Kyoto Joe: Modern fushion roll & roll

23:27 4.5 Emptyplates , Central Lunch , Fushion , Japanese 0 Comments

Restaurant week review! I was anticipating and thrilled to know about Hong Kong’s annual restaurant week event and booked ahead some of the restaurants that had good reviews. Now it is time to verify whether this restaurant week thing is honestly legit.
                            

To brighten up a Tuesday regular weekday, restaurant week lunch was something that we anticipated for quite some time. We ordered some drinks just to lighten up the vibe – Apple Sour. Wasn’t super special for it was just apple juice & lime & sprite. Overall food quality was average and the rolls were especially good for it has a modern twist to it. Regular lunch sets were cheaper at around HKD 170 to 230 range compared to the restaurant week HKD 248 set. Seats were comfy and quiet for a nice hangout during your busy workday in Central.
                            
Tuna & Salmon Tataki - Grill-seared tuna and salmon, served with wafu mustard
Quite liked their half cooked tuna and salmon, salmon was better. It was best served with its homemade mustard mix and black peppercorn on top of the grill-seared appetizer.
                             

Rolls Combo
* Sushi roll of tempura
Green bean lotus root and chili bean mayonnaise, sprinkled with black sesame. The chili bean mayo was flavorful with crispy shrimp tempura in it. Liked it much!  

                               * Sushi roll of crispy berkshire pork
My favourite dish out of the whole menu! The crispy berkshire pork was not really crispy but the egg mayo and onions added a lot of flavor to the roll itself and all the flavors blends well together as the not-so-crispy yet juicy pork complements well with the pan-fried basil crumbs. The basil crumbs covered the roll to make the overall dish standout. The decent seaweed wrapped around the roll woahed me as well for its refreshing ocean taste. Talking about it just makes me craving for it now *mmmhmmm*

Tori Namatsuke - Grilled sliced chicken with assorted pickles
Average chicken which was a bit cold when served to the table.


Uni Seabass  - Grilled seabass with sea urchin sauce
Overall flavor of this dish was a bit bland as I expected the sea urchin bits and sauce will add its magic to the seabass. The seabass was good by itself as the fish was not too oily and cooked just right. 
                                       

I would want to come try their regular lunch sets instead of the restaurant week menu for its price/value ratio since their rolls are actually pretty decent. *Ha* okie, tummy nice and full now, time to get back to work. *Carly runs off*