Golden prawn curry @ Yoshinoya

Yoshinoya (Wong Tai Sin)
Decided to try the new prawn curry at Yoshiniya.
There are two choices, one with egg and one without.

At the counter, there were various optional extras.

I paid an extra $10 for sausages in tomato and herb sauce.

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Sausages in tomato and herb sauce:

The sausages were ok but I don't think they were cooked properly because it was pinkish in the middle.
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Prawn curry with egg:


The prawns which were the highlight of the dish were the worst because the frying oil was rancid and the coating had a really awful taste and smell.
After removing the coating, it was so bad that you could still taste it in the prawns, luckily the curry sauce was really strong it helped to disguise some of that taste.
The curry was just the generic Japanese curry with pieces of carrot and potato with a sweet and spicy taste.
The egg was just the usual Japanese hot spring egg with a runny yolk which was nice with the curry and rice.
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Japanese tomato curry @ Yoshinoya

These days I go to any branch of Yoshinoya except for the upstairs branch in Mong Kok because they do not let you take photos.

Anyway on this visit I tried the Japanese curry with tomato sauce.

 

 

Apart from beef, you can also order chicken to go with the curry and tomato sauce.

They also give you a coupon which has 10% off when you buy tickets to the Halloween bash at Ocean Park.

 

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Japanese curry with tomato sauce:

 

 

The curry sauce was the usual Japanese sweet and together with the tomato puree it was really appetizing.
There was a generous amount of curry sauce too.
Since the beef at Yoshinoya is sliced thinly it makes it really tasty as well because there is more sauce on the surface.
The vegetables given were the usual carrots, cauliflower and beans.
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Afternoon udon tea set @ Yoshinoya

Went during afternoon hours and they had the udon or glass noodles so I tried the Udon.
The udon noodles were too soft and the broth was bland.

xclusif @ dis branch: Prawn tempura + No fotos WTF

Walked past this branch and saw this advert for the PRAWN TEMPURA BOWL WITH RICE so had that in mind to try.

 

However when I went to the Wan Chai branch and this other branch in Tseung Kwan O it was not offered.

Since I had to collect something in Mong Kong I went past again to see if it was still on promotion and it was so I went in for the PRAWN TEMPURA.

Went to the counter and ordered the Prawn tempura with rice.

After paying as I normally would do, I started taking photos of the menu, however the waitress said no photos were allowed, so I spoke to the manager and said I was a food blogger writing food reviews and asked if I could take a photo of the menu and I pointed specifically to which menu I would like to take a photo of but she said I should contact customer services.
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First picture I took before I was told no more photographs!

 

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An example of what I was going to photograph (from IVYCWKs review) but the food items were different.
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Anyway, the reason I wanted to take a photo of that particular menu was because it had some exclusive items that are not in other branches of Yoshinoya.
I also asked about the Prawn tempura and she said it is only available in four branches in Hong Kong, this branch, Tung Chung and the other two I cannot remember.

I was quite surprised that photos of the menu could not be taken and I could not see any NO Photograph signs around.
If this is the case, they should sue every reviewer on Openrice that takes pictures and posts a review!!
I am posting pictures because I would like to share with people which is the point of writing a review and especially because some of their food items are exclusive items not many people have seen before.

Surely they would want people talking about their latest food items and getting more people to know, but it doesnt seem so in this branch!
I really do not understand what liability they are afraid of or what they are protecting themselves from.
I had already disclosed myself as a food blogger and my clear intentions I was going to write a review and specified the particular menu I would like to take a picture of....

Anyway, now about the food.

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PRAWN TEMPURA BOWL WITH RICE
The bowl of rice was really big and on top were the usual sides of vegetables: beans, cauliflower and broccoli which were the frozen types defrosted, boiled and served.
There were four pieces of prawn tempura and a side of sauce.

 

It was good they separated the sauce because you can control how much sauce you want and the tempura remains crispy.
The prawns were quite nice but the tempura batter was too thick and it was not the real Japanese tempura batter.
But anyway, it is a good alternative to salmon and salmon roe with rice if you do not eat beef.
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Yoshinoya : Glass noodles with sesame sauce

I really want to try this but it is only served during the afternoon!

Prawn Tempura @ Yoshinoya

Saw this at some branch but when I went to another branch to try it, they did not have it!

But anyway, I hope to try it soon because I prefer their non-beef dishes.

Ramen salad @ Yoshinoya

The Yoshinoya salmon and roe rice bowl always tastes consistent, the only draw back is that it is not available as a take out item, which is understandable as the fish roe may go off.

I also tried their noodle salad side dish, which is ramen topped with fish roe, and shredded cucumber. I was expecting some sauce to pour in, it turns out the sauce is already mixed in, a light coloured thick sesame Japanese mayonnaise at the bottom.

Didn’t really taste that good to me, but if you like grounded sesame, it should be OK.