We arrived about half an hour early, but were able to get our table anyway. The place was full of Asians, but not Japanese, however, due to the layout of the buffet area, a lot of pushing/shoving and elbows were used to manoeuvre around the area. We were not seated in the most optimal of areas, away from the buffet and right next to the toilet entrance. Thankfully, no wafts from the toilet were experienced during our time at the restaurant.
The pictures I took are fairly lousy, due to my camera phone and it's shittiness in low light. Here's what I ate:
Round 1: California Roll and Tuna sushi, Gyoza, Japanese Curry, some colf seared beef and some salmon sashimi.
Round 2: Salmon, Prawn and Unagi nigiri sushi. A little more salmon sashimi. Teriyaki Chicken and some beef of some sort (I forget). Two spring rolls (not very Japanese).
Round 3: Chicken Katsu, a few more bits of nigiri sushi, Gyoza, more cold beef and some Japanese coleslaw.
Round 4: Whilst grabbing Round 3's stuff, some tempura and teppanyaki beef were delivered to our table. I chomped on some tempura prawn and vegetables and had some beef. The other guys had the rest.
Round 5: We had a little break, drinking tea and talked for half an hour or so. Before desert, I touched up some more Katsu and cold beef.
Round 6: Frozen cheesecake, strawberry cake and Black Forest cake. And a piece of rockmelon.
During the meal, I had quite a bit of tea and 3 bowls of miso soup.How was the experience? The food was a little hit and miss. I guess that's due to the buffet nature of the place (I quite like Shimizu Harbour Town, although expensive). Highlights for me were the sashimi and sushi (they were quite fresh, but a little slow to get restocked), the miso soup was decent (and endless) and the katsu chicken was good (provided you got it relatively fresh). I'm a bit disappointed there was no karaage.
I would go back, but not so soon. I definitely overate and after going to GJs in Leederville afterwards for a coffee and some water, I was very uncomfortable. Even lying in bed when I got home, I was uncomfortable. Definitely have to eat less and savour the food more next time.
2 comments:
I guess, some Japanese restaurants in the abroad isn't very good.
Because you know it's not real.
Oh! you ate too much, but that was great!! XD
When I went last Saturday night, I think I only ate about $15 worth!!!!! Nowhere near the $38; however, I went for the company and not necessarily the food, so I already knew I would not get my money's worth. I liked the steamed custard thingy, and also the chicken teriyaki. Tea was a bit funny.
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