Unit E, 4/F Ho Lee Commercial Building 38-44 D'Aguilar Street, Central Tel: 3102 2255 Open: Monday-Saturday, 5pm-1am
Cuisine: Japanese.
Price: about HK$250 without drinks and the service charge.
Ambience: staff were friendly and casual, as befits an izakaya (a pub serving food). There's an outdoor terrace that's a great place to sit, weather permitting.
Pros: the restaurant features Okinawan dishes so there are some offerings not seen on other izakaya menus. They have a good selection of sake, soju and Japanese beer.
Cons: the dishes we liked best were from the Okinawan menu. The others, such as deep-fried chicken with negi (spring onions) and soy sauce (HK$80), and grilled pork neck with Japanese yuzu sauce (HK$98), were well cooked but less interesting. Bitter gourd is a speciality of Okinawa, but deep frying it (HK$65) isn't the best way to showcase the vegetable.