美村日本料理 (Closed)

星期天，一家三口，到朋友介紹的美村日本料理晚膳。地方很大，分開壽司吧枱、鐵板燒、客座及貴賓房等，寛倘舒適。 食客大部分是香港人，扶老攜幼的合家歡聚餐。桌上早擺放了一大盤小食:雜菜沙律、炆蘿蔔、牛肉亁、毛豆、 豆角，讓客人在等待上菜時，有點東西止「口痕」，確是安排周到。餐牌選擇繁多、琳瑯滿目，是香港日式餐館一貫作風;還有「龍蝦二人套餐」和「鮑魚二人套餐」，一看就知是為港人設計。 索性請廚師安排兩人份的 Omakase，做他最拿手的料理; 除卻我倆一向不愛的和牛外，什麼都可以。於是先來個刺身拼盤。魚生配了用金醋做的啫喱，頗有創意。陸續上來海鹽燒蟹腳、煎金目鯛魚鮫、燒牛脷。食材、 煮法和味道不過不失，比較偏向符合港人慣性口味， 啖啖肉的吃得舒適方便，卻絕無令人「嘩」一聲的驚喜感覺。碎肉炆蘿蔔帶有胡椒辛辣， 比向來平淡偏甜的日式煮蘿蔔刺激惹味一點；果然自己也是習慣港式口味。壽司拼盤包括該處名菜「生菜包壽司」，坦白說， 竟不及來個沙律算了。其餘壽司也平平無奇，海膽色香味俱缺乏。吃過洞庭烏東，就是水果和豆腐芝士蛋糕。蛋糕倒是軟滑純香， 如果給我一大塊的就更好。結賬時，兩份用料不俗的 omakase，連同開瓶費等，只需 $1500，一個字：「抵！」評價：（1）比較像港式的日本料理，缺乏真正的東洋特色，不過也算是同類餐廳中水準上好的了。下次會試試坐壽司吧枱， 跟廚師直接交流，可能會有驚喜。（2）環境舒適，招呼周到，加上價錢不貴， 是星期日晚一家大小的晚飯之選。 continue reading

大約兩年前都有來過美村食晚餐,當時來食飯的話必定要十分有計劃,沒訂檯的話不用想。但今次來到, 場地十分冷清，連我地在內只有兩三檯客。也沒所謂，清清靜靜傾下計也不錯。點菜時，在言談間提及到有一位朋友可能晚一些會來會合我們，侍應生十分細心地問我們有沒有需要上到那一道菜等一等朋友。至於食物方面，其實質素一點也不差，叫了刺身併盤兩個，一個跟餐一個散叫，散叫每碟價錢四百元。特別欣賞食完刺身後，蝦頭拿去炸變成了下酒物，不會浪費食物。茄子做得幾出色，高湯很入味，一口咬下去汁會流出來，喜歡茄子的朋友不要錯過。整體食物質素不差，但感覺上有點over priced. continue reading

西村先生及班底的新店;環境光猛優雅, 舒適寬敞;廚師發辦刺身的質素很好;散壽司亦很有特色, 值得一試。New shop operated by Nishimura san from Nishimura restaurant;Elegant, bright and spacious decor;Very good quality Omakase assorted sashimi;Very interesting Chirashi "loose" Sushi;Worth a try! Nishimura? Mimura? We discovered this place by chance. I was attracted to their "Chirashi Sushi" and would like to see what it was about. I dragged my father and other relatives along.As we arrived, it seemed that my relatives already knew most of the managers here. This was when we discovered that the chef behind Mimura was actually Nishimura san from the famous "Nishimura" Japanese restaurant at Marco Polo! Decor:It's located right next to one of my favorite yakitori shop, Nishiki. Surprisingly bright and spacious with loads of tables, compartment seats, VIP rooms and seats at the sashimi counters. The tables were spaced out nicely. It's almost triple the size of Nishiki! Since the place was so big, it's a bit difficult to flag down the waiters. I strongly recommend that they add an electronic pager system.Selections:They have a comprehensive mix of cooked food like tempura, different stews, as well as sushi and sashimi. Sashimi should be their strength here.As we've got contacts, we left the decision making in the hands of the manager (contrary to my wishes - I'm very picky about what I have for dinner and I always prefer ordering myself.) Appetizers: This came in a nice wooden tray. The Edamame was good. The fried squid tentacles were cold but weren't oily, much to our surprise. This was cleared in no time. The salad made of fresh veggies was quite popular with the ladies at the table. The kinpira (burdock and carrots fried and marinated with shoyu and sesame) was quite spicy. The green pepper was also not bad. Omakase:First came the Omakase (assorted sashimi)Very presentable indeed. The quality of all sashimis were very good. The slices of Tai in the middle of the platter were light and refreshing. The six large Hokkaido scallops were nice and sweet.Kanpachi: The kanpachi on the top right part of the photo were firm and filled with fish oil. It came in thick cuts. I'm more used to think cuts but no complaints.Unidentified white-bodied fish?:We couldn't remember the thick white-bodied sashimi on of the top left corner of the photo, possibly swordfish? Anyway, those were fresh, firm, and again filled with fish oil.Chu Toro:Four fat slices of good quality chu toro. Nice colour and texture. Filled with fish oil and bursting with umami. I believe most sashimi lovers would love this very much. We certainly did. Prawns:The prawns were big and fresh. We're all very happy with it.After finishing the prawns, they offered to use the heads for soup or Naturally, I was wondering how much this would cost. When I checked the bill, the assorted sashimi was HK$1,200. I think this is reasonable considering the quality and quantity. At Kenjo for example, you'll only get 1/3 the fish at the same price, with similar quality. .2 Grilled Silver Cod - HK$320 We ordered this for a child who doesn't like raw stuff. She seemed very happy with this chinky piece of grilled silver cod - so happy that we ordered another portion for her. I had a little bit and was happy with the quality as well. Mind you, I don't think it's saikyo yaki so don't expect any miso taste. It's just a piece of grilled silver cod.Good with just a simple bowl of steamed rice (HK$30!)Stewed Yellow Tail (Hamachi) 250:Essentially a stew which consisted of hamachi, enoki mushrooms and hamachi chunks. The sauce was mirin and shoyu.The hamachi had a lot of fish oil; however, I found the meat a bit tough. Nothing spectacular.Salmon Roe Sushi (x4 - HK$280) These looked fresh and tasted fresh. The vinegar in the sushi rice was just right. The quality of the ikura and the nori were very good. However, at HK$70 per piece, it's not cheap at all. Deluxe Assorted Sashimi (Chirashi sushi) $350All those thick cut sashimis and stews with fatty hamachi were already quite filling, nevertheless, I had to order the Chirashi sushi. That was the reason why I chose Mimura in the first place.Essentially, this chirashi sushi (literally loose/ spread out sushi) seemed to be a crossover between an assorted omakase sashimi platter and a sashimi don made of sushi rice. It had a prawn, a few large pieces of hamachi, a decent amount of very flavourful ikura, two slices of sweet tamago maki, a number of shell fish and one large piece of fatty white-bodied fish (the unidentified one - swordfish?) all on a bed of decent sushi rice with good vinegar taste. This was extremely filling. Unless you're a toro fanatic, I think ordering this should satisfy your craving for sashimi, sushi and Japanese rice in one go at a relatively decent price (HK$350). Conclusion:3 Sapporo Dry $135The whole bill came down to HK$2,565 (including 3 Sapporo dry for $135) plus 10% service.The quality of sashimi here was very good.The chirashi sushi is also worth a try!Recommended. continue reading

Before getting into service , I give the food quality comment on my meal order - sushi set.One of sushi "abalone" taste fresh and impressed to me. The side dishes i.e. carrot, preserved squid,etc are yummy. The steamed egg is medium cooking and feel smooth of its surface while moving my throat. The price is originally fair to me with such great area and meal. However, I was VERY disappointed on the customer and its service. The man ,who seems to always have meal there, kept talking non-stop and very louder in open area. I understood that the social communication or etiquette is required but it is too over-exaggerated and ignored other customers. The same meal order but the serve is totally different obvious with advantage. Actually, I don't mind and understandable on this situation But the waiter and manager did not take any action to hide this behaviour in open area near the exit. Kinda embarrassing in fact.Um... point out here is to hope that such good quality food japanese restaurant can beware of customer service as well. No offence at all. continue reading

看了報紙，得知富豪酒店商場舊地開新店，是多年前首間以西村為名的餐廳開在尖東，亦令我想起香港酒店內的西村日本料理於是今天便特地來試試，人不多，地方很舒服，很寬敞因為是新開張有特價午餐定食由$90 至$120不等，正式餐牌上的全是$150或至350左右本來想試3色飯 $240，不過看見特價午餐定食寫上只供應至3月31日，還是試試有時間限制的菜單鰻魚柳川鍋定食放在熱熱的厚碟上，看見蛋是8成半熟，第一口還是燙的感覺，蛋滑溜溜伴著少少甜的洋蔥滑進口中，非常好味，。尤其鰻魚也十分新鮮和牛漢堡定食和牛漢堡伴著鐵板烤的蔬菜，用傳統的牛肉汁，襯托本身和牛的牛味出來，內在是剛好的9成熟，還有肉汁被封鎖起來，完全呈現家庭料理的最高境界。套餐其它還有三文魚頭麵豉湯，茶蒸蛋，湯烏冬，前菜沙律非常豐富的一頓正宗日本料理，一定要再回去。 continue reading