OMG omakase - our three best meals at Hong Kong Japanese restaurants
Eating the chef’s selection menu at a top Japanese restaurant is a pricey pleasure, but usually worth the expense. These were our three favourite Hong Kong omakase moments of the past 12 months
Lovers of fine Japanese cuisine know the best way – often the only way – to sample a restaurant’s choicest fare is to put themselves in the hands of the head chef and order an omakase (chef’s selection) menu. We looked back at dinners we’ve sampled in Hong Kong in the past 12 months to come up with our three best omakase experiences. Here, in no particular order, are extracts from what we wrote about them.
Mikasaya Sushi Restaurant, Tsim Sha Tsui
We had been hearing good things about Mikasaya Sushi Restaurant, which until recently was known as Sushi Toku. Friends told us to try it as soon as possible, and when we sat down, the diners sitting next to us couldn’t praise it highly enough.
We chose one of the cheapest omakase options: HK$1,200 for sushi, soup and dessert.
The first piece of sushi – hirame (flounder) prepared us for the chef’s style, which is for firmer rice that’s seasoned with red vinegar.
Of the 16 sushi pieces we were served (including toro negi maki), several were stand-outs. If asked to choose my favourite piece, it was a toss-up between the kawahagi (filefish) with the fish’s liver and minced chives, and anago with sansho.