~

本人經常會同公司老細,同事去吉晚飯,覺得呢度既野食好地道,唔係港式日本料理,個場有好多日本人,大部份侍應都識講日文,我聽好多人講吉d野食好咸,但日本人口味係咁,一係好淡,一係好咸,可能香港人接受唔到,所以食黎食去都係飯團,蛋包飯~我地去親都有個男侍應推介,態度好nice,呢度既魚生最新鮮,最好味係吞拿魚腩,亦有季節性先有既魚生都唔差,熱食推介燒大蜆,炸蓮藕片,鹽燒池魚,汁煮魚頭~
不過星期四,五晚市多數會滿座,仲有人等位,所以一定要訂位.
如果想食平野,呢度唔使諗,平均每人$4-500,有水準既食物當然唔會平啦~

Came here for a friend's bday dinner, so the 8 of us came and was seated at a 卡位table, but the light was fierce and was shining in one of the girl's eyes, and also the air conditioning was dripping and so we requested to sit at another table in the middle, closer to the sushi counter.

We ordered the sushi set (fresh), some sashimi (fresh, but not a bit on the small side), make and temaki (nicely rolled, but not that special), salad (tiny portion), stir fried udon (oily), assorted tempura (ok), clams soup (only enough for one person), and some other dishes I forgot. Overall the food isn't bad, just that you don't feel it's worth the money, and the service was quite disastrous, you can hear the chinese waitresses chatting loudly to themselves, kidding around, "fu heen" you when you wave at them, and the japenese waitress in kimonos only spoke to the japanese clients... bowed 90 degrees and kept saying "arigato" until the client is well out of the restaurant...

I guess if you're japanese, you would enjoy it here, but watch out for dripping air conditioners. Loads of better choices around TST for this price

要找地方吃午飯，菜色鎖定在日本菜，幾經波折，最後是來了這裡，至少吃過幾次，質數有點保證。

看餐牌，本鎖定了吃炸蠔，但沒有，就要了個higawali的「三重」便當，分別是豬肉生薑燒、雜綿天婦羅及碎吞拿魚腩。午餐吃「三重」，通常是三層的便當盒子，材料豐富，製作精美，是個幾奢侈的享受。不過在香港，就變成了三個小圓碗，份量不多，但賣相也蠻不錯。先吃最普通的，就是豬肉生薑燒。薄薄的雪藏豬肉，全靠醬油、味醂及糖去調味，味道也不錯。可惜飯是散了一點，失卻了日本米飯應有的黏性；天婦羅飯有炸蝦、炸蕃薯、炸茄子，已淋上醬油，吃落還有點油膩，是每件都吃了「成百卡路里」落肚。這個天婦羅飯，又比豬肉生薑燒好一點，米飯較軟熟，配上燒汁，很快便吃清；碎吞拿魚腩飯賣相不錯，碎吞拿魚腩，切得幼細，吃落沒有筋，亦吃得出肥美。加點蔥，加點高級牙膏山葵，加一點醬油，簡單而美味。「三重」飯之中，以這個的日本米飯做得最好，米醋的微酸及甜味平衡得不錯，黏度點到即止，有水準。

女侍應有說日文有說廣東話的，招呼不錯。

埋單八十元，食物有水準，值得一試。

尋日去吉田舍食晚飯, 訂位的時候, 侍應千叮萬囑, 叫我們不要遲到, 因為留位只會留五分鐘.

我們點了:

1. 三文魚刺身- 非常新鮮美味, 水準之上;
2. 壽司拼盆- 材料新鮮, 水準之上;
3. 炒烏冬- 烏冬'煙', 不過醬料太咸;
4. 涼菜一碟- 菜係凍的, 不過我地都係志在有菜食;
5. 天婦羅- 仍然係新鮮的材料, 水準之上;
6. 綠茶雪糕, 柚子雪糕- 一般雪糕咁, 不過唔會硬到篤唔入.

總括而言, 食物都在水準之上. 不過我地食飯聚會, 除左食之外, 傾計聊天亦係主打活動, 所以餐廳氣氛,
服務招呼亦後重要. 呢一方面就唔係咁合我的心意:

1. 首先全場大部份係日本男士, 感覺上就係成日係日劇出現的場景, 一大班日本男, 放工之後一定要
先Happy Hour 一下, 然後先返屋企. 不過置身如此場地, 我地幾個女仔, 都有少少格格不入;

2. 可能因為全場大部人都係飲啤酒, 侍應們成日都唔加茶;

3. 明明個場好細, 但係侍應成日睇唔到你舉高個隻手, 不過好彩, 如果你隻手舉得夠高, 旁邊的壽司
師傅見到, 會幫你叫侍應;

4. 最大的問題係, 會趕你走, 我地剛剛食完野, 都未叫埋單, 已經左張單埋黎, 等你唔走都唔得.


通常有好野食的餐廳, 我會同不同的朋友去, 試多幾次, 但係呢間應該我應該唔會再去, 因為唔
feel. 而且價錢唔平, 唔應該只有咁的服務.

專登同朋友去食蛋包飯,
12nn去到人唔多... service好差,
不過有個好似日本人既男人就好好服務,
order左之後都要等over 15mins...
我地見到個個都係日本客, 一個hk人都冇,
個set lunch連salad同湯,
個湯真係飲都唔好飲, 味精到暈;
個salad唔錯, d青瓜脆卜卜的;
講返個蛋包飯, 雖然唔係我想食既半熟蛋,
不過面頭d汁酸酸地咁好好味, 唔似其他地方係茄汁,
個飯加左雞肉炒, 份量都幾大;
成set得一個spoon, 如果多隻叉會好d, 起碼同salad分開ma,
之後有綠茶/芝麻雪糕, 我食個芝麻都幾好食!
唔好既係佢地唔會主動"針"水