午市定食水準很好;
日本米, 魚生及碎吞拿魚飯都很好。
環境舒適,服務好, 推介!
Decent Japanese restaurant in Central;
Value lunch sets:3 don set and Grilled Cod set;
Lovely decor and good service.
Worth a try.
I've been too slow with my reviews lately. The restaurants in my last two reviews had already folded when I published the reviews!
:( So I'm just going to keep it quick and simple from now on.
Masu:
Masu is located near LKF/Entertainment building. It has a pretty nice calming dark coloured decor (similar to Ana Gura), with a robotayaki area facing the open kitchen and widely spaced-out tables in the middle (perhaps a bit bigger than Ana Gura).
We went there early so we could still order their value lunch sets (it think you have to place your order before 12:30p.m.).
The menu, which was in Japanese and English, had most standard lunch sets such as sushi sets, sashimi sets, sashimi dons, various types of tempura and grilled cod set.
We ordered a "Three Don Set" and a "Grilled Cod Set".
Dons:
Both sets came with salad. Just normal salad with a bit of ponzu. No complaints.
The steamed egg (chawan mushi) was decent. It had ginko in it. But not as good as the one in Sagano, which used scallops, scrimps and a lot of quality dashi.
Both sets also came with miso soup. Normal yellow miso soup with silk tofu. Authentic and good - not to be taken for granted.
You could choose 3 dons out of a number of dons. I choose tempura, negi toro (minced tuna) and a sashimi don in order to test their mettle.
Negi toro don: This was good. Very nice Japanese rice. The minced toro was pretty fresh. They could have added a lot more negi in my opinion. They had a little bit of mild negi (almost none), onions and gourd, served with good quality, properly grated wasaibi.
The sesame enhanced the taste as well.
There is an interesting Japanese way of eating negi toro: Mix the grated wasabi with soy sauce and then pour the whole mixture on the rice.
I was very happy with this.
Chi ra shi Sashimi don: The prawn was still moving in my don
- very fresh indeed!
Good hamachi, akami and salmon. Again, the quality of the sushi rice was good. The vinegar level was just right. :)
Tempura Don: This "Tendon" was just average however. The batter was thin and crunchy but a tad oily. The prawn was fresh but the oiliness spoiled it a little. Just OK.
It's very rare to get such good quality sashimi, toro and rice at this price (below HK$160). They got pretty much everything right. All in all, I was a happy man.
Cod Set:
My wife ordered this.
What struck us was the size of the cod:
More than 7 inches long and about 1 inch thick. That's almost double the size of a normal cod set.
The piece of cod had a lot of fish oil. The timing was good and the flavour was rich.
My wife was quite happy with it. But becuase of the large amount of fish oil and the rich taste, she could only finish half of it. I gladly finished up the rest.
Conclusion:
The service was very good. The manageress, who spoke fluent Japanese and English, was polite and efficient.
Recommended.
:)
