Surprised to find a place like this in North Point. Real high quality and tasty Japanese food at this restaurant. Definitely one of the better places serving yakitori in Hong Kong.
Food: 4.25 stars Service/environment: 3.75 stars Value: 3.5 stars Overall: 4 stars Recommendations: chicken skin, beef tongue, bacon with soft boiled egg, seasonal rice bowl
The biggest drawback is the price. You will need to pay a premium here as the cheapest skewers here 40 hkd and you can easily spend over 500 hkd per head depending on what you order. Be sure to order one of the clay pot rice dishes which will serve about four bowls of rice. We ordered the seasonal ingredient rice bowl and on my visit it was fish which was...
Read moreA Japanese skewers izakaya specializing in authentic Japanese charcoal stove grilling in North Point. It is one of the very few restaurants offering true charcoal stove grilling in Hong Kong. Like all top traditional skewer izakayas in Japan, Koji uses Japanese premier bino-charcoal, known for its hardness and high density. The soft boiled egg wrapped in pork belly, deep fried shrimp kadaifu rolls are some of...
Read moreThink the chef team is changed from when it was named Kousen. Now it's three Japanese chefs with most of the serving team unchanged. Their kamameshi is superb. The buri is first charcoal grilled to have a tiny burnt, which is perfect for these relatively oily fish type. Then put on top of the earthen pot rice. Sad thing is these kamameshi is quite large and serve around 2P otherwise I'll definitely be a...
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