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北海道天婦羅店。選擇繁多，性價比不錯。 刺身有改善空間。一試無妨。Tempura specialists from Hokkaido.Comprehensive menu available.Worth a try.75/100 這間餐廳在日本北海道頗有名氣。我一直留意着香港店(第一間海內店)何時開幕。有天假日經過見到終於開業，門口有極多人排隊於是決定下次再試。似乎在平日訂位則沒有任何問題。店內裝修新潮優雅，既有大量沙發位，亦有適合較多人的大檯和單人的面壁位。I have had my eyes on this restaurant for a long time. It is said that this is a rather famous tempura specialist from Hokkaido. Hong Kong is its first overseas branch.食物選擇方面，種類繁多。原以為主打天婦羅，但非天婦羅的選擇反而更多。例如爐端燒，刺身，燒牛肉和多款鍋物等都有。很多是來自北海道的菜色。當然，這樣令我有輕微擔心他們是否真的主打天婦羅，會否是「周身刀,
選擇繁多，性價比不錯。
刺身有改善空間。
一試無妨。
Tempura specialists from Hokkaido.
Comprehensive menu available.
Worth a try.
75/100
這間餐廳在日本北海道頗有名氣。我一直留意着香港店(第一間海內店)何時開幕。有天假日經過見到終於開業，門口有極多人排隊於是決定下次再試。似乎在平日訂位則沒有任何問題。
店內裝修新潮優雅，既有大量沙發位，亦有適合較多人的大檯和單人的面壁位。
I have had my eyes on this restaurant for a long time. It is said that this is a rather famous tempura specialist from Hokkaido. Hong Kong is its first overseas branch.
食物選擇方面，種類繁多。原以為主打天婦羅，但非天婦羅的選擇反而更多。例如爐端燒，刺身，燒牛肉和多款鍋物等都有。很多是來自北海道的菜色。當然，這樣令我有輕微擔心他們是否真的主打天婦羅，會否是「周身刀,冇張利」。這店暫時沒有賣酒牌照。但看過他們的酒牌，酒水選擇好像不錯。
我們點了炸八爪魚作前菜，一客十勝和牛鐵板燒套餐，一客豪華刺身拼盤，另加半份馬糞海膽及大拖羅。
Contrary to my initial expectation, they had a rather comprehensive menu which had of course tempura, plenty of seafood hotspots, tonkatsu/beef steak sets, set dinners, robotayaki and a fairly extensive sashimi menu. (Please check the separate menu photographs.)
炸八爪魚雖然頗為香口，但質地有點韌。只屬普通。
Fried tako: It was crispy but oily and the texture was a bit tough. Not an impressive start I'm afraid.
豪華刺身拼盤內有帶子，三文魚，大拖羅，左口魚，赤身和大蝦。老實說，在「豪華」拼盤內看到三文魚其實已會令人進入戒備狀態。每款都有四片或四件, 份量方面確是不能挑惕，有同行的家人覺得不錯。但較咀刁的我們覺得除了帶子和赤身較為有點鮮味之外，其他則鮮味不突出, 大拖羅甚至有輕微雪藏味。太太覺得刺身切得太大塊，刀功亦有改善空間。The deluxe assorted sashimi had scallops, ootoro, salmon, engawa, shrimps and akami. To be honest, we were a bit suspicious the moment we saw salmon in the set. Top marks for quantity but a bit lacking with regard to quality. Other than the scallops and akami, the rest didn't have much umami. I suspect because those were kept in the freezer for too long. The way the ootoro and salmon pieces were cut was too thick and not convenient for eating.
分開點的馬糞壽司和大拖羅亦有同樣問題。這兩樣刺身鮮度不足，性價比低，扣了很多分。The half Bakufun uni ($450) and the four extra pieces of Ootoro ($280) also had the same problem. This significantly dragged the points down for this restaurant.
之後我們要求將蝦頭處理。可以選擇煮湯或炸，我們選擇了後者。炸出來的效果不錯，幫自己補一下鈣質。You could request for either prawn miso soup or deep fried prawn heads. We asked for the latter. Those were decent enough.
十勝和牛鐵板定食（大致是這樣叫法吧） ：份量相當豐富。十勝豚就較為牛肉有名氣。聽說牛肉肉質較為結實，牛肉味突出，算是不錯的。跟餐還有刺身, 美味的釜飯和白身魚湯。這套餐性價比很不錯。讚。Jukatsu beef set: The set was substantial, with a big bowl of kamameshi (pot steamed rice with shoyu, mirin, chicken meat and various types of fungi), a lovely bowl of fish stew, assorted sashimi and of course, beef.
My wife thought the beef was a bit tough but the beef taste was very pronounced. $350 for this very filling set is definitely a pretty good deal.
其實在這階段，家人已經相當飽。但我堅持點天婦羅，因為我覺得在天婦羅專門店不點天婦羅有點浪費和可笑。排除萬難之後，我點了「天婦羅七點盛」。幸好結尾一道菜不負眾望，七點天婦羅工有兩隻大蝦，鱈場蟹腳，帶子，青椒，茄子和冬菇。炸漿鬆化，味道很不錯。我一向認為天婦羅點鹽比點汁更能帶出食物的鮮味，尤其是海鮮。但這裏沒有提供鹽，這絕對是應該改善的地方。
這裡的天婦羅不及香港天婦羅一哥「天海」或「一宝」那麼令人驚艷，但以這裡的價錢和質素來說，絕對比很多同類型提供天婦羅日本餐廳(例如剛吃過的三笠屋)優勝。
My family members were pretty full at this time but I insisted in ordering tempura. It would seem pretty odd if we hadn't order tempura at a tempura specialist.
I ordered the 7 seasonal tempura set. It had one taraba crab leg, two shrimps, scallops, shishito, shiitake and egg plant. The tempura batter was crispy yet not too oily. Even though it may not be as good as established tempura specialists such as Tenkai and Ippou, it is still far better than similarly priced Japanese restaurants, Mikazaya, for example. We were happy with the tempura.
I prefer dipping tempura in salt than in sauce. I believe salt brings out the umami of food better than shoyu, especially seafood tempura. They really should provide salt to customers.
天婦羅
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雖然刺身一般，但既然是新店，店方可能還未完全掌握刺身的消耗量和應入貨的份量。我相信過多一會，這問題便可解決，因為看得出店方很有誠意做好的。
和牛鐵板燒定食性價比高，天婦羅亦不負眾望，同樣性價比不錯。店內所有職員都很殷勤有禮。這店很有潛質，絕對可以一試。番吃機會很高。
純以食物和性價比我給這店75分 (應是OK臉), 但由於是新店, 給笑臉以作鼓勵。
The bill came down to about $600 per head. Even though the sashimi weren't that impressive, I'm sure the situation will improve in due course as soon as the restaurant understands the average customer's consumption pattern of sashimi so they won't order too much at any given period.
Having said that, value of the sets is reasonable. There is certainly room for improvement with the tempura but considering the price and the quality, it's still pretty good.
75/100 is "OK" on my normal scale. But since this restaurant is so new, and because of the friendly staff members. I would give this place a smiling face. Worth a try.
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