Next month, I will organize a group trip to Japan to enjoy autumn. Few people and many people, and it is full in one day. A friend who was late said that he can only hope for the next time, and by the way, he asked me to recommend a few Japanese restaurants in Hong Kong.
When it comes to the level of Japanese food, Hong Kong is the best as well as Japan. Fresh Japanese ingredients are delivered directly to Hong Kong two or three times a week. There are many skilled Japanese chefs in Hong Kong, and there are excellent restaurants for different cuisines. Friends who like Japanese food, I believe they all have their own favorite choices.
The two restaurants I often help out with are Tian Shan and Ruyi in Causeway Bay. “Tianshan” mainly focuses on sushi. It has been more than ten years since they opened the shop to help them, and the production has always maintained a high standard and has never been disappointed. “Ruyi” is a bit shorter, but the young chefs are very creative, and the sushi they make is beautiful and delicious. It’s very exciting.
Two days ago, my good friend Rebeeca asked me to go to “Nagamoto” in Central. The chef, Teruhiko Ben, was born in a famous three-star Michelin restaurant in Japan. He opened his own business in March this year. He cooks kaiseki cuisine like a Japanese hot spring hotel. The menu changes every month depending on the season. What I went to eat on this day was their October menu. All the ingredients were ordered at the time. When the meal was served, maple leaves, persimmon leaves and ginkgo leaves were specially transported from Japan and decorated on the side of the plate. the dishes on the table were full of autumn colours.
The menu mode follows the tradition, starting from “pay first”, “fix”, “cooking bowls”, two dishes “zaoli”, “eight inches”, “strong food”, “strong food”, ” bowl food”, “food matters”, followed by dessert, and finally ended with handmade matcha.
The food is exquisite and delicious, and the cloth plates and utensils match perfectly. People who are familiar with traveling in Japan, especially frequent guests of hot spring hotels, must be familiar with this type of Japanese food.
Eating Japanese food like this is not much different from going to Japan. If you can’t fly for a while, it’s not bad to have a bite in Hong Kong.
Lee Chun Eun
