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2013-03-23
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提供生猛鱈場蟹,松葉蟹,及毛蟹;午市套餐很有質素亦抵食;有天婦羅餐,釜飯, 鍋物,及燒蟹等。環境優雅舒適,服務專業有熱誠;推介!Crabs: Very good crab-themed lunch sets;Grilled, Tempura, Mixed with steamed rice and shabu shabu;Great value for money;Very good service. Cozy decor.Recommended!Kani zen:Kani (gani) means crab in Japanese. This crab themed restaurants seemed quite interesting. I've smarted up a bit and decided to follow what smart food reviewers do - try lunch first. The moment you open the mysterious wooden door, you'll be warmly greeted by crabs
午市套餐很有質素亦抵食;
有天婦羅餐,釜飯, 鍋物,及燒蟹等。
環境優雅舒適,服務專業有熱誠;
推介!
Crabs: Very good crab-themed lunch sets;
Grilled, Tempura, Mixed with steamed rice and shabu shabu;
Great value for money;
Very good service. Cozy decor.
Recommended!
Kani zen:
Kani (gani) means crab in Japanese. This crab themed restaurants seemed quite interesting. I've smarted up a bit and decided to follow what smart food reviewers do - try lunch first.
The moment you open the mysterious wooden door, you'll be warmly greeted by
crabs, and a lot of them. Living, active, Matsuba gani, Taraba gani and Kegani (we also saw a lobster in the tank)!
We'll meet those again later
- cooked.
Decor:Cozy decor. Dimly lit. Rather spacious. The major part of the restaurant consisted of a U-shaped bar counter with about 20 seats. Also a number of tables for four and I suspect a second level. Comfortable. Nice and quiet.
Lunch sets:
They do a number of very reasonable lunch sets:
1. Matsuba Crab tempura set ($138)
2. Matsuba Crab tempura set. ($300) I thought I was seeing things. Both tempura sets were made of Matsuba Crab tempura set. So I asked the boss what's the difference between these two sets. The first set used frozen Matsuba sets while the more expensive one used live crabs. I appreciate their honesty.
3.Taraba (?) Crab set with kamamushi rice ($150)
4. Crab Shabu Shabu set.
and a number of other tempura sets, rice sets and grilled crab sets made of other types of crabs like hairy crabs.
We ordered the live Matsuba Tempura Set (with udon) and a Taraba Steamed rice set.
First came the plate of vegetables (for shabu shabu - I believe for both sets). The friendly waitress will do the shabu shabu part for you. Very good service throughout the meal.
Then grilled edamame. Doesn't look that good but tasted fine.
The Chawan Mushi (Steamed egg in pot - for both sets):
Very good! A lot of crab meat inside! Good dashi/shoyu taste. The chawan mushi at Sagano is very good too. But the one at Sagano consists mainly of scallops I suggest bringing this a bit later instead of flooding the table with cutleries. Still, no complaints.
Tempura (tempura set, of course):
Two large pieces of Matsuba crab leg, one egg yoke (!), a piece of mushroom and nashu. The batter was not as crispy as those at Anago but still very good. Macha salt was served.
The crab leg was meaty and sweet. It's generally better to dip tempura in salt, but for the crab, I think it's tastes better with the tempura sauce. In Japan, there is a special mixture called "Kanisu" (Crab Vinegar), specially used for crab cuisines. (Btw, "En" at TST serves crab shabu shabu hodai.)
The yoke was still runny and had strong egg taste.
Kani Tsukune with egg yoke (Rice set):
Very good! Sweet taste of fresh seafood. The egg was good too. Usually this amount of crab meat would cost you a few hundred dollars already (those baked crab shell with portuguese sauce...etc)
Kani miso (probably from the Matsuba Kani - thicker and saltier - Tempura set) with cucumbers:
Very good! It's an acquired taste though. Some may think it taste like seawater. We liked it. Remember to eat it together with the cucumber. Rice:
Again, the waitress in charge of the counter will prepare it for customers. The wooden container is placed on top of the shabu shabu stove and then steamed in front of you.Despite the salmon roes and the shreds of crab meat in the rice, the taste was on the light side. Possibly because this came after we had the kani miso.
I suggest bringing the rice early. So customers could have it at the same time with other strong flavoured dishes. We added some crab miso to the rice.
Udon (tempura set):
I forgot to take a photo of this but the udon was good. Chewy. If I remember correctly, I think the udon was boiled together with the vegetable shabu shabu in a light dashi broth. Good!
Ginger ice cream (both sets):
Very good!Taste like the ginger plus milk dessert.
Service:
Very, very attentive service.
Highly motivated, polite and professional. Dishes were placed and cleared unobtrusively. The waitress stationed inside the counter was very helpful. She helped us do the shabu shabu, reminded us when it's getting overcooked, helped us divide the vegetables, rice and udon. Everyone served with a smile.
As we left, I told the manager how professional the staff members were. People always complaint bad work or bad service but take good service and politeness for granted. Good work deserves to be complimented, never taken for granted.
Conclusion:
Great value for such quality crab-themed lunch.
Calming decor and good service.
Highly recommended!
題外話/補充資料：
[b][u]松葉蟹,鱈場蟹及毛蟹[/u]:[/b]
[b]鱈場蟹[/b] Taraba gani: 日文原為漁場蟹。蟹身較另外兩款大。肉厚,鮮甜。蟹膏比松葉多但沒毛蟹多。可作刺身。少數能向前行的蟹!
[b]松葉蟹[/b] Matsuba gani: 其實是地區牌子一種 (如神戶牛,佐賀牛及香檳等。牌子有 【松葉ガニ】 , 【越前がに】, 【間人ガニ】, 【津居山ガニ】, 【加能ガニ】等) 蟹類其實是 "楚蟹"或 "津和井蟹", Zuwai gani。蟹身及蟹膏較另外兩種小,但腳長。肉質鮮甜較鱈場蟹軟。
[b]毛蟹 Ke gani[/b]: 蟹身大, 腳短。蟹膏最多，肉則很小但最甜。
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[b][u]Taraba? Matsuba? Ke? [/u]:[/b]
[b]Taraba gani: [/b]King Crab (c.f. Emperor crab from Australia) Biggest in size. Quite a lot of miso. A lot of meat. Sweet. Sometimes used for sashimi as well. Strong fibre and sweet. It's one of the few types of crabs that could walk vertically!
[b]Matsuba gani [/b](ズワイガニ): Smallest. Long legs. Average amount of kani miso. Real name is Zuwai gain. Matsuba gani is a brand name, like "Kobe beef" , "Saga Beef" and Champaign...etc. Other brands of the same type of crab are: 松葉ガニ , 越前がに, 間人ガニ, 津居山ガニ, 加能ガニ...etc.
[b]Kegani[/b] (Hairy Crab) Large body but small legs. Highest amount of kani miso out of the three but not a lot of meat. Sweet.
:chopstick:
(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)
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