NOBU InterContinental Hong Kong (Closed)

Item: NOBU InterContinental Hong Kong
Rating: 4
Author: oh_5th

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8755

Tsim Sha Tsui

Above $801

Japanese Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant

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A sophomore laden with homework and disheartening grade on a Wednesday night decided to forsake all that stress, but to go as far as

Tsim Sha Tsui just for something she randomly spotted on a food blog??

Repentant I was, that night's dinner duly impressed my gustation.

NOBU is a Japanese fine dining restaurant located at InterContinental Hotel. Dinner session opens at 6 PM till midnight. Inside was pretty dim, but it encloses a panoramic French sash of imposing Harbour view, lightening the room with city lights.

Still feeling queasy about set menu, which stuffed me with bellyful food for the last few weeks at French restaurants, I decided to take a look at a la

carte menu (NOBU did have set tasting menu for dinner).

Price for each dish has a range of more or less $200, and the average cost for one is about $250. We in total ordered 10 dishes, sharing among my mom, my sister, and I.

1st dish: Toro Tartar with Caviar

This one of the NOBU signature dishes, as expensive as $398. The tuna was immersed in probably ginger sauce, topped with caviar, and served with a two-ring bowl with the outer filled with ice to keep the taste chill and fresh. The plating was pretty creative and fun. No wonder it is recommended. We ordered 2 toro, one for me, another for sis.

Toro Tartar with Caviar

2nd & 3rd dishes: Spicy tuna & soft shell crab cut roll

Soft shell crab cut roll is also signature dish ($168), where as spicy tuna($135) is not, but we ordered it under my sister's coercion. Lol

Each cut roll order will have 6 pieces, pretty standard.

Spicy Tuna & Soft Shell Crab Cut Roll

4th dish: Matsuhisa Slider - Minced Wagyu on House Made Bun, Truffle Aioli (2 pieces )

The sliders were about 1/2 palm size, probably smaller than that also. Honestly... ...looks belie taste.

Matsuhisa Sliders - Minced Wagyu on House Made Bun, Truffle Aioli (2 pieces)

5th dish: Wagyu Beef and Foie Gras Gyoza

Foie Gras?! Serve it!

The gyoza came in 6 pieces, served with sesame sauce. It has similar problems of insipidity with last dish, but was still way better.

Wagyu and Foie Gras Gyoza

6th dish: Sweet Potato Risotto with Crab and Uni, Yuzu Truffle Miso

Fusion dish, interesting replacement of rice with sweet potato, and signature components of crab and uni. This is in HONG KONG OSUSUME NOBUICHK EXECUTIVE CHEF SEAN MELL'S CREATION menu, pricing at $400 HKD, most expensive dish of the night, for my mom. Well ... ... the taste was just not my style at all!

Sweet Potato Risotto with Craba and Uni, Yuzu Truffle Miso

7th dish: Rock Shrimp Tempura with Creamy Spicy Sauce

Signature dish in a while. Excellence in a while. This was not as extensive as it looked, actually quite small. Unlike traditional tempura, the shrimp were cut into small pieces resembling rocks. The taste was also A+

8th dish/Main Dish: Black Cod Saikyo Yaki

Signature dish $360

Didn't take photo. Why? Because it smelled so heavenly that everyone just forgot about photos. It was finished in instant.

9th & 10th dish/Dessert: Round N' Round & Crystal Fruit Pearls
Both dessert costs $148 HKD. Round N' Round is basically frozen cheesecake in a spheric shape, enclosing raspberry soda with Hokkaido Honey. Crystal Fruit Pearls, which was for my sister, consists of surprise fruit spheres and yamamomo granita. Exquisite gastronomy for both! Especially the cheesecake, impressively served and tastes.