Himawari isn't a large joint, hosting maybe 50 people in a squeeze. Located across the gym, you can see the runners on their treadmills so maybe it might be a plus or minus. For the 2nd time, on to the food!
The tempura prawns weren't bad, the batter not overly thick but the prawns themselves lacked a fat juicy feel.One would come here JUST for the sashimi! It's really the first time i've had "melt in your mouth" variety here. The Hamachi and swordfish deserve special mention. Below is a picture of our first plate of mixed sashimi for TWO people. Generous to say the least.
O was in the mood for oysters so an ala carte order of half dozen for her. Very fresh and they even gave an extra one!
This beef fillet was disappointing... they had overcooked about half the beef with the other half medium rare. Some inconsistency here. But worth a try.
The shisyamo was bursting with eggs but not grilled to a crisp the way i like it. Subjective.
The pork katsu toji wasn't bad to be fair. But neither was it outstanding. One of the dishes i would keep away from unless you're a big fan of this. Even then, think twice. It's a real filler.
Creamy Corn Croquette. O ordered this and actually ate 1.5/2! That alone says how much she likes it ;) I thought it was interesting too. It was well... creamy and corny haha but you didn't get that overly fried taste so it wasn't bad in between the savoury dishes.
Got the salmon sushi as i felt like a little rice and what a gem this turned out to be. The salmon actually tasted better with the rice and ginger than by itself here... Most places i've had salmon sushi felt more like a slap-it-on affair but the proportion of the salmon to the rice and well, the rice duh made it memorable. Pity i was too full to get another order of this.
By this time i was actually raising my flag of surrender half way already but O decided she wanted the ShabuShabu. Comes with everything you see here aka the stock model. Lol.
You get Original Ponzu or Sesame sauce with this and can throw in ala carte salmon belly for $8 per serving. Being a cheapo and overloaded with salmon sashimi i didn't.
So where's the meat? Ta dahhh the finally surprise for the day. Well actually not a surprise but surprisingly good beef so thinly sliced all i had to do was run it in the soup for 2 secs and eat!
Overall the bill came up to 107 after +17% gst n service charge. About $20 went to the oysters so at around $87 for 2 on a friday (36.80++) it's REALLY REALLY good value for money. From monday to thurs it's 32.80++. How i lament not going a day earlier.
Special mention also goes to GREAT SERVICE making it the first place i want to go back to the next day after eating there. Staff were all really friendly attentive and would come over to inquire about your order once you hold up your menu. Even when i was just looking. In fact, the chef behind the counter clapped his hands for a server to serve me right away even though i was just browsing through it! Wow.
Definitely counting the days before i hit this place again... (on a mon-thurs)
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