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2010-06-20
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The more recent reviews of this restaurant aren't very positive - but its understandable! Mr Sodeyama from Sendai for a time period wasn't really overlooking this shop anymore, he was busy working elsewhere in SODEYAMA (which is now officially closed and replaced by another Japanese restaurant), although in reality he did still occasionally came back and worked here 1-2 days a week if you were lucky to spot him - as we did 1 night. Well these days, the inconsistency problems has become a for
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珍味, 南極蟹の内子 -
These crab roes are amazingly fresh albeit slimey, uncooked! Although Japanese eaters especially Hokkaido people believe seafood 珍味 goes best with some sort of alcohol, my personal opinion is they kind of clash due to an abundance of excessive natural oceanic flavours. I enjoyed this on its own a lot, but I'm not sure I could recommend it with anything alcoholic, except perhaps a warmed and dry sake?
Oysters with Tofu Imported from Sendai, Cooked with Shiro-Miso -
The Hiroshima oysters I assumed were previously frozen. The tofu's were very good, great! This dish is quite good, but not as fresh as it can be. Nevertheless, it was executed well. 3.8/5
鯛飯 -
湖舟 serves the best 釜飯 in Hong Kong, no questions asked. The rice quality alone already speaks for itself. Yet, allow me to start with their lesser satisfying rice first! Snapper fillets sit on top of perfectly cooked seafood brothed rice grains. Unfortunately, the snapper fillets whilst were fresh, did not sipped out additional 鯛 oil onto the rice below to enhance its flavours, unlike the 兔角 version cooked with fish heads as well as meat. A little disappointed at its bland performance, but its healthy! 3.0/5
蟹&蟹羔飯 -
This 釜飯 was very good. A typical Wintery Dish, the crab's flavour was very fresh and sweet, the Kani-miso mixture of roes, brains and green tomalley was highly addictive. This rice, is as good as its goes even relative to the ones served in Japan. The rice grains are cooked perfectly, although using more of a fish broth. 5/5
鮨 Set -
As mentioned earlier, I didn't really like 湖舟 back in its early days. However things have improved and the nigiri sushi's here were utterly amazing! In fact, probably the most impressive of sushi's I've had in HK. In comparison, 鮨福助 is also one of the best ones around for sushi, where that place wins with more seafood selections, but it loses out in other criterias compared to here - each to their own. Sushi Hiro's performance meanwhile fluctuates depending on which chef you get, which is like gambling! Don't ever go there for lunch either as you get oxidized fishes like I did! The cutting here was beautiful and artistanal like, in fact more so than the multiple Michelin starred sushi restaurants I've visited in Tokyo. Seriously, check the photos yourself to judge! The 握り skill and the Rice Quality were great, but that's not it either - the fish neta quality were very good too, its the best fish cuts available, reserved for this particular restaurant by the supplier. Look, freshness wise, it wouldn't be as good as the best restaurants in Japan obviously due to logistical problems, one of my friends even commented that whilst the cuttings and fish were great, it lost a bit of freshness taste. But then again, every other shop in HK suffers the same fate, so relatively speaking, this really makes up in all other areas and beyond. Sodeyama san really is very capable with seafood. *Note that dinner is much better than lunch, and another thing I need to stress is that the Donburi Sea Urchin's served here are from China, Dai Lin, which are very bitter and bad - don't order those! They serve better quality Hokkaido urchins if you order a la carte at night, at inflated prices. 4.5/5
鰻飯 -
This is another famous signature rice dish at 湖舟, which Japanese customers order for take-away too. The pretty good Unagi sits on top of a bed of sticky rice, which unlike the normal rice served, were in fact pre-cooked in Japan and imported as rice slabs, but that's not to say its not very good, because it is very excellent. Topped with a Kinome leaf. 4.5/5
Miso Soup -
湖舟 makes one of the best Miso Soups in Hong Kong, although it somehow seems personalized rather than the normalised version, it also differs on the day. Sometimes, the Tofu's used are imported from Sendai and have a very good fresh soy bean taste. The miso has complexity, its sweet yet savoury, aromatic. 4.5/5
Desserts -
The desserts served here seems slightly Westernised somewhat. They're enjoyable and tasty, but, I wouldn't say impressive. Many Japanese restaurants in Japan don't serve that good a dessert anyway, and this really bothers me sometimes!!! Arrgh. 3.5/5
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I THINK THIS SHOP IS VERY EXCELLENT, ONE OF THE BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANTS AROUND SERVING 小料理 - BASICALLY WHAT'S REGARDED AS A ONE MAN SHOW 料理.
COME HERE FOR THEIR RANGE OF RICE SAKE, ALSO RICE RELATED DISHES, AS WELL AS THEIR TOP QUALITY SELECTION OF SEAFOODS. ITS NOT PERFECT YES, BUT, RELATIVELY SPEAKING I HAVE NO HESITATION TO GIVE THIS PLACE A LOW TO MID '5' RATING. THERE ARE HITS AND MISSES AND THAT STUPID SEA URCHIN FROM CHINA REALLY IS POOR, BUT THEN AGAIN ITS ONLY BECAUSE ITS HEDGED TO ITS LOWISH PRICING POLICY FOR DONBURI'S. UPGRADE YOURSELF AND RECEIVE BETTER QUALITY URCHIN. THEY EVEN SERVE TURTLE SOUP AND 雑炊 DISHES HERE IF YOU RESERVE IN ADVANCE. ITS REALLY A VERY SPECIAL SHOP, IN FACT ITS HARD TO FIND THIS TYPE OF SHOP EVEN WITHIN JAPAN ... THE MENU IS LIMITED, BUT THEN YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO ORDER THE RIGHT STUFF....
张贴
