Restaurant review: Hige Izakaya, Mid-Levels - simple Japanese
This friendly, neighbourhood restaurant serves some great food, with a short menu and daily specials.
Japanese
about HK$350 without drinks or the service charge.
it's a comfortable, friendly, neighbourhood spot with curtained off tables that screen you from the sight (although not the sounds) of other diners.
grilled chicken tails (HK$28) were crisp and fatty, while the hearts (HK$28) were rich and chewy. The grilled Hige sausages (HK$38 for two) were fantastic, with thin, crackling casings and juicy meat. Hot spring egg (HK$48) was light but flavourful, with several types of seaweed and a really delicious dressing. Shabu shabu with Japanese beef (HK$188) had a great selection of vegetables: okra, Japanese leek, three types of mushrooms and flowering chives wrapped in cabbage leaf, large, thin slices of well-marbled beef and a light, delicious broth. We also loved the broth — as well as the slippery, toothsome noodles — in the bowl of Inaniwa udon with fish soup and vegetables. Japanese shishito peppers stuffed with mentaiko (HK$38) were coated with a thin batter, and nicely fried.
