ROKA Japanese Robata Grill (已結業)

今日下午同老公去咗太古广场叹下午茶。选择了Roka,叫啲小食同串烧做下午茶。周围环境非常舒服，连同播放中的音乐有点好似去咗resort嘅感觉。点了四款小食。和风沙拉：个样超靓，味道简单得黎几好味。烧蕃薯：推介👍超好食。外层脆脆，甜度适中。如果唔系已经食饱，都想加多一份。烧粟米：小许烧黑了一点，但粟米好甜，几新鲜。烧鸡翼：推介👍烧得啱啱好，好好味。 继续阅读

几个月前的一个午餐时间的大古广场！午巿时间太多人，日本菜又冇得choose）咪试下啰~价钱ok平~order左个“鱼生饭set lunch" !  快就几快，可能冇咩客la ，anyway is better point for visit at lunch time.但个味就同“板前差唔多，个汤好咸同腥，可能用了平价木鱼做高汤，不过佢地目标客系非本港人所以口味都冇得讲。到了鱼生饭,俾板前好少少!!因为我唔太钟意啲鱼生太冻，呢到D鱼生就暖暖地都几合我，但唔知点解我只放豉油都辣辣地？？？有辣椒？？我问个部长佢话问下chef先~点知一去冇回头……算啦~最后只食沙律同蛋，但今次真系要complain 因为沙律系热热地==“算啦同同事吹下水过下日神！点知笑料来了，系尾段时间见到个小姐拿住个sushi set lunch系隔离枱，另外一个女仔就左影右set up，好几个人围绕著一团，见个local chef都出左来，已为有明星做访问，ok 丫几好，点知俾我听到个女仔同个chef讲：[唔好影得太专业呀，用来upload open rice写食评，我当场忍口吾住笑地结账！唉…香港生意难做^^哈~（最后真系见到疑似文章系下面） 继续阅读

当天是在公司实习的最后一天，决定和一起实习的同事吃顿比较丰富的。因为公司在pacific place，所以用餐的地方也选在公司附近。在商场逛了一圈后，大家决定一试这间在最低层，Thai basil 和 Zen旁边的 Roka 日本菜。刚进餐厅的时候有点被吓到，因为餐厅环境宁静，也没有什么人。坐下后一看Menu，发觉lunch set的价钱也颇高，平均$200-$300一位。心想其实以这个价钱来说，应该有更好的选择，例如旁边的Zelo Tapas，它的lunch set以半自助餐为主，味道好，分量 appropriate，价钱也公道，也大概是$200一位。不过既然来到，就一试它们的lunch set，也许有惊喜。 我点了一个刺身饭set，忘记exactly多少钱，大概 $200左右。餐送来的时候有惊喜了一下，因为做得很精致，很漂亮...可是...分量好像有点少...看上去应该几口就能把它吃完了吧。刺身感觉是新鲜的，可是选材普通，只是很common的 salmon and tuna，以分量质量来说，这价钱实在不太公道合算。 继续阅读

从英国来的日本餐厅;环境优美。服务有效率。胜在够快。午市套餐又贵又不抵食。超袖珍寿司比半只手指更细。英式日本餐...不推介!"Japanese" restaurant from London;Authentic London style Japanese food;Expensive sets.Super mini sushi smaller than half a finger;Efficient service. Nice decor butNot recommended.Fools rush in:I've actually tried Roka ages ago when they still had yakisoba, 5-6 times more expensive than anywhere else but least likely to go wrong. My wife was in the area one day and wished to have lunch. Since I was trying to complete something urgent at work, I suggested having a quick lunch around the area. I didn't know what I was thinking at the time but I completely forgot about the Great Food Hall, L16, Grappas, Shiki or Nadaman (that's how rushed I was at work!), instead I suggested Roka...Decor and Service:Very nice decor, spacious with a pretty high ceiling. Counter seats, bar table seats, sofa seats and normal tables seats were available. The staff members were very polite and efficient. Menu:To my utter dismay, they don't serve yakisoba anymore. The lunch menu was not comprehensive, as far as I could recall, two different types of sushi/sashimi set, black cod set and possibly some wagyu sets. All have top up options at extra costs (extra miso soup or a salad...etc.)We ordered a Black Cod Saikyoyaki Set ($248) and a Sushi Set ($238).We were asked whether we'd like something to drink. We ordered two cups of tea. Those were genmaicha. Black cod:Salad: Very average quality veggies with almost no dressing, Japanese or not.Rice: Possibly Japanese rice with some black sesame. Nice presentation. The taste was fine.Eggplant: Quite good.Marinated in light soy sauce. Best part of the meal.Miso soup: Normal miso soup with I believe tofu and kelp.Cod: The cod was cut into three small chunks. You'll know most of the fish oil much have already disappeared. Indeed, the three small pieces of cod were dry and tasteless. Luckily the miso next to it was smooth and sweet. It significantly eased the task of finishing those cods. The red pickled ginger sprinkled on top of the cod is a defining feature of "Japanese" food served mostly in English speaking countries, like what I had in many disappointing meals in London. Somehow, some people felt that add pickled ginger or wasabi rendered a dish "Japanese", just like adding soy sauce and ginger turned the dish into "Chinese" cuisine.Sushi set:First came the steamed egg:A bowl of miso soup was served together with it.To be fair, the egg was not bad. It also came in a bamboo container and a wooden spoon, with spring onions, ginger and coarsely grounded soy bean with miso (the essence of "Oriental" cuisine ).The egg was quite smooth but I can't remember what was inside the steamed egg, if any.Then came the sushi:Mini me sushi:The first thing that struck us was the size of the sushis. Those were very small. It's smaller than half of my wife's index finger! Talk to the finger:The "Edomae" sushis, salmon, two white bodied fish and egg, were small and the quality of the fish was no better than any takeaway sushi you get at supermarkets. Even those at supermarkets or takeaway sushi specialists serve bigger and possibly better quality sushis.The hamachi sashimi and tuna sashimi were bad. Even Ihashi at Jordan and at NOBU served better sushi than here.The maki had avocado, salmon and fish roes, which for some reason were green instead of orange. The taste was fine though. Lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende:The best thing about lunch that day was that it was over really quickly. The lunch sets arrived in a flash. Because of the ultra small portion, the food was consumed in a flash as well. Very efficient service so we got the bill very shortly after we asked for it.The Black Cod Saikyoyaki Set was HK$248 and a Sushi Set HK$238.The two cups of tea cost us HK$38 per cup!The bill came down to HK$610 plus service. Way too expensive for the quality. Better an end in horror than a horror without end:This meal we had quite a while ago but I'd really like to get it out of my system, in all sense of the word. As I checked the introduction to this restaurant, I realized that ROKA came from London. No wonder it reminded me of the Japanese restaurants there 10-15 years ago...Not recommended. 继续阅读

今日约左个朋友食lunch, 先上黎check下有乜comments, 见好坏参半. 但又想食日本野, 所以都胆粗粗走入去试下. Lee到都好多唔同既set, 因为都系想食寿司为主, 所以叫左个sushi set, 都有惊起㖞, 唔系之前所写既咁唔得. 鱼生,寿司都够生鲜, 寿司好似细件d, 无谂果睇落卖相普通都好味, 我问过waiter点解d寿司饭咁唔同. 有少少酸, 同埋好似每粒饭都好分明, 又好有黏性, 佢话系用日本米既. 唔怪得.另外面豉汤, 原来都有两款. 有白又有红. 相信平时出去饮开既就系白, 而个waiter又话红特别点, 所以又试下. 味道就比较浓身d. 里面仲有菇菇. 唔错. 值得试下. 前菜就无乜特别, 胜在够开胃, 仲有一盅冻豆腐, 有唔同既配料捞埋一齐食. 记得好似系姜, 葱, wasabi, 同面豉粒, 另外橙色果只唔记得系乜. 我就钟意食面豉粒, 因为豆腐有好重既豆味, 比较淡味, 所以配番面豉粒就岩晒, 仲有㖞, 原来系用豆浆整. 总括唔错. 0系金钟黎讲价钱都算合理. 二百几蚊一个set. service 都算几好, 下次可以再去试下另外果d. 继续阅读