Colin Lai
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Honestly it was a gamble to me at least to try the "Udatsu Sushi" branch in Hong Kong, as I did not have a good experience in the Japan one. The Hong Kong Branch did change my mind in good ways which was unexpected!
First of all food, the most important. There are a lot of familiar dishes presented. Though every one of them is better than the ones in Japan.
The ingredients seemed better? And also the presentation as well. Probably due to the atmosphere with brighter lights in the Hong Kong shop.
The smoked tuna was quite good , the shrimp was very nice. The Uni was totally on point! Also the croquette was a nice touch, great mix of flavours. They tend to use a bit of local Hong Kong fishes for a few dishes which are decent. But for this kind of price I prefer all Japanese seafood. Maybe due to restrictions still ?
The only let down piece in my opinion was the Eel as it was undercooked and very fishy flavours. Another fish which was a "local white fish" was a bit let down as well. Quite bland and I had fish scales inside.
The most curious dish for me was definitely the vegetable roll. As it was really really bad in Japan. Even the people who sat next to us then in Japan, they were from HK. Complained it was bad and a waste of money that dish. The HK one is more tasty but in the end it's just local vegetables roll which I think should not be a main dish. As it's not worth it.
The dessert was good especially the ice cream sandwich.
The service was not bad and they were quite attentive , especially when I said I had scales in the sushi, "twice" as I ate my partner one as well.
Overall it's an new establishment in HK! And way better than the one in Japan in my opinion.