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2011-09-02
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Lunch on my own for Friday afternoon and I had cravings for Japanese food. My usual take-out outlet is now closed for good, I can't find any cheap and sort of cheerful alternatives, so it's time I looked around to see if there are any cheap-ish and cheerful Japanese restaurants. I was choosing between two restaurants (one being non-Japanese) and in retrospect I'm actually thankful to have checked this place instead of the other one. I didn't need to wait for a table for one, and I guess as long
I didn't need to wait for a table for one, and I guess as long as you were asking for a table for 4 or less, seats were plentiful. That sounds slightly dodgy, but once I started to look around at the clientele and realised that the staff spoke fluent Japanese to the expat patrons, I was thinking, surely Japanese customers know what they are eating and wouldn't accept knock-offs... I was seated at the bar table, next to a pair of ladies who were talking about their interest in religions, particularly Christianity. I wasn't quite spoilt for options, but it still took me a while to decide what I wanted to have. Eventually I settled for a Hokahoka Set, which had a bit of everything. Yes, I was in the mood for that.
The Set came out about 15 minutes after I had ordered. There was sashimi, tempura, tamago (eggs), deep fried oysters/cheesy cake, pickles, seaweed/dried tofu appetiser, miso soup and a decent bowl of rice to go with everything. The sashimi was nice and fresh, with five chunky pieces in the mix; the deep fried oysters/cheesy cake were nicely fried with a crunchy batter. I squirted lemon juice on them and that was the only piece of flavouring it needed, making the sauce redundant. The tempura was a bit odd though. While there were vegetables (a strange bitter green bean and eggplant) and shrimp, they poured the tempura sauce over the tempura before it was served, which in turn made the tempura soggy. I'm not a fan of soggy tempura and I think many people share my view, so perhaps they should serve the tempura sauce on the side, possibly in lieu of the sauce for deep fried oyster/cheesy cake.
Nothing special about the tamago, pickles, miso soup and seaweed/dried tofu appetiser - I'm not a big fan of the appetiser so while I ate it nevertheless, I don't have much comment on it.
The meal itself was good to fill me up but I felt I needed something sweet to complete the meal, so I ordered a scoop of green ice cream for an extra $10.
Thumbs up for the green tea ice cream. With so many different types of green tea ice cream on the market, this one is wonderful: I had a strong fragrant green tea flavour linger around my throat for a good hour after the meal. Such a delightful ice cream to have. Lesson of the day: There are very decent sub $100 Japanese set lunches around. This is one of them. I will be back.
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