[Review 5006] The season for food @ 柏屋 Kashiwaya

31/01/2016
柏屋 Kashiwaya
中環安蘭街18號8樓
8/F, 18 On Lan Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-season-for-food-e2539184


The season for food
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At Kashiwaya they emphasize on the seasons with seasonal decorations to bring out the comfort in the cuisine to “ryori” (cuisine) that tells the story of the seasons.
Went here for lunch and had the 7 course lunch however the number of dishes for each course may change in accordance with the month and/or menu.
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Ingredients are also seasonal, so what I had today may not be served the next time I come.
As I am not familiar with Japanese food I have attached the menu here.
For lunch, you need to allow more than an hour to finish the course because it takes time.
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Kae:
Started with Kae which came in two pieces.
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This was duck breast marinated in soy sauce with mushrooms, wasabi and konbu.
It was nice and savory with a strong umami taste.
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The other piece was herring roe with cod roe, radish and yuzu on top.
This was crunchy with a salty briny taste complimented by the refreshing yuzu.
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Nimonowan:
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This was a warming soup with Japanese turnip and a fishcake.
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Tsukuri:
A nice selection of Taitataki, tuna and squid paired with fresh wasabi and sauces.
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All of them were fresh and delectable.
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Hassun:
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I loved this box, the items are specially chosen so that you can taste sweet, sour, bitterness, and spiciness.
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The green chili was interesting because they said only one in a thousand is spicy and out of the two one of them was spicy.
The fish was perfectly fried to the point that the scales were crispy and curled and the saba sushi was really good.
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Hachimono:
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This was crispy sawara fish with Japanese spinach and fresh ginger in a warm clear jelly sauce.
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Shokuji:
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This was my favourite course because it was rice with Japanese white fishes, okura, onsen egg and seaweed.
There were some pickles on the side to add to the rice.
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The green balls are fresh raw Peppercorns which have a numbing taste like Sichuan peppercorns.
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Fruit:
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Finished with jelly and fruits and the jelly was light and sweet.

The spoon was really pretty and they said there is a special box for them.
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[Review 5005] Urban park: in Central @ 城市匯 Urban Park

30/01/2016
城市匯 Urban Park
中環德輔道中173號南豐大廈2樓3-5號店
Shop 3-5, 2/F, Nan Fung Tower, 173 Des Voeux Road Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/urban-park-in-central-e2538654

Urban park: in Central
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After dining at Yum Cha a few weeks ago, I discovered Urban Park which is just round the corner serving Western Fare.
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Went here for a gathering because the items are good for sharing.
We started off with a welcome drink which has light alcohol in it and a strong rose taste.
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For food, here was what we had:
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Fresh burrata mozzarella salad:
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This was creamy and I loved the slice of square basil jelly beneath it which melts in your mouth with a refreshing basil taste.
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French black lip mussels in white wine reduction, thyme, onion and french fries:
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This is was fun to share and gone in a flash because the mussels were really good.
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Homemade tortellini made with mushroom, spinach, ricotta, creamy rocket sauce.
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Tortellini is always my favourite.
I liked the spinach inside because it was not grounded up but it was intact leaves inside.
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Boston lobster pasta:

Flawless pasta with delicate and sweet lobster and silky lobster foam on top.
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Roasted beer can lemon chicken:

Not how your normal roast chicken is served but it is good that roast is on the menu and complete with roast vegetables and gravy made with beer.

The chicken was nicely done and the bitter gravy was a good compliment.

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Country style mac and cheese:

Expats will love this because it is the real thing, ie proper cheesy and it also has truffle in it.
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Truffle and cheese fries:

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Chili chocolate: black pepper caramel cream:

The dessert was impressive because the chocolate filling was really light and velvety with a spicy sting followed by the yummy caramel in the middle.
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[Review 5004] Sichuan bones @ 沙煲王小廚 Sabo Kitchen

29/01/2016
沙煲王小廚 Sabo Kitchen
此店前身為 友得食粥麵茶餐廳
西灣河太康街1號麗灣大廈地舖
G/F, Lai Wan Building, 1 Tai Hong Street, Sai Wan Ho
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sichuan-bones-e2538539

Went here randomly because the place I wanted to go was closed.
There is upstairs seating as well as downstairs but the place stinks.
Anyway, I settled for the Sichuan chicken which came with a soup and drink for $42.
The chicken was just bones so I was left starving but the Sichuan sauce was really good because there were crunchy brown soy beans in it which went nicely with the rice, but the rice was too hard for my liking.

[Review 5003] All your Japanese wishes in one restaurant @ 宏 Hiroshi

29/01/2016
宏  Hiroshi
尖沙咀彌敦道100號The ONE 5樓502號舖
Shop 502, 5/F, The ONE, 100 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/all-your-japanese-wishes-in-one-restaurant-e2538357

All your Japanese wishes in one restaurant
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I used to come here a lot when they were in Jordan.
Hiroshi was one of the restaurants that started the matcha trend.
They have now relocated to THE ONE on the 4th floor which is bigger and spacious.
At Hiroshi, they serve udons, rice sets, cakes, macarons which were all the items I wanted to try.
At the entrance of the shop, it looks like a cake shop because there are glass cabinets with cakes, macarons and a coffee drip.
Inside the shop, there were various of posters of strawberries and hokkaido milk which are famous from Furano.
The cream in the cakes are made with hokkaido milk and the strawberries they use are from Furano, hence for the small strawberry swiss roll you only get a quarter of the strawberry because they are quite expensive.
Luckily they have an all day set which includes an udon, cake and tea, there is a slightly more expensive set which has noodle and rice with either a cake or two macarons and drink.
Ordered two sets so I could try the spaghetti, udon and rice.
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Stir fried seaweed Udon:
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The pasta was really good because it was not oily with a nice seaweed taste and the seafood was fresh.
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Seaweed Udon with fish and rice:

Crispy and tender fish that was not too sweet.

Flawless udon.

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Coffee:

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Royal tea:

The smell was overwhelmingly strong and you could smell kyoto grapes but the taste of the tea was really light.
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Earl grey tea chiffon cake:

This was my favourite cake because the cake was really soft and there was a good proportion of cake and cream.
The sweetness was just right.
The structure of this cake was really airy just like a coral sponge.
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Green tea swiss roll:

The green tea taste was quite grassy and it was sweeter than the chiffon version.
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Dessert:

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