Restaurant review: Sushi Dokoro Ikkei’s husband and wife team serve excellent seafood

Sushi Dokoro Ikkei  belongs right at home in Mody House,  the building in Tsim Sha Tsui that has a high concentration of high-quality and interesting Japanese food and beverage establishments, including Butler  bar and Bar Buonasera.  It’s a small restaurant, with only six seats at the sushi bar and two tables for four.

The staff are  a husband-and-wife team: he’s the chef, and Aki is a gracious, friendly hostess. The restaurant does only omakase (HK$1,222), with the evening’s dishes depending on the ingredients they get from Japan, although they will ask about your food preferences, and will try to accommodate special requests if given notice. Aki explained the hot course is sometimes beef or pork, but on the night we went, the entire meal was seafood.

We thoroughly enjoyed the meal. The sashimi course consisted of slices of hirame (olive flounder), shimaji (striped jack), kinmedai (splendid alfonsino) and tai (sea bream), with the skin of the last two being lightly seared to give them a gentle smokiness. The fish was served with fresh wasabi and a slice of tangy sudachi (sour citrus fruit).

Sliced kanpachi (amberjack) came next, served in a sesame sauce that was so delicious, my guest wanted to lift the bowl to drink it.