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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Fresh sashimi at Okinawa Dining BRIDGES

Okinawa Dining BRIDGES (Causeway Bay)

Thanks to D for inviting me to try this restaurant with two great people.

OKB is located at The Cubus with spacious tables and chairs suitable for families and gatherings.

There is a sushi bar where diners can see the sushi chefs prepare the food.


Here was what we had:
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Appetizers:

From left to right was cucumber with miso, stewed whelk and sweet potato puree with prawn on top.
The appetizers were light to start off with.
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Sashimi platter:

Next we had a huge sashimi platter with fresh sashimi.
My favourites were the sweet botan shrimps, tuna and salmon.
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Stewed belly:

A nice slice of pork belly that was stewed just right with a soft texture and an even distribution of fat.
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Soup:


The soup was fruity because it had thin shreds of yuzu peel in it. A great soup to help digestion.
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Wagyu beef:


The beef was set alight giving the beef an extra flare in taste.
It was really soft and tender with an even fat marbling complemented by the rich gravy.
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Sushi:


The sushi was freshly prepared and tasted great with their freshly grated wasabi.
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Udon:


A nice bowl of warming al-dente udon with delicious braised pork.
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Deep fried prawn heads:


The prawn heads were delicious, they were lovely and crispy and the matter in the head was tasty.
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Fruit sashimi:


This consisted of apples and pineapple on a bed of crushed ice.
The apples were crispy and sweet.
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Friday, November 29, 2013

Tasting at Yakichi

I don't often dine on the Kowloon side but came here because I was invited to try their food.

Apart from this restaurant, I have tried other restaurants managed by the same group which were good.

I liked this restaurant because it is located on the second floor and most of the tables have a lots of privacy.
Theres nothing more annoying than being able to hear the conversation nearby and having to shout because the restaurant is noisy.

As we tried so much food, there were lots of photos, hence three reviews to show what we ate.
This was a tasting, hence the portions sizes may be bigger so that everyone could try it instead of giving us two portions of the same dish.

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Photos of the restaurant:
There were many nice sitting areas with good privacy, there were room private rooms as well with tatamis.



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Sake:

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Pickles to go with the sake:

A nice selection of pickles, the green looking one was actually pickled aubergine.
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Seafood selection:

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Nodoguro half sashimi:

The Nodoguro was seared so that the oily skin becomes crispy and the fish is less oily to eat.
The texture and taste was quite pleasant enhanced by the lemon.
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Appetizer:

Nice appetizer of mushrooms in mentaiko.
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Scallop carpaccio:

Beautifully presented scallop carpaccio that was fresh, sweet and did not really need any other sauces.
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Sashimi platter:


As you can see there was a nice selection of sashimi, my favourite was the botan shrimp, scallops and the Canadian urchin which was just divine.
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Marinated tomato and octopus:

The marinated octopus was really nice because the tomato slices and lemon made it really appetizing.
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Okinawa chicken tofu salad:

I loved the chicken salad, especially the tofu and the portion was really.
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Deep fried shrimp:

These fried shrimps were nice and crispy perfect with drinks.
In the middle there was some meaty prawn meat which was nice.
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Minced Okinawa chicken ball:

The chicken balls were smaller than anticipated but they were delicious because it was delicately minced chicken with sweet teriyaki sauce on it.
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Grilled fish roe:

The grilled fish roe was quite nice and not as salty as other places with a dry texture.
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Grilled ox tongue:

Did not try this.
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Okinawa chicken roll:

The chicken roll was quite nice but a little dry but the prune sauce made up for it because it was nice and tangy.
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Bitter gourd pancake:

I wish there was more bitter gourd in the pancake to taste it, other than that it tasted nice with sauce.
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Fried okinawa tofu:

Lovely crispy tofu with salt on the side.
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Fried Okinawa chicken tartar sauce:

The chicken was nicely done with a thin crispy coating covered in vinegar sauce and the tofu salad on the side was really nice, it was made of mashed tofu.
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Okinawa AGU pork salad:

Refreshing salad with pork which was similar to the chicken salad.
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Stir fried chicken with bitter gourd:

The chicken was really sweet because they stir fried it with leeks.
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Sea urchin with black baguette toast:

This was another must eat item, the sea urchins they serve here are from Canada which are full of flavour and melt in your mouth.
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Seafood hotpot:

A vibrant assortment of seafood bubbling away, the crab and salmon tasted the best.
udon for hotpot:

After eating most of the items in the pot, the broth was perfect for udon because all the flavours are concentrated in the broth which made the udon was really tasty.
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Squid ink Okinawa noodles:

These noodles were amazing and must be tried.
Nicely flavoured and al-dente.
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Ice cream (salt flavour):

Nice icecream with subtle salt taste and not very sweet.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Okinawan brown sugar cup cake from Hoixe

Hoixe Cake Shop (Wan Chai)
Previously tried them in late June and got addicted to them because they tasted really nice.
I tried to buy them again, but not many Hoixe branches had them so they were probably sold out.

Recently, they must have stocked up more due to popularity and they had boxes of six.


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Okinawa brown sugar cup cake:

The cake was amazingly soft and dusted with powdered sugar on top.
It was so light and moist just like a chiffon cake with a hint of okinawa brown sugar flavouring.
In the middle there was delicious fluffly white cream which was made with Anchor Cream!
Compared to the one I tried in June, this batch tasted sweeter.
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Monday, August 05, 2013

Okinawan sweet potato pie from Das Gute

Das Gute (Tseung Kwan O)
Discovered this new Okinawan sweet potato pie on Open Rice.

It basically had purple sweet potato filling and cream inside it so I had to try it.
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Okinawan sweet potato pie:
The pie looked more like a turnover or a triangle shaped puffed.

I really liked the taste of the pie because it was not too sweet but I didn't find the cream on my first bite as it was on the other side.
But it was really delicious because the velvety sweet potato and light whipped cream tasted deliciously together.
If the pastry had been flakier it would have been perfect.
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Monday, June 24, 2013

Hoixe Cake Shop (Tseung Kwan O)

Saw these nice square cup cakes through the window, the cup cake holder was really nice too.

They even designed special boxes and promotional posters for them too.




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Okinawa brown sugar cup cake:


The cake was amazingly soft and dusted with powdered sugar on top.
It was so light and moist just like a chiffon cake with a hint of okinawa brown sugar flavouring.
In the middle there was delicious fluffly white cream which was made with Anchor Cream!

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