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2017-06-20
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I went to this Japanese restaurant with my friend tonight. It is located in the middle of a busy street, it was a bit hard to find as it was hidden behind the booth. Anyway, luckily we got there early otherwise we weren't be allow in because all tables were booked. We sat at the bar table with another lady. It was quite good as we get to see the chef's cooking. My friend is a big fan of sea urchin so most of tonight's dishes contained sea urchin. After we ordered, the salmon tartar came. It was
My friend is a big fan of sea urchin so most of tonight's dishes contained sea urchin. After we ordered, the salmon tartar came. It was presented in a cold pot to keep the salad nice and cool. The salad looked very yummy and it tasted very good as well. I found it very special as the chef used pear, it was new and refreshing. The sea urchin was smooth and sweet.
Another must order item is the seafood glass, it contains ten layers of different seafood. It is freshly made and all the ingredients were fresh and delicious. Remember to dig to the bottom. The snow crab meat with the urchins are very yummy.
One of the restaurant special item was the "Taiji". We both ordered one each since it looks so tempting. Why was it called "taiji"? I found out that half of the "taiji" is hot and the other half is cold. The cold side contained tuna minced with sea urchin on the top. The tuna minced was soft and delicious. The hot side contained sweet potato mash with pan fried milk on the top, this was very special and tasty. The sweet potato mash was sweet and tasted so good with the milk.
After awhile, our skewered items came.
Japanese skewered minced chicken:
This rectangular minced chicken skewer was yummy, it was peppery and full of flavour. It was meaty, I was quite full after eating it.
Grilled eggplant:
The eggplant was in thick slice and tasted so yummy with the cheese on top.
Grilled beef tongue:
I love the beef tongue very much! It was seasoned beautifully! The texture was soft and tender. It was easy to chew and juicy.
Grilled ladyfinger:
I also love the ladyfinger, it tasted so good with salt and pepper. It was crunchy and crispy.
Cheese fish cake:
I found this fish cake quite big, it was very filling as there was cheese inside. The texture was soft and chewy.
Grilled scallop with urchin and snow crab meat:
The chef used sake to cook the scallop therefore the flavour was very strong. The scallop was soft, the urchin was smooth and the crab meat was tasty.
Baked oyster with sea urchin:
The oyster was juicy and yummy with the cheese and sea urchin. I like the fish roe as well.
Abalone and chicken wing:
This was very new to me, the chef wrapped the abalone with the chicken wing. There were two different types of texture; the chicken wing was soft and tender whereas the abalone was a bit chewy. The flavour was quite different as I could taste chicken flavour while eating the abalone.
Japanese pork with lychee roll:
I love this skewer very much! The lychee was sweet and felt so refreshing while eating it with the pork. It really lift up the flavour.
Mango sago pomelo urchin sushi:
This was also very new to me, it reminds me of the Thai mango sticky rice. The sushi tasted like dessert to me. The mango sago pomelo was sweet and matched so well with the sea urchin. It actually worth trying for.
Selected assorted sashimi:
I love sashimi very much so I always ordered some when I am in a Japanese restaurant. This time I ordered a small one because we ordered too much. There were Japanese botan prawn which was big and slimy. The striped jack and alfonsino were fresh and in thick cut. They were easy to chew and sweet in flavour.
Urchin ice cream:
After eating so many urchin, my friend still hadn't had enough. She even ordered sea urchin ice cream for dessert. The ice cream was smooth and had bits of urchin crumbs within.
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