11/F Macau Yat Yuen Centre, 525 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay Tel: 2955 0005 Open: noon-2.45pm (last order), 6pm-11pm
Cuisine: Japanese
Price: about HK$650 without drinks and the service charge.
Ambience: at the entrance, just past the noren (door curtain), is a simple, beautiful display of Japanese chrysanthemums. The feeling of the place is serene, with music played at a low volume and the two sushi chefs working quietly behind the sushi bar that is the focus of the main room.
Pros: the sushi and sashimi list offered some unusual selections of fish. Service was attentive and discreet. Next time we visit, we'll follow the lead of all the other diners eating there on the night we visited, who were sitting at the bar and leaving the decision of what to eat up to the skilled sushi chef.
Cons: most of the food came all at once, which made it difficult to eat the cooked dishes while they were still hot. Grilled yellowtail head with salt (HK$160) had moist meat, but none of the gelatinous bits that we want and expect when ordering fish head. Cucumber with sweet miso in two flavours (HK$60) was expensive for what it was. The Japanese flounder dorsal fin sushi (HK$80) had a tough piece of sinew running through it that ruined the piece of fish.