Daniel P.
Yelp
Summary: I'm a weekly patron of this restaurant at this point, gradually going through the entire menu.
first try: had agedashi tofu and a lemon ramen.
agedashi tofu very nice, good broth and crispy skin, tofu well done and nicely topped with some very finely chopped scallions and nori.
lemon ramen had shoyu broth, nori, some chopped onions and a slice of lemon, three honking big pieces of chashuu, a yude tamago (cold, but put into the hot ramen) and a lot lot lot of noodles which were fine although kind of stuck together that being my only major complaint in what was a fairly solid bowl of ramen. the soup and chashuu in particular were very nice and the lemon slice gave the soup a nice bit of citrus/vinegar tang. i tend to be one of those people who doctors up their ramen but in this particular case the patient was ready to be eaten directly.
Nice ambience, friendly service and some good jazz tunes on the stereo didn't hurt so the verdict is that Miyazaki is a great place to find delicious quality authentic Japanese food in Cork. Thank you Miyazaki!
Additional visits:
- was recommended 'some sort of fried chicken dish that's the best chicken I've ever eaten in Cork' by coworker. went in and asked....'so I am looking for some sort of chicken dish probably not an oyako-don' and was given the chicken tatsuta don which is basically about 8 pieces of chicken which have been coated in red potato flour batter and then fried, topped with spring onions, nori, and sesame seeds, all served on rice that has been mixed with some egg. Very very good very very filling. Had it at least twice now.
- Showed up late- restaurant closing- got fish fry bento with chikuwa, nori and okaka on the rice and some nice tartar sauce/mayo on the side as well as what well might have been some burdock root. Excellent bento. Not sure if bento still on the menu in 2017 though...
-katsudon - nice combo of pork katsu and runny egg with some sweetened soy sauce, greens and a bit of shredded red spicy pepper on top.
- Salmon zuke don- had in the middle of a pub session on a Saturday - the question was asked to me 'Sorry but we are running low on salmon so either we can do a half portion or do a full portion with half salmon and half tuna sashimi.' I was like work away with that there then with the full portion! It was GOOD it had ikura on top and there was a nice bit of shiso leaf on the side as well as spring onions, chives, and wasabi
- Kimchi buta don- nice, particularly with the addition of the rarely-used natto. Also some nice fresh field greens used on the top
-okura curry - nice and light curry but tasted like it was made vegan meaning that it wasn't massively filling due to a lack of body in the curry
-onigiri - the first one I had was very pedestrian even with a bit of otsumami it was kind of just a plain onigiri - second one I had was with mackerel bits in it, it was huge but the bits had been coated in some very heavy salty stuff that did not taste good, and both times they fell apart. Out of the thousands of onigiri I've eaten in my life the only two I thought were mediocre were here -you could get better ones at any 7-11, Lawson or Sunkus.
Kakiagedon - like a lightly battered onion bloom on rice. Presentation good, tastes like what it sounds like.
Oyakodon- very nice egg-chicken mix over rice with nori on top
Katsudon - about the same as the oyakodon except with breaded pork chop instead of diced chicken, also nice.
Katsu curry - The katsu were good, the curry was a bit on the watery side once again.
Queue situation: There are ~6 seats, but the shop gets very crowded in the evenings especially around the weekend, as well as middays on the weekend. Expect to wait to dine in. Best way to do it is to order food, nip down the hill for a pint, and then come back in 20-30 minutes for food.
Stll to try; tebasaki - soba - udon