日本料理 櫻 (已結業)

My boyfriend and I both like Japanese food a lot. We go to Japan once or twice every year just for their delicious food. Having said that, we have really tried a lot of good Japanese food and I have to say not many restaurants in HK can live up to the authentic Japanese standard. This one is no exception.After checking the score and the reviews of the Japanese restaurants in TST, we have settled for this one. We are mainly attracted by the "freshness of food" as it claimed to "import them directly from Hokkaido". When we first went in, we were greeted by a waitress. The place gave me the feeling of a local Japanese restaurant for people to hang around after work. After settling down in our seats, we were given some tea, hot towels and a menu. There wasn't much on the menu, as the specials are all off-menu. So we asked the waitress what was good that day and let her made the call. First came the sashimi. There were some tuna (not even the fatty one), some ark shell fish, some yellow tails, and some other white fish which I forgot the name. I can't say they are not fresh, but it was definitely disppointing if this is the exact fish they have imported from Hokkaido as they claimed, really disappointing. If I were to name a few restaurants which serve better and fresher sashimi in HK, I can probably name quite a lot, like Inagiku, 鲜鱼料理, 孝势, 寿司广, etc, even that Japanese restaurant in IFC is better than them.Then came the oyster. It was really really huge (what a pity that I forgot to bring my camera), I have to finish it in 3-gos. It was a mistake to put the soya sauce in as the oyster was already very salty. But I have to say this is probably the best thing throughout the whole night.After finishing the sashimi and the osyters, we had some 串烧. The waitress recommended us some pork cheek. And we also ordered the pork belly. The pork cheek was so so, not tender enough, nothing worth to try. The pork belly is slightly better, but still not very good. If I want to eat 串烧, I would rather go to 岚川 or 港乐亭.The waitress then recommended us the deep-fried pork chop rice with egg. The pork chop is horrible. The crispy bit outside is not crispy at all and they all came out when I use the chopstick to pick it up from the bowl. We were thoroughly disappointed at this point. We didn't even finish the pork chop rice and asked for the bill.Seriously, there is so much competition in Japanese cuisine in HK, if one wants to be outstanding, one should really put more effort in producing good food. Clearly, this restaurant does not care about the quality of food, and so I urge you not to waste your money and try other much better places in HK. 继续阅读

嚟 '樱' 呢间高档居酒屋, 就同去食日本料理差不多吧, 只不过casual番少少. 不过都几expensive! 但'味道', '季节菜色'同'特色', 比起附近'元气一杯' 好食多多声. '元气一杯'仲 expensive 过哩边, 上次食完900蚊/2 Persons, 每碟嘢都 average or below-average. (Can go to Inagiku, or even Robuchon or Caprice or Pierre, etc.) 系'樱', 大部份都系 at least better than average or quite good. 其实系日本, 高档居酒屋多得很... '樱'唔错得嚟, 当然唔系好好好好好食. 但用心去煮嘅, 有番一定质素的. If I come to this shop, I still think the printed menu is too limited. What you eat and order here, are the off-the-menu seasonal or specialty dishes not found anywhere else in Hong Kong. From my limited experiences so far, only 石山 and Sushi Hiro 鮨广 (apart from their sushi), have very specialised Japanese dishes like here consistently. Other Japanese shops like 京笹居酒屋, 道, 旬菜富, 割烹宇津木, 滩万, etc, etc ,plus myriads of others in Hong Kong might also carry some authentic Japanese recipes too on their non-Chinese menus and you need to know how to order them, but some don't carry much 'seasonal', 'individual' and lesser known dishes such as those in 石山 & 鮨广 TST, whilst others are limiting the a la carte experience by inserting 'seasonal' and 'creative dishes' only within a larger Kaiseki course. 樱 therefore becomes a rare specialty with its constantly updated seasonal menu, even though this is the norm in Japan on every other street anyway. I would also like to point out that out of all Izakaya's, 樱's sushi and sashimi are really great albeit expensive , even if one shouldn't eat much of these in such a shop, they become a part of a balanced meal. Shop also use wasabi stems freshly grated on the shark-skin grate, something very rare in HK and even 鮨广 doesn't do anymore (but due to HK customers' demands for hotter wasabi only, rather than price factor alone). 元气一杯's raw fishes, especially their pricey but soggy sushi's and out of proportion fish/shellfish neta, sometimes unfresh fish, are rubbish in comparison. I can't remember everything I ate here due to the confusing Japanese, but as an example here's some foods I have eaten in the past or recently. Some are in Japanese as I cannot translate them at all:うど天妇罗 - A type of root vegetable similar to 山芋. A crunchy texture. Also could be served in a non-fried ぬた style. Comes with lime and sea salt.蚕豆さや焼き - This is nothing too special in a way, as its just grilled 蚕豆. However, since this shop is known for its 枝豆 (grilled or boiled), I ended up ordering this to go with beers instead, as a change. Very good flavour. I still like 枝豆 better though.三つ叶お浸し - Another vegetable. This is just like the normal Spinach Ohitashi with bonito flakes but using another salad vegetables. It wasn't great, but it was interesting. When I ordered this, I thought the wrong one came as it resembled another Japanese salad vegetable, but actually the leaves were different. Japanese vegies are so confusing to learn! 生鲭 鮨 - Well, you can eat this raw mackerel sometimes when available in season, otherwise due to their strong taste they normally come in メさば (shime saba) form, which the intensity of marination varies between each shop or region, etc. Some local chain shops just use imported, 'pre-marinated the hell out of them' Mackerels. 鮨徳 might marinate their メ鲭 a lot, 见城 somewhere in the middle and 鮨広 hardly any marination in the vinegary solution, etc. 生鲭 is really only edible when its fat and super fresh, only the confident shops will use it in my opinion. Great stuff. 鲇一夜干し（or 香鱼）- You can buy this fish at CitySuper lately already, since its in season now. Its one of those 英年早逝 fish that dies rather quickly each year after giving birth. May be that's why its called 香鱼 in Hong Kong/Taiwan sometimes haha. Here the fish is slightly marinated first before treated to the special Japanese grilling method, which needs special equipment to do. To be honest, most grilled fishes taste very similar. This one was slightly burnt on skin, but acceptable. Grilled Beef Tongue - This was done pretty well. Soft, moist, thick yet had the proper charred taste. This beats 元气一杯's chewy and under-cooked mess hands down, and even better than 五味鸟 or good old 一番 in CWB. If only they had 五味鸟's sauce here too... Grilled 五花腩 - Again, this was done very well and certainly better than most other shops with the same or similar dish. Moist, tasty, good sauce, good pork. Perfectly balanced in all aspects. To be honest, the grilled stuff here are better than 五味鸟 cooking wise, although variety and grilled rice wise, the latter wins hands-down.So hopefully, anyone coming here would be exploratory and order some special dishes to try, although in all seriousness there aren't that many on each night. Their raw fishes and shellfishes are really great too, just expensive - I do recommend them either cooked, fried or served raw as sashimi.A solid mid '4' shop, with room for improvement still as I've had some foods here that were only acceptable. And they need to fix the Asahi and Kirin Beer Cans only problem! Annoying. Highly recommended - but don't expect too much! Its not Japan afterall. 继续阅读

Visited on Valentine's Day with my lady.We were greeted by polite staff and were seated at the bar.Service was extremely attentive. Sashmi was very fresh and naturally tasty.Razor clam was particularly good. Both the chef and waitresses were very happy to tell us where the food we ordered had come from and how Japanese would eat them. We had a homely feeling while we ate there. In the end they gave us free Japanese strawberries!It's not cheap. But you are paying for a great experience, great food and good company. I have already recommended this place to a lot of my friends. 继续阅读

三月二十八日二月份时尝试了道以及宇津木的晚饭后.想不到今次会来樱.快到达樱时.看到旁边的万豚屋十多人正在排队.感到惊讶.打开门就传来日本人的声音.店内只有一间房,数张台以及寿司吧台.安排寿司吧台,也发觉店内其他全是日本客人.坐下侍应也即刻问要什么啤酒,只有麒麟和朝日,唯有选朝日,晚餐来这里不饮酒的话,总是欠缺少许.看著有什么食物同时前菜小食也递上,以鲭鱼配以豆腐混合一起炸淋上味噌汁.表面铺上少许洋葱,脆口之剩带点酸,倒是开胃.问上侍应有什么好选择后,岩蚝刚返货再看到其他客人正在进吃,索性就要一只.师傅快手地把蚝开壳,不切开三份,直接原只送上,来得爽快.蚝的体积不少,快速用叉拿起蚝,一口把它食下去.鲜味十足,来得爽快,九十元一只又不算很贵,但食得过瘾就值得了,接著点了枝豆,刺身拼盘(小).以及杂锦天妇罗,枝豆份量不少,枝豆热著送来,枝豆下少许盐,,份量也不少.用啤酒是一个不错的配对,净把它清光要一段时间,,电视播著日本足球队对著外国,刚好边吃著饮点酒再看看电视,刺身拼盘则用上,吞拿鱼,鲷鱼,八爪鱼,鱿鱼,甜虾等六款,每款二片,唯独吞拿鱼是三片.虽不是用上名贵,胜在新鲜美味,鱿鱼以及吞拿鱼最出色索价二百元,的确不便宜.这里有季节性的鱼供应.杂锦天妇罗,三件虾,一件冬菇,一件青椒,一件茄子以及一件金菇,这里炸的功力不俗.下的浆不多,.虾是原只一起炸,脆口之剩带虾肉的爽,.冬菇来得甜,青椒茄子穏阵,倒是最特别金菇,还是第一次食.天妇罗这里也可以一试的.跟手点了日本小芋头以及山薯吞拿鱼,侍应也说明最少二十分钟煮熟,正合心意,有时间饮酒看波.看到日本人那种紧张感,虽身处在别国,心还是那里.日本小芋头旁边怑著盐以及黑椒.侍应讲解放凉一点会更好,用手指力推一推,芋头肉自然出来.小芋粉得来带甜,有点像蕃薯.不像平时食开的芋头.山薯也即是山芋,先把吞拿鱼切粒放在底.山芋磨溶后铺在上面.加少许紫菜以及山葵,山芋的甜与滑,配上吞拿鱼粒的鲜味,口感来得特别,这款美味也,最后也要选择饱肚之物,鉄火卷以及稻庭乌冬.师傅因经常弄小卷,所以速度手起刀落,十二件排好递上,此终这里不是寿司为主,饭煮得不错,下水的功水足够,,水准也可以接受.乌冬选了热食,木鱼的汤配上幼小的乌冬,.弹牙滑溜这款乌冬是冬天的佳品.但饱肚关系,汤饮不完.最后师傅送上日本士多啤梨作甜品,美味的结束侍应来得醒目,介绍食物详细,适当时候就会来到,加茶,添酒,换毛巾功夫做得十足,价钱不便宜,食点特色二人也要过千,是晚一人数百元,但值得的,看电视食点东西就坐到十点多便离开,离开时也向师傅点头.下次还会来.值得一去题外话:日本队入球,日本人开心得欢呼,看得入神,,另一个嗜好则是食友也提过的.日本人离开时还和他们点头.这里是地道的,师傅懂广东话的. 继续阅读

听说"樱"的老板是正宗日本人...他对选料及烹调有一定的坚持和执著...是日心血来潮想吃些正宗日本料理...便想到这间"樱"~~甫进店已被其日本地道小店感觉吸引...由于是晚全店只有我们一台客...故此服务员对我们招呼特别周到~~先给我们端来两小碟小吃...再来两杯热麦茶...还会自动自觉给我们添饮呢~~首先上台的是五花腩串烧和鸡肉丸串烧.....千万别被"五花腩"这个词吓倒...这串烧一点也不腻...超好吃的~~而鸡肉丸串烧则质感较稔...不太合我口味~~再来就是稻庭冷乌冬和天妇罗饭~~两者都十分赞!!最后就是我最爱吃的炸薯饼...可能对炸薯饼有种情意结而比较挑剔吧...我觉得还可以做得更好的~~但综合而言...这间日本料理的食物绝对是有水准的...是我们的东瀛之选~~P.S. "樱" 所处之地不太显眼...假如是首次光顾...可能要花点时间找找喔! 继续阅读