When I came back to paradise this time, I was devastated to discover that the Japanese restaurant at the Hilton had been closed down. I used to go there every so often to have sushi and sashimi a la carte to console my soul. It had good toro when it had it, so good that it made me smile big when I put it in my mouth. It always had raw shrimps and scallops that were fresh, sweet and tender. Sometimes, it had uni, which was oh so divine. So two days after I arrived here, I went skipping to the Hilton full of excitement, but what I found there was a dark empty space. I was in disbelief first, and then, totally devastated...
Soon, however, I found out that there was no need to despair. The owner had instead opened a take-out/eat-in sushi shop, next to the bakery inside the Loshusan supermarket in Barbican. It's called Katana Express. Though limited in variety (no uni, no toro, no shrimp, no scallop...oh well...), it serves sushi pieces and rolls that make a great lunch. It also offers lunch boxes that you can take to your office. I had a Philly Roll today, which had salmon, cream cheese and scallion in it. The salmon was tender and very good. 620JMD (before tax), which is about US$9.
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