After travelling all about Mongkok following the guide book, my sister and I finally decided its time to do something not visiting. While my parents headed back to the hotel to get some rest, my sister and I headed over to Harbour City to do more shopping :D! Pretty happy with my shopping bag although I only spent about 25% of what I would have like to spend during my trip to HK. Tommy Hilfigher was having some pretty sick sales as well as Polo By Ralph Lauren, hmm some really premium brands like Seven for All Mankind were having sales as well. Hmm I think Diesel was on sale as well. Sister got a pair of jeans from there. The jeans at Sevens were rather disappointing considering the promotion the media gives it. Saw a guy trying on a pair of Sevens which were disgustingly similar to what Obama wore in some event that gave him bad publicity the next day as the press compared the jeans to “granny pants” ahah. Along the way we also stopped by a massive I.T shop in Tsim Sha Tsui where I was looking at the clothes that they had. NBHD is a whopping 5000 HKD a pair. 1 word, SICK. But I like my jeans raw untouched unworn untorn. So yeah, I’m gonna get more Nudies! We were famished and the stores started to shut their doors about 8. With my sister close to hitting her gastric limit, we were careful to have something asap. There aren’t many food stall in the mall and one of it was HIP Katsu. We got a number and waited for awhile before being guided by the captain to our seats. (that’s after me questioning why the waiting numbers are rolling back! Bitch!)
I was takened back by the prices on the menu really. A bloody katsu for 130HKD? ohh ok @@ Its like 20+ aud Or 65 ringgit. Damn!! Luckily there was this other set menu which seems fairly prices @ 150HKD per person! Not sure whether to consider ourselves lucky or not but yeah, take a look;
For starters, Miso, pickled radish, Chawan Mushi, and salad.
After that our mains took about 20-30 minutes to come so I waited an got myself a few more pictures!
The chef carefully preparing the crepes
And from our seats at the bar we had some view which was nothing to shout a bout for sure.
The view of Central. These are the few picture worth noticing ahah.
And jeng jeng jeng, the food started pouring in one by one;
Thinly sliced beef with udon in Japanese Curry soup base. I liked this because it tasted good but there wasn’t really a “wow” factor in this.
If presentation was everything, then this tasting platter of the menu really quite makes the mark. Its well presented, everything looks so neat on one plate.
Upon closer inspection:
I just love scallops. Have a scallop with a small slice of mushroom and celery. Wow really nice aha. Maybe I’m just a sucker for scallops ahha
Baked Oyster was well errr ahah ONE TO EACH OWN. I personally don’t like this fancy shell thingyy. But I did scoop the cheese of the oyster. When I asked my sister how did it taste, she said “OK”. So then I kindly offered her the oyster and she said “Just because I said it was OK doesn’t mean I like it”. HAAHAHAHA fakkkkkkkkk
Lastly was this crispy pork from the USA. You heard me people the USA. That is why this whole HIP Katsu thing is so pricy. But I have to be honest, I don’t like the USA. They f*ck up the Reds, the World Economy, the Harmony, err what else did they NOT f*ck up?
Dessert was jelly with red bean paste. Quite nice even though it was a bit too sweet!
All in all my dining experience here was nothing to shout about. If this restaurant was supposed to specialise in serving Katsu as its name suggests, then I have to insist that this place is a failure. Akira-san @ Kanta does his katsu at half the price, and doube the serving.
I’d go back to Kanta anytime rather than this place.
WenY
