星期六唔好講太多掃興嘢, 說回【妖怪 ʸᵒᵏᵃⁱ, ᶜᵉⁿᵗʳᵃˡ, ᴴᴷ. ᴼᵖᵉⁿᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ˢᵘˢʰⁱ ˢᵃⁱᵗᵒ ᴴᴷ ᵍʳᵒᵘᵖ, ʷⁱᵗʰ ˢᵃⁱᵗᵒ ˢᵃⁿ ᵃˡˢᵒ ⁱⁿᵛᵒˡᵛᵉᵈ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵀᵒᵏʸᵒ】這邊有兩位日本九州師傅坐鎮, 還有背後 Sushi Saito 支持. 有用備長炭火燒, 但炭香味暫時今次食不太明顯住
初開業當然有好有唔好, 例如我哋也聽到其他人的經驗, 說有幾串火喉燒得不夠好. 主要係太生或者燒得不夠香. (令我諗起一開頭 Tori Sho 燒鳥 鳥匠 初開的時候也是同一個問題, 現在已經逐漸改進好了很多!)
I think we were lucky as our Grilled sticks were actually quite decent, and tasted fairly authentic Japanese, despite the chefs origins it tasted more Tokyo > Fukuoka to me in seasonings & cuts. The Negima ねぎま probably gives this clue away too.
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Items we ordered, some we ordered or avoided due to Friends recs:
•Tsukune with Soft Cartilage $46 🌟. Good nankotsu bones texture within
•Neck $45. Our stick was Grilled better than our neighbors stick, it was visually apparent. It's decent
•Chicken Tail ぼんじり $38. This was undergrilled today, despite not looking so. The chicken tail/bum meat's aroma & taste wasn't too extracted yet
•Chicken Oysters ソリレス $60 🌟 . This cut used local HK chicken instead of Japanese chicken like some other skewers, which is expected due to the way its butchered, which fresher chicken is better & easier. Pretty enjoyable
•Chicken & Leek ねぎま $46. This was surprisingly tasteless, in both chicken & leek. Don't know what happened to it. 🙉😕 I also noticed that if u eat this in the Tasting Course, it only comes with 1 piece of Chicken (Oyster instead of Thigh) & 1 piece of leek. Which wouldn't be a ねぎま concept anymore, if ur used to this word representing the はさみ word play concept. Not the Maguro Negima interpretation 🤔
•Platinum Pork Roll with Egg $45. Done very neatly. There are a few in town serving this recipe, comparatively speaking this pork didn't carry a lot of taste & a bit dry chewy. Unfortunate, but fixable in long term..
•Manganji Pepper 万願寺唐辛子 $45 🌟
•Chicken Liver $42 🌟. For Hong Kong context its pretty decent. In HK, for chicken liver I do like Birdie's version, albeit that does taste very Kyushu/Fukuoka in style too
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