From continental China I usually reach Hong Kong by lunch time… kind of a tradition. Looking for a place where to eat upon my arrival I ended up at Obihiro Hagaten in Elements Mall that is connected to the Kowloon stop of the Airport Express. It was the summer of 2018.
The visit
Obihiro Hagaten is yet another Japanese restaurant, supposedly hailing from Hokkaido. Their specialty should be robatayaki, but actually they have a little bit of everything Japanese.
At lunch time, I found it relatively packed. I sat at the counter and I examined the extensive menu. In the end I went for one of their lunch sets plus a special dish: a o-toro tuna steak cooked in two ways.
First I was served a couple of negligible appetizers (okra natto?).
The lunch set was not bad (but also not cheap). It had some tempura, sashimi (tuna, a scallop, a small prawn), and some excellent Japanese pork. The set also included the mandatory bowls of rice, miso soup, chawanmushi (egg custard) and some pickles. Apart from the pork, it was all very ordinary.
The fatty tuna platter included twelve slices of the prized o-toro. Half was left raw and half lightly cooked. It was a substantial dish to the point to be difficult to finish (the fatty tuna was really fatty and quickly instilled a sense of satiety).
The check
Total check was 734.8 HKD (or 93.5 USD). The steak was the big ticket item costing alone almost 60 USD. The set lunch was also quite pricey.
Too much for essentially another cookie cutter Japanese restaurant.
While not a disappointment, I find difficult to find value for money in a restaurant like this. Having said so, they had an extensive menu and it would be relatively easy to splurge even more.
Where in Hong Kong:
Shop 2103-04, 2/F, Elements, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui.