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2013-01-06
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We already had fun making our own personalised Japanese New Year Bento (link: here) but it’s always cool to explore around town by tasting more to know if we did it correctly. Nanami Restaurant is relatively new and only back a few months ago was struggling to find footing in the niche ramen market by being the only Kyoto styled ramen shop. It didn’t last as a business model and the Japanese lady owner swiftly converted this same space into a Japanese Eatery Wa Shouku style. And right n
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Lunch Set Menus -Quite attractive especially their multiple layered Bento boxes. A viable option if you’re doing lunch in Causeway Bay area..
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Orange Juice for only $3.0 more.
Osechi Set for $280. A Bargain -.
Eggplant - 茄子のお浸しCooked then ice-bathed Eggplant served in dashi sauce and with bonito flakes. Really liked this.
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New Years dishes .. 祝い肴 -Including items like Kamaboko, Kazunoko, Namasu, Gobou burdock root, Kuri Kinto, Kuromame, Date-Maki, Salmon Roes, Fried Oyster, etc.
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Ni-Mono - 甘煮物Stew Cooked dishes, including chicken, small sweet potatoes, mushrooms, carrots, lotus roots, etc. Really done to perfection.
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Salt Grilled Sea Bream - 塩焼き鯛Done very well. It’s salty but not overly so. Very well done.
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Ozouni Mochi & Chicken Soup - お雑煮A MUST order dish during Japanese New Years, as sticky rice mochi plays an important role whether it is sweet or savoury. This came with the right amount of mochi, chicken, red and white carrots and daikon as per tradition, spinach, etc. Sometimes it comes with mushrooms in hexagonal shape.
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2 Types of Rice -Red Bean Sticky Rice with Fish meat 赤飯, and a Whiter Rice with Wild Rice to emphasize on the Red & White theme..
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$280 can’t buy you much these days,
Although by sheer luck I found out that this Japanese New Years meal was quite a bargain plus the food was great. It is also one of the restaurant that will provide for a few more days than usual, although I still prefer it as take-away or cooked at home. But here it was home away from home.
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