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2009-11-05
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Its strange isn't it? My friend initially refused to come here around 4-5 months ago - citing reasons of having received appalling treatment before. On my insistence and after finding out that its related to TATSU 達 (a pretty good place!), we came to try again during lunch time. And guess what - the service here is just as I was told and unacceptable. Even before we've finished out meal at 1:55pm, the staff GAVE us our bill then proceeded to turn off the restaurant's lights, how rude! Lo
Having said that, I'm only rating this restaurant based on its Food Quality.
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KATSU CURRY RICE SET -
The deep-fried Tonkatsu actually came with a below-average bread crumb coating, it was falling apart and slightly oily, but nevertheless acceptable since Katsu Curry's pork piece is normally lesser quality than plain Katsu served at dedicated restaurants! A typical Japanese lunch standard I shall add! The Curry Sauce however had more 'meat pieces' included than is the norm in Japan, and it was really very good and authentic - based on the more stronger spiced Japanese curry version than the sweetened, localised Hong Kong/Japanese style. Bearing in mind - making a good curry sauce is much easier than churning out perfect Tonkatsu's..
It also came with a few pieces of 福神漬 and the ice cold water correctly. Although it wasn't mentioned on the menu, this $85 Pork Katsu tasted just like a Japanese 黒豚 with its very special fat 甘味 - so I assume this was Kurobuta. The whole set was also pretty big - despite the salad and soup being a bit boring. ALL IN ALL QUITE SATISFYING vs PRICE, and much better and authentic than the one I had at 利久庵.
SCORE: 3.8/5
KATSU DON SET -
Friend ordered this but the sauce and the eggs/onion mixture wasn't done very well, also a tad over sugary. The previously deep-fried pork just like the above dish, having absorbed back the 'liquid' became a bit over-cooked and moistened, thus chewy in the process. It looked better than it tasted and wasn't a very good version of this dish.
SCORE: 3.0/5
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The Ice-Coffee I had at the end of the meal tasted nearly the same as the one at 元気一杯 and indeed many other Japanese shops - but here used a correct creamer and syrup, not evaporated milk over there! Not too bitter and not a bit acidic, this had a strong 炭焼 like influence and was an 'engineered-to-suit' taste and carried that artificially desired roasty aroma, just the same as supermarket-bought UCC coffee or certain Instant Coffees. No complexity or character whatsoever!
Some people might really like this because so long as it is 香&膿 and suits their expectations of commercialised coffee. Afterall, its just another variant of an approachable 'instant coffee' designed to be that way. I just want to say, this mentality of coffee expectation is probably what's keeping us from improving and catching up with the rest of the world - to many, this would be a good coffee. I'm not disagreeing ..... I've been down that path myself! But it can be like being too safe and eating unfresh Milk Chocolates or Kitkats or Toblerone or Godiva everyday and then becoming 'resistant' when introduced to eating fresher, representational artisanal Dark chocolates later on in life... its all part of a learning process. To me personally, 岡田 Coffee is much better and takes much more efforts, because it reflects the 7 x Coffee Berrie's origin and not just another single dimensional 'roasty' coffee but look how many crying faces there are over there?
But since I enjoy eating White, Milk and Dark chocolates and coffees and anything in between from commercial to artisanal - may be I'm not the right person to judge! As an analogy, its much the same as Hong Kong people always insistent on eating poor quality, farmed Norwegian Raw Salmon in Japanese restaurants. Very boring - but I do still like them and will say so honestly. PERHAPS I have evolved and enjoy Salmon that are the fresher wild versions more these days. As a foodie, the whole point of drinking coffees or eating food.... is that we don't become stuck at the same level all the time! It hinders growth for others !
张贴
