定食 Doraya (駱克道)

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Item: 定食 Doraya (駱克道)
Rating: 3
Author: HK Epicurus

Japanese Restaurant Doraya (Lockhart Road)

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衛生

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30646

銅鑼灣

$201-400

日本菜壽司/刺身

349

HK Epicurus

等級4

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I remember when 定食 Doraya 1st opened in Causeway Bay, I was holidaying in HK and had paid here multiple visits within a few nights. I dearly missed Tuna Donburi stuff and back then they used a better 魚召產米 - which to my understanding is no longer the case. Some Japanophile foodie-friends didn't quite like it though - they felt the Tuna served in this shop was a bit SOUR for some unknown reason. At that time my mind was preoccupied & swarmed by thoughts of only Bluefin Tuna - I really wasn't

I remember when 定食 Doraya 1st opened in Causeway Bay, I was holidaying in HK and had paid here multiple visits within a few nights. I dearly missed Tuna Donburi stuff and back then they used a better 魚召產米 - which to my understanding is no longer the case. Some Japanophile foodie-friends didn't quite like it though - they felt the Tuna served in this shop was a bit SOUR for some unknown reason. At that time my mind was preoccupied & swarmed by thoughts of only Bluefin Tuna - I really wasn't paying much attention to its quality despite knowing that they held a valid point, but it was deemed acceptable anyhow and I trusted the Japanese owner. Recently though, I finally discovered that this 'sour' taste is something to do with either unfresh or Tuna that's not refrigerated or defrosted well... either of these!

But it didn't deter me then and what's stopping me from giving here another visit during June 2009, in fact I came here before that already to eat a Big-Toro Don, can't recall if I even wrote a review about that !

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CHIRIMEN @ TUNA MAGURO DON -
Its available almost most months of the year, but it was peak season for small young Sardine Iwashi fishes like Chirimen (ちりめんじゃこ), so I ordered this together with signature Bluefin Tuna Slices - most other items available didn't interest me much, especially their newly added Sushi items ... except perhaps their fried chicken!

This donburi was ok-good. The Chirimen was from 宮崎 I think, its like mini-salted but moist anchovies with a concentrated fish-sweetness. The Tuna this time was still slightly on the sour side but barely detectable, it was ok-good but not that great nor fatty. The rice quality has definitely gone down, the miso-soup and egg omelette around the same and mediocre.

MAGURO TENDON -
I order these since its quite full of collagen and fatty. This time around, it was a bit more chewy than the last time I had it. Fun thing to eat though!

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Someone eating with me ordered other food but I can't remember the exact details. All in all - standard of this shop has definitely dropped slightly but not significantly. The prices have gone up, though the amount of rice and fish in the bowl seems to be less. Its marginally walking on the fine line - if this '1 Trick Pony' walks backward by just 1 more stroke, I probably won't eat here again anymore!

Around High '3' to Low '4' ?