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2012-06-26
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真正日式卡拉ok. 食物主要由和居 和居供應．星期日由橋底辣蟹供應．Karaoke ~ Japanese style.＞＞＞＞Karaoke ~ meaning: "Empty Orchestra" I enjoy going to karaoke a lot, that was until the rather annoying fights between karaoke companies and record labels a few years back. Most of the songs I enjoy singing were gone. Karaoke systems were "upgraded" to such an extent that it's almost impossible for me to find songs I like singing (I'm talking about really, really old school stuff ). So I stopped going until I found "Music Box". Price
Karaoke ~ Japanese style.
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Karaoke ~ meaning: "Empty Orchestra"
I enjoy going to karaoke a lot, that was until the rather annoying fights between karaoke companies and record labels a few years back. Most of the songs I enjoy singing were gone. Karaoke systems were "upgraded" to such an extent that it's almost impossible for me to find songs I like singing (I'm talking about really, really old school stuff ). So I stopped going until I found "Music Box".
Price and Place:
Just when you're wondering what the heck a karaoke is doing on Open Rice, I can tell you immediately that this is not just just a karaoke, but it is a Japanese karaoke that serves food. Yes, it's pretty much like the real thing. Pretty much similar to those you could find in Japan, like a smaller version of KARAOKE KAN (カラオケ館）
It's HK$250 for one hour irrespective of the number of persons. That's a pretty good deal! However, no drinks are included. A whole bottle of sochu will cost you about HK$300 which I think is quite a good deal. Even canned draught Guinness is available at a reasonable price!
For those who really enjoy attention seeking, or those who'd like the complete "retro" Karaoke experience, there is a stage for you to sing in front of everyone at the bar area:
It seems to me that the main area could accomodate at least 30 persons. The two of us just wanted to sing-along-song in peace so we sat in a small room. Luckily, rooms are generally available without the need to book before 10:00 p.m. But the place becomes really busy afterwards!
The room could possibly fit 4-5 persons comfortably. Slightly dated with a rustic wood smell but which is very comforting.
Priceless:
The sound system was pretty decent. They provide two microphones by default, I don't think you need to pay extra for mics if you have more than 2 persons. However, the crucial thing is that you need to know how to operate the DAM system...
(...no pun intended ) It's called DAM...
and true to it's name, is not easy to operate if you're not fluent in written Japanese. You need to input Japanese to the machine to get the songs.
There are also Chinese songs (you use Pinyin and the number of words on the songs to choose it. It's incredibly complicated and not terribly updated so I gave up trying. There are also some Korean songs which I suppose might be a lot more updated that Canto-pop.
The Japanese song selections are rather updated and similar to those released in Japan:
Food?There is a yakitori menu. The food is from "Wa I Wa I 和居 和居". I believe "Music Box" and Wa I Wa I are owned by the same owner, a friendly American gentleman who speaks perfect Japanese whom we met once at Wa I Wa I. He recommended a nice red wine to go with our yakitori then.
Since we had a pretty unsatisfactory and expensive meal at "Hana 花" nearby* so we wanted to order some food here.
Unfortunately, "Wai Wai" was closed on Sundays. Fortunately, they provided a take away menu of "Under the bridge Spicy Crab 橋底辣蟹" for us at the normal price (possibly adding 10% service charge?) I've tried that restaurant quite a few times before and was very happy about the quality of the food there.
We ordered ""Pepper and Salt Fried squid 椒鹽鮮魷" and two "Razor Clams 聖旨"
Both came in after about 10-15 minutes later and were very good. The Razor Clams were steamed with chopped garlic, vermicelli, spring onions with soy sauce. Those were very fresh, meaty and tasty. It was about $35 each, which, considering the size and the quality, was very good.
The Pepper and Salt Fried Squid were also nice. The batter wasn't spectacular but of decent quality. The squids were very fresh, crisp and tasty. The portion was generous. Not bad. Great with my beer and my wife's lemon tea!
Service:
Everyone there were very friendly and polite.
They will not interrupt you. A noteworthy point was that even if you're time is up, they won't cut the system automatically (like what HK Karaoke's do).
They will even let you finishing singing the whole song before they enter and hand you the bill - very good service indeed!
All in all, if you miss Japanese Karaoke, this is it.
Enjoy!
Cheers!
P.S. "J- sound" is another Japanese Karaoke shop. Somewhat newer but a bit more expensive. Booking is strongly recommended.
題外話/補充資料：
Hana (CWB): More than $580 for 6 sub-standard yakitoris (other than the Wagyu - which was apparently very good), one tempura shrimp (average but overpriced - waited for at least 20 minutes), two beers (we went in at happy hour but they "forgot" to charge us the happy hour price). Service was not bad. Shyabu Shyabu with appears to be their signature dish, which we haven't tried.
(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)
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