Restaurant Hoshigaoka
Restaurant Hoshigaoka
Shaw House
Level 4
Ratings: 7.0/10
Salmon Ju
Having tried Tonkichi some time back, I wonder how’s Restaurant Hoshigaoka is like, especially since both of them are located so close to each other in the shopping complex. Won’t there be too much competition between both restaurants, especially since the shopping mall has only five restaurants (i.e. excluding fast food)?
It just doesn’t exactly make much business sense to me, unless maybe it is because the main flagship in the shopping mall, Isetan tends to woe the Japanese clientele, given the Japanese supermarket in its basement, thus it makes sense to have two Japanese restaurants there.
Whatever the reason is, it’s not for me to speculate.
However, after trying both restaurants, I’ll have to say that the food in both restaurants is delicious, and I definitely can’t determine a personal favourite between both of them. Food wise, I suppose Restaurant Hoshigaoka is better. However, I prefer the layout and deco of Tonkichi. Perhaps that’s the reason why each restaurant manages to hold its own, given that customers can’t decide between both of them, since both have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Sushi
The “usual udon” that I usually have is served in a broth. However, at Hoshigaoka, it’s my first time trying udon that is just boiled in hot water, probably with a little MSG added to it, then to eat the udon by scoping them into a brownish sauce that comes along with the noodles. (hmm..does anyone knows what is that called?) It’s definitely an interesting way to eat the udon for me and I love this change in taste, especially the sesame taste to the sauce, since I had basically added all the sesame that is part of the condiments that came with the sauce.
I like the service at this restaurant. The person-in-charge is very friendly to all customers and attempt to meet all their demands. In fact, the customers at the table next to mine seems a tat unreasonable and throwing their weight around, but she resolved all their issues really nicely, which won good “service points” from me indirectly.
Good food and good service - definitely a reason to draw me back to the place again.
hi there, just happened to browse through your blog and it’s gd! neways, the udon that you are having… I presume according to your description. It’s zaru udon. Should be cold udon instead of hot ones, maybe Hoshigaoka serves it in a unique way. The sauce is the dipping sauce one uses for zaru udon or soba. It’s the so called “dry” or “cold” alternative to having udon. The dipping sauce consists usually of bonito stock or they call it dashi (konbu or seaweed stock), mirin (japanese rice wine) and japanese soy sauce.
Thanks 4 complimenting services Restaurant Hoshigaoka. I am a staff there.i felt happy when u think our service is good and i felt that too.
Lol.. that’s nonsense. It’s no way close to Zaru Udon lor. The dish that u mention is Kama Age set. I guess there’s only this restaurant that offers the dish. For this unique dish, there’s a special sauce for it. It’s their secret recipe worx. I totally agree with what u said as their food is nice and their sevices are very good. No.1 service.