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2016-11-14
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Observatory has been a new good eat area in Tsim Sha Tsui, a bit off the beaten path, the restaurants in the neighbourhood enjoy a quieter street view and quality food in average price. Left: Calpis Soda $38Right: Aomori Apple Juice $38Having come back from Japan for around a month now, we are already missing these 2 drinks we used to drink in Kyoto! Pretty basic but different from Japan, nothing really exciting, I liked that the apple juice is cloudy though.Tofu Salad $68It was pretty surprisin
Observatory has been a new good eat area in Tsim Sha Tsui, a bit off the beaten path, the restaurants in the neighbourhood enjoy a quieter street view and quality food in average price.
Left: Calpis Soda $38Right: Aomori Apple Juice $38
Having come back from Japan for around a month now, we are already missing these 2 drinks we used to drink in Kyoto! Pretty basic but different from Japan, nothing really exciting, I liked that the apple juice is cloudy though.
Tofu Salad $68It was pretty surprising for its big portion size for only $68! They have 4 big pieces of Japanese tofu with a strong soy bean taste with a big of grainy texture. The salad is pressed with runny sesame seed sauce and topped with some mixed toasted sesame seeds.
The highlight really comes to the tofu with a strong bean taste. I would order it again!
Salmon fillet with Yuzu miso sauce $118The crispiness from the skin was on point, the whole fillet was not harden nor dried but flaky. The yuzu on top was sweet and sour, a good compliment with the salmon fish. Besides, the salon fillet was not fishy which was very important! Some mayo had been provided on the side but I found that having it on its own would do the same!
Okra $28A pretty standard veggie grill dish to enjoy. We were told that the okra is sourced from Japan and I found that the size was a bit smaller than the Hong Kong ones and it was also a bit sweeter in taste.
Deep fried chicken nuggets with Inaniwa udon $88The deep fried chicken pieces were covered in a crispy batter and the meat was moist, drizzled with a thin light soya sauce. Nothing was wrong with it.
The Inaniwa udon is not as chewy as I was expecting. I was rather soft in texture, swimming in light soup base and a some seaweed on the top! I liked to enjoy the udon and chicken separately because I don't like to have my chicken soaked until soft.
Grilled pork neck marinated with miso sauce $108We actually ordered pork loin but strange enough we were brought with this place of pork neck. Luckily my friend had no problem eating pork neck so we didn't return the order. It was just pretty basic with a chargrilled taste and it was prepared right.
Toasted rice ball with Chazuke (Mentaiko) $68Lastly, we were brought with this crispy rice ball in a Japanese Chazuke , a savoury soup based. We have chosen Mentaiko but to be honest the taste of it was not too pronounced and it was barely noticeable because the taste of the soup was actually pretty strong when comparing to those ones we had in Japan. The rice ball could be grilled a bit more until more crispy but it was already not too bad.
Complimentary mochi ice cream
After all of our dishes, we were brought with two different mochi ice cream, it really reminded me of the very traditional Japanese restaurant in Hugn Hom! The first one is matcha, quite enjoyable with a bittersweet after taste.
Then I believe this is grape flavour which was a bit sweeter in taste. The sweetness was refreshing especially after a carb heavy Japanese meal!
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