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2013-12-20
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Located on the 3rd Floor of The Gardens Mall, this restaurant has an extensive entrance with a spacious, comfy and cozy interior. The interior is kept clean at all times and the design gave a hint of the modern Japanese style. Customers were welcomed, greeted and brought to their respective seats by friendly and attentive staff.Just like most of the Japanese restaurants, Hokkaido Ichiba bears an open kitchen concept whereby customers are able to watch the process of the food preparation by the c
Located on the 3rd Floor of The Gardens Mall, this restaurant has an extensive entrance with a spacious, comfy and cozy interior. The interior is kept clean at all times and the design gave a hint of the modern Japanese style. Customers were welcomed, greeted and brought to their respective seats by friendly and attentive staff.
Just like most of the Japanese restaurants, Hokkaido Ichiba bears an open kitchen concept whereby customers are able to watch the process of the food preparation by the chefs. There was no large crowd seen when I was there. Do not get me wrong, this "phenomenon" has got nothing to do with the quality and taste of the food of the restaurant. This occurred as I went there at 4.00 p.m., where the lunch crowd has left and the crowd for dinner has yet to arrive.
The Ebi Gyoza is something that i find uncommon as this dumpling cannot be found in most Japanese restaurants. Most of the restaurants serve only Chicken Gyoza. The Ebi Gyoza was filled with fresh, juicy and succulent prawns (unlike the "stale" prawns that you usually get outside). Moreover, the skin was neither overly thick nor overly thin. The soy-vinegar dipping sauce blended really well with the gyozas. One of the must-try dishes for prawn lovers!
Soft-shell crab anyone? The battered deep-fried soft shell crab wrapped with lettuce and rice was delicious. The soft shell crab was still warm and crispy when served and the flying-fish roe topping the roll was also huge and crunchy. Those fish roe used was at least two times larger than those tiny fish roe that we usually see on top of makis. This Spider Roll is probably one of the makis that we can easily find in Japanese restaurants, but sushi and maki lovers should definitely try out the Spider Roll in Hokkaido Ichiba.
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