Mountain yam and oysters @ 三河屋 MIKAWAYA

I have been planning to visit this place for 2 years, but Hung Hom is not a place I usually go to.

I managed to order the items I planned to eat, but the item I couldn’t find was the taros with the appearance of straw mushrooms.
I had the expectation they wouldn’t have as lately there haven’t been comments on it on OR.

Little squids: salted squids in miso sauce, rather chewy, took me ages to reduce it to a tiny swallowable mass! Tasted good, the last time I had it was at Wara Wara japanese casual restaurant. However the portion here is much bigger.

Fish Liver: Looked 100% like the European pate’s packaged in sausage form, I could still see the marks from the ends where they opened it. Tasted smooth and soft, and the sauce was tangy.

Pillows: Actually it was grounded sharks meat and filled with cheese. It tasted a bit like foam and looks rather like marshmallow. The last time I had it was from Issei, and you can order as much as you want there. I am sure they are all from the same supplier.

Curry Udon: The best udon I have had, usually I do not eat udon, because it does not tastes authentic, however the udon here is slippery and elastic. If the curry sauce was less spicy and salty, it would have been perfect. Originally ordered the udon in cream, but the smell of it was sickly.

Mountain Yam: Compared with other places that serve it, the colour is less translucent, and has a strong white radish taste. The consistency is VERY thick, similar to that of superthick porridge.

Oyster: These were grilled. I was surprised how tasty they were, after taking one bite, the whole table could smell it. They were fresh and juicy, and not mushy. The oyster was clean too.

Beef with roe @ Yoshinoya

Yoshinoya has just created more variety by adding different ingredients to the existing beef.

This time they added fish roe with beef, and sprinkled it with the same toppings from the salmon and fish roe dish.

The fish roe adds some crunch to it, and the wasabi bits from the topping gives the beef mustard flavouring.

The other dishes will be beef and kimchi, beef and mushrooms, beef and egg, so I think out of the new series, beef and mushroom should taste good, and if you like spicy food then Kimchi would do the job.

photo taken by fd

 

Six piece deluxe sushi set @ Sushi express

 

I suppose it is cheap to get a sushi set for $43 which includes Sea urchin, Cod roe and Scallop.

I found it appealing because it was a combination of the three items that I liked.

I had the scallop sushi to start with because it had the lightest taste.
The taste was ok, not particular good or bad.

Next I had the sea urchin because the cod roe is saltier in comparision.

The colour of the sea urchin was dull orange, and it was bitter.
This was the first time I have tried bitter sea urchin, usually it tastes sweet and creamy.

Lastly I had the cod roe, it was different to the cod roes I have had previously, the size of the roe was much smaller in diameter than the usual ones. It was roughly the size of BB guns pellets.
The colour of the roe was reddish orange, not the dark orange ones I have seen before.
The roe was all stuck together by a membrane and not loose like the ones I have seen.
The roe also had a bitter and salty taste.