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2011-05-08
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This is a restaurant I come to a lot, so I didn't hesitate when I was asked to recommend a Japanese restaurant for my colleague's farewell lunch. I was happy to be able to come here with my colleagues but sad that it was saying farewell to a colleague who I have worked together for 10 years.Anyway, 7 of us arrived hungry ready to try whatever they could bring out. For the first round, we ordered some sushi and grilled skewers. Avocado and soft shell crab rolls were very fresh and the avocado tas
Anyway, 7 of us arrived hungry ready to try whatever they could bring out. For the first round, we ordered some sushi and grilled skewers. Avocado and soft shell crab rolls were very fresh and the avocado tasted buttery and not over ripe. The assorted sushi mostly got good reviews. I had the one with roast eel which was sweet with firm flesh. I don't eat raw fish and so was happy to find a cooked sushi. Then we tried something I had never tried before, sticky mochi cake and cheese grilled and wrapped in seaweed. I thought the sticky texture was interesting but the dish had very little taste, just a fun food item. I may not order it again in the future. The skewers are probably what the restaurant is famous for. We ordered beef tongue, chicken wings, chicken soft bones and I had some beef tongue and chicken wings, both were delicious and juicy, browned to just the right degree. A highlight of the meal. The grilled lamb chops were huge, thick and my colleagues who had them said they were probably the best dish of the day. i didn't have one as I wanted to save space for the other dishes.
We had 2 Korean dishses, bimbimbap and fried pancake. It was not a surprise that they were not particularly good. I guess it wasn't clever to order Korean dishes in a Japanese restaurant. And they did come before the star of the show. Egg omelette with crab has always been our favourite but this time, we left it to cool before we ate it because there was just too much to eat. When we got to it, maybe it had past it's best . No one found it outstanding. My fault as I should have insisted we ate it when it first arrived. OK, lesson learnt. We were almost full at this stage but decided on a last round of food. We ordered some grilled and fried vegetables and desserts.
As I do not eat leeks, I couldn't comment. Fried pumpkin was delicious probably because they used a type of pumpkin very suitable for frying. Grilled eggplant was a disappointment as they skinned the eggplant which makes it just a mushy texture with no character. i like the colour and texture of the skin of eggplant and I think the skin is also nutritious.
Most of us went for various form of dessert combination which included green tea ice cream, sweet bean curd and mochis. I wouldn't have said any were memorable. However, the Blue Mountain coffee which took a long time to prepare came looking very professional and my colleague approved of the taste and quality.
And so ended a successful farewell lunch and many dishes I had not tried on previous visits. No one had been to the restaurant before except me and they mostly thought it was a good place for casual and non expensive Japanese food. The restaurant decor in the theme of an old Japanese drinking restaurant was also rustic and cosy. I will definitely still come back regularly.
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張貼
