[Hong Kong Cuisine] Takisushi – Omakase-quality food and service at lunch set menu prices

When I’ve enjoyed a good meal, I find myself writing particularly quickly. A couple of days ago, I went for lunch with a couple of foodie friends at ‘Taki Sushi’, a Japanese restaurant in Causeway Bay. The standard was genuinely better than I’d expected, which is why I’ve been writing with such enthusiasm. I don’t usually have very high expectations of the food at lunch gatherings, as they’re mostly business-related—the sort where we joke about life whilst chatting about business. But the sushi set menu we had this time was of a very high standard, both in terms of the ingredients used and the service provided, so it’s well worth a brief mention.

Izumeguri Sushi

Stonewall Clam

Peony prawns and prawn paste

Hand-rolled sushi made with sardines at their peak, rich in oil   

Deep-sea pool fish sushi, topped with Hokkaido white wasabi

Tuna back and eye fat, dry-aged for two days

Once the tendons have been removed from the most succulent part of the tuna… Otoro

Crab roe with sea urchin

Rice polisher, Niigata rice from Japan for cooking, and water
Flatfish, White Shrimp and Fish Roe
Red Seabream with Red Seabream Roe
Smoked flatfish
Chopped Tuna Hand Rolls

Chestnut crab simmered in mirin, thickened with kudzu starch, with chicken, shiitake mushrooms and prawns

Yuzi

The Ishikari soup comes with shichimi pepper and onions (and dried bonito flakes); I went to Causeway Bay for lunch and started with a portion of silken tofu salad.

Melon Panna Cotta

One sushi set meal consists of nine pieces; for an extra $190, you get six more pieces.
A5 Wagyu Near Sirloin, Kagoshima
Eel is served either grilled Osaka-style or steamed Tokyo-style

Address: 15th Floor, Cubus, 1 Kaiping Road, Causeway Bay
Transport: MTR Causeway Bay Station, Exit F1; approximately a 6-minute walk
Telephone number: 852 27820010
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 12:00 – 15:00, 18:00 – 23:00 (last orders for lunch at 14:30, last orders for dinner at 22:30)