Definitely one of the better yakitori places in Hong Kong. They serve a lot of the off cuts of the…read morechicken and a good place to try some interesting offal. They do have some non-chicken items but those are mainly vegetables. The alcohol menu is extensive for a yakatori place and you will find a good selection of wine and sake in addition to Japanese beer. Food: 4 stars Environment: 4 stars Service: 3.5 stars Value: 3.5 stars Overall: 3.75 stars Recommendations: chicken donburi, thigh and onion, esophagus, chicken oyster, soy sauce ice cream I decided to go with the Omakase which includes the chefs choice of 9 chicken skewers and 3 vegetables a rice dish, chicken soup and ice cream. I have a big appetite and was full after this meal. The only thing I didn't really enjoy was the chicken liver. Even some of the things that came my way that thought I wouldn't like such as the heart I enjoyed.

first time ever having yakitori…read more... ...and i call myself an Elite yelper...jeez. anyway, yakitori if you didn't know translates to "grilled chicken" but can also refer to skewered food that gets bbq'd on a charcoal grill or in this place's case...an electric grill. had dinner with my brother here on a Friday evening and made sure to get reservations. despite getting a bit of a late reservation at 9:30pm, the wait was definitely worth it. the restaurant itself is quite cozy, but very modern. the chef and staff all seem to be native Japanese, which is cool and definitely reassured me of the quality of the food. i let my brother do all the ordering since i was unsure of what to order. we got a bunch of different cuts of chicken (meatball, wing, tail...), shiitake mushrooms, ginger wrapped pork belly, beef, green chilis...and i'm sure i've missed a few. it was great having a seat perpendicular to the yakitori chef and watching him grill, season, and marinate multiple skewers without skipping a beat. they also have a pureed daikon and quail egg sauce mixture to dip the skewers into along with a few spice condiments such as sansho pepper, shichimi togarashi (seven flavor chili pepper), and a few others including miso paste. after we were stuffed after devouring what seemed like 10 skewers each, i got a donburi bowl to end the meal, while my brother got ochazuke (green tea over rice) with seaweed. the meal ended up being a little over $170 USD, but it was well worth the splurge and a meal i won't forget anytime soon. i think it's put yakitori on my cravings list and has even got me thinking of doing a yakitori bbq party in the summer....

You ever get that feeling when you walk past a place and you're like "Whoa! I can't afford this!"…read more Kikusan is like that. First of all, it's in one of the most expensive malls in one of the most expensive districts in one of the most expensive places in the world (Landmark, Central, Hong Kong). Secondly, it's an amalgamation of some of the more pricey cuisines: Japanese and Tapas, or trendily known as Japas. Thirdly, it looks like a contemporary art museum. But, never would I have imagined that here, I can not only have an affordable meal, but get one of the best valued dishes I've ever had! The signature Kikusan roll: 8 pieces of tuna filled sushi roll, topped with a whole slab of uni, green onions, and lots of salmon roe. All of my favourite things in a generous quantity for HKD $68. According to today's exchange rate, that's CAD $10.94. You usually get 8 pieces of California roll at that price (Kikusan's California Roll is actually $88). The same amount of uni at a supermarket easily costs 2-3x as much. The roll itself is mild, but still flavourful. There aren't any crazy flavour bursts, but it all works together well. The uni didn't have as much uni flavour as I would've liked but hey...$68. Really. The green onions added sharpness to cut through the smooth tuna and the little exploding roe provided bursts of sweetness. The Kikusan Roll was all about balance. By contrast, the Chili Sesame & Peanut Soup Ramen with Minced Pork and Layered Pork Cutlet was very in-your-face flavour-wise, and delicious in a whole other way! The pork cutlet had a hint of sake and the spice was at a perfect level of heat. My theory is that the Kikusan Roll is one of those loss leader things because it definitely drew me to this restaurant. The strategy seems to be working well. At 12:10pm, the queue was making an S in front of the entrance. Everyone was ordering things that range from sushi to dim sum in this Asian fusion restaurant, with dishes on average ranging from $60 to well above $100. It's much easier to get in as a group of 2, so my advice would be to split up your big group if you don't mind sitting apart. They've also got a dim sum takeout counter for those not willing to battle the line. Would you come to Kikusan for the best Japanese food? No, not even close. But it's where you go when you want to impress your out-of-town, non-Japanese friends. It's where you go when you want to feel a little fancier without spending the kind of dollars you usually spend at Landmark. And most importantly, this is where you go if you want LOTS of uni for $68. (69/100) - 2017

This has become one of my new favourite spots in Hong Kong for dining…read more The space is beautiful and well-designed. I ordered the pork and vegetable dumplings. They were some of the best dumplings I'd ever had in my life - so good that I'm considering going back again just for those, and I'm thinking about them even the day after!! My friends ordered the eel on rice, veggie dumplings, assorted tempura, and salmon sashimi. The tempura, especially the kakiage, was great. The sashimi was very fresh & they give you nice thick pieces. I also had the Japanese mojito which was very refreshing. I took off 1 star because one of the servers got a little defensive when I told her she mixed up my order.

An absolute must eat in Hong Kong! Come for the crunch…read more Prior to Saboten, I have never actually had good tonkatsu. In my experience, all tonkatsu was flat and soggy, so it never appeared appetizing to me. But Saboten and a visit to Japan opened my eyes and my ears (that crunch!). The tonkatsu here is juicy, tender, glistening white pork surrounded by a golden brown, super crispy deep fried delicious crunchy crust! The first bite totally changed my perspective on this dish. The whole meal from beginning to end is just filled with so many textures and tastes, it's such a good, comprehensive, satisfying meal! You are seated comfortably and offered UNLIMITED cabbage salad with picked veggies. Then you get a small, cute bowl of sesame seeds and a small pestle (surikogi) to crush your sesame. Once you've had your fun crushing your sesame, you can assemble your cabbage, pickled veggies and sesame into a salad and top with the creamy sesame dressing (the best!). The unlimited/all you can eat cabbage salad is served to you throughout your meal. It pairs perfectly with your tonkatsu and lightens up your meal. You will certainly eat a ton of this, more cabbage than you've ever eaten in one sitting. And rightly so because I would enjoy it as a meal alone! There is a good variety of tonkatsu here; something to suit everyone's taste. The tonkatsu can be eaten as-is with rice, or in a curry, or topped with radish, etc. There are even combo options that have different mixes of shrimp, oysters, etc. with a smaller portion of tonkatsu. My favorite option is the tonkatsu & roll combo. You must order the roll, it's unique: a small ball of pork with filling. Sooo good. There are three options, but ham & cheese is my favorite. The tonkatsu is served on a mini tonkatsu rack so that it is crispy all around. Your table will have all the accoutrements: mustard, tonkatsu sauce, salad dressing, etc. You really won't need much else. (I don't think I've ever written tonkatsu so many times in my life, but this restaurant will make you so excited about it!) It's located in the busybusybusy-ness of Causeway Bay and while there are endless food options here, you will not be disappointed when you try Saboten. This may be the best tonkatsu outside of Japan. The restaurant is clean, roomy, comfortable. Service has always been attentive and quick; keep the cabbage coming! And as I've clearly illustrated above, the food is amazing, every time. Don't forget to get your stamp card stamped so you can come back for more crunch!

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Delicious fried food! I loved the tonkatsu and the soft shell crab. The crab was probably the best…read moreI had anywhere. The restaurant is right above the Apple Store and across the Harbour Mall, which lately seems to be devoid of tourists (as with the rest of HK). Getting there around 11:30 would be the best to snag a booth.

Tonkichi Tonkatsu, as its name suggests, specializes in tonkatsu, which means deep-fried pork…read morecutlet. My mother and I decided to have lunch here when we were in Causeway Bay. There isn't much variety in the lunch sets offered - most of the sets consist of something that's deep fried, whether it be their signature pork chops, fish fillet, prawn or oysters. My mother got the pork chop set while I got the deep fried prawns and oysters with salmon sashimi. Before your food comes, you're given a mortar and pestle to make your own sauce. Inside the mortar are some sesame seeds and you are to add sauce and grind it with the sesame until the sesame seeds are no longer visible. Personally I find this process really fun! I was pretty impressed with the food. The prawns were really nice and normally I don't like cooked oysters, but this was a pleasant surprise! The breadcrumbs were a nice contrast to the, well, sliminess of the oysters. My salmon was good too and was quite fresh. My mother let me have some, and the pork was really, really tender. I think I'll order that next time! One complaint with deep fried food like this is that I feel that it's really filling. As good as it was, my mother and I both struggled with finishing our food! Including service charge, it's a little less than $150 per set which is a bit on the pricy side for lunch, but it's definitely worth a try!

銀座梅林Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin is Japan-based restaurant specializing in deep fried breaded pork cutlet…read morefor 84 years. I ended up coming here because it is just 10 minute walk from my hotel. On a weekday evening, I was the only lone customer for the night. Katsudon (Pork cutlet with eggs served with Tonkatsu sauce) nice and juicy pork and crispy breading. Perfect size for a light meal. (I should not say anything deep fried is light?) Since I was the only customer, service was fast and friendly.

Tenkai is a small ten seat restaurant that specializes in tempura. The seating is similar to a nice…read moresushi bar where all the diners have a view of the chef preparing the food. The Japanese chef fries to order and to a perfect temperature and crispness. The food here is really fantastic and is my place to go from now on if I want to have tempura in Hong Kong. Food: 4.5 stars Service/environment: 4.25 stars Overall: 4.25 stars Recommendations: Special tempura don lunch set, scallop tempura, fish tempura The lunch sets are the way to go for value as the price range is from 180-330 for the lunch sets. They also offer a omakase menu for dinner which starts at 910 hkd.

Probably the best, most affordable Tempura in Hong Kong. There's always a line so make sure you…read moresave some time for that. Outside of the 4-5, expensive but amazing Tempura omakases in the city, I thought this one was the best I'd had. A nice, thin batter that wasn't oily or greasy. The ingredients were fresh. The fry and salt was perfect on every piece. We got the curry and the assorted tempura menu items and they were both great. If you love Tempura like we do and don't want to spend $1600 pp, this is your spot. Taste: **** Service: **** Ambiance: **** ------------------------------ TENKAI G/F, No.17 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong ------------------------------

Good simple, straightforward Japanese food. Seemed pretty authentic too! They have some Japanese…read morestaff working here. Their lunch sets all come with miso soup, green salad, and an appetizer. The appetizer we got was a couple pieces of okra in a soy sauce kinda glaze. We ordered two different lunch combos: Miso Black Cod Set- 2 pieces of beautifully grilled black cod. The fish is cooked just right, not too overcooked so as to maintain the delicious flakiness of the fish. It's lightly basted in miso so the yummy flavour of cod is still there. Pork Rice Bowl Set- Freshly grilled slices of pork glazed in a light teriyaki-soy marinade atop a hot bowl of rice. And a couple of random peas sprinkled on top too haha. The pork is so good! Despite how thin they are cut, they are still flavourful and kinda juicy. To round off your meals, these sets come with a little sakura mochi-esque dessert thing. No idea what it is. But they were pretty good... not too sweet. Service here is amazing! They refill your tea with fresh, hot green tea automatically. Polite. Efficient. What more can you ask for?! It can get quite busy here during lunch time though considering how many office buildings are here!

Barebones no-nonsense lunch menu with the speedy service to match…read more Obihiro Hageten is a restaurant that places great emphasis in tempura, but it also offers other tasty alternatives for those looking not to celebrate the invention of the deep fryer in its rather simplistic 2 page menu. Being a fan of tempura, I went for the tempura fritter set, which is essentially a fritter with tempura batter as a base with a few typical and not-so-typical tempura ingredients meshed in, served on a bed of steamed Japanese rice. The set came with a bowl of soup, a salad, and a small, and cute looking mochi. The tempura fritter overall was good. It was crunchy, and they gave me enough sauce to actually enjoy it. Word of warning there is a sizeable proportion of tempura veg in there, so meat lovers be warned (it doesn't bother me, but others might be irked by it). The soup and salad were roughly what you'd expect for a set menu, satisfactory but nothing particularly noteworthy, but the kochi was interesting. It was very soft, and slightly fruity. It was odd that they added a non-edible garnish to it that you have to pull out yourself. Overall, it was a great lunch and I'd definitely come back again.

A quite good yakitori place that the taste is excellent…read more chicken meat ball is a bit dry, needs a bit fresh pounding or less frozen time. Mintako chicken wing is their signature. make sure you got that! Eal rice was my main. freshly grilled eal with crispy skin which I personally avoided the skin and just enjoyed the meat. I'll revisit for dinner to try more skewers!

The lunch set here is more than fulfilling...in additional to the miso, salad, drink and the main…read morecourse, we can make a choice of 3 BBQ items as side dish. Not only we can choose grilled veggie for the sides, but the signature grill chicken wing with pollack roe, beef strips, litchi and pork etc. I have ordered the mackerel set, which serves with a bowl of Japanese rice, miso with lots of seaweeds and salad with sesame sauce. Picked litchi+pork, beef and minced chicken for the side dish, which are so yummy! The bill is just $116, what a great deal for lunch!