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2011-01-31
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Spontaneous lunch. Made reservations. Reservations unnecessary - restaurant turned out to be pretty empty. But fewer diners is good news for us. ^ for your information. Environment:The best thing about Saikou is the openness and airiness created by the large windows overlooking the Hong Kong Botanical Gardens, and the sunlight slanting in quietly. Lots of greenery. Saturday lunches are rather quiet, and if you are in rowdy company, I'd advise you against dining here. Everyone was talking in hush
^ for your information. Environment:
The best thing about Saikou is the openness and airiness created by the large windows overlooking the Hong Kong Botanical Gardens, and the sunlight slanting in quietly. Lots of greenery. Saturday lunches are rather quiet, and if you are in rowdy company, I'd advise you against dining here. Everyone was talking in hushed voices, almost. I like.Food:
Lunch sets come with Appetizer, green salad, steamed egg, pickles, miso soup and dessert (which usually means fruit)
Appetizer: Cooked, sliced lotus in sesame and chili? marinate. The lotus chips (well not exactly, coz they weren't deep fried) were crunchy and slightly spicy. Could make this at home, served warm or cold. Salad: a mixture of greens. Fresh, but not amazing at all. 2 pieces of duck breast perched on top, drizzled with a sesame dressing which tasted like something we have at home, only tampered with. Average.
Steamed egg: average. Eggy and smooth, kind of like tofu fa.
Miso soup beware: BIG CLAM INSIDE!
Grilled marinated cod fish with soy bean paste $130
I had this. Compliments: oily cod was fresh and juicy, almost sweet. Hot. Loved the rice. Not sticky but moist and chewy - precisely what I wanted with my cod. The rice came out hot too. Loved the mayo too - did they do something with it? It was slightly more flavorful than usual. The skin I consumed as well because it was thin and crisp, not slimy. Criticisms: would've liked my cod a bit more charred. I like charred fish, especially when it's crisp and brings out the flavour. Grilled sauteed sliced pork with ginger sauce in hot pot $140
I like the idea of serving food in the pot they were cooked. All the juices are inside and it keeps heat. The pot is heavy and it looks like you can scrape pot stickers off the bottom, which in my opinion, is the yummiest part. The juice and the thinly sliced onions were delicious, soaking up all the sauce. I helped myself to them greedily. You could taste pretty strong ginger, but it did not choke, just added a bit of heat to the mouth. Sadly, the pork wasn't as soft as I had hoped. Slightly stringy and difficult to chew through - I made a conscious effort to avoid all the fatty and stringy bits. Chopped special sashimi with spring onion on sushi rice $160
M had this. I did not try this because I still haven't resolved my aversion towards raw meat. (@@) But according to her: toro, shrimp, salmon, roe, diced fatty tuna, finely chopped spring onion, freshly ground wasabi paste (not wasabi powder+water). Good portion for ladies. 'There's actually more sashimi than rice!' Good deal. Grilled salmon and salmon roe sea urchin with onion on sushi rice $160
D had this. I did not try either. Not sure why I didn't get to try hmm. Anyway the salmon was almost seared, not grilled. Half-cooked i.e. good stuff, very fresh. Portion insufficient for a growing man in his mid 20s. the so-called dessert
This is not my idea of dessert. The fruits were mildly sweet and the tangerine was almost sour. I would've preferred something sweet, like green tea/black sesame ice cream, or some pudding. Hmph. Conclusion:
This is not entirely what I'd call a cheap place for lunch so I will not visit often. But if there's a special occasion and I want to go somewhere near, quiet for a Japanese Saturday lunch then this might be a good choice.
张贴
