Horoki

I have been really busy in recent while, so posts have not been published as frequently as it should be. But anyhow, now that I have a little breather, postings should be more frequent.

A couple of nights ago, I visited this Modern Japanese eating place and I was really blown away by the food there. The small eatery/ drinking hole, serves food to share ( japanese tapas style like the ones they @ Aka tombo, but just more inventive and progressive)

Among the two of us, we ordered 5 dishes

The first of which was the tuna carpaccio was packed with flavour, sliced tuna, dressed with soy, with shavings of parmigiano reggiano, and Jap mayonaise on the edges. This funky dish, packed a punch, the combination of the cheese, soy and tuna was surprisingly good. It had the added amusement of being served in the biggest plate in the world, I swear.

Tuna Carpaccio-$13.50

Next in line, was the daikon salad. Heck, who would have thought that daikon tastes that good, shavings of daikon, slithers of "rice crackers", Sashimi of : king fish, tuna, salmon, scallops and cod roe gave make this dish a real hit. It was a play on texture, as it was on flavour, really great.

Daikon Salad-$13.50

Thirdly, a "snack-size" pizza of chicken teriyaki, a playfull take on regular pizza. I swear you find of these in cafes and drinking houses in Japan. Shredded chicken and sweet corn litters the pizza, finished with teriyaki sauce, spring onions and seaweed.

Chicken Teriyaki Pizza-$11.50

The Fourth dish, Japanese style spicy cod roe pasta. That sauce, man...its orgasm on a plate. It was explosive (literally) spicy cod roe butter sauce-AMAZING. A great candidate for my last meal.

Last but not least, oven roasted octopus (not pictured). Probably, the only glitch of the night, it was overcooked, tough and rubbery. Not to mention bitter. I will give it a pass.

The bill was about $80, with a bottle of sake, it is not cheap, but its definitely worth it.

Horoki
19 Liverpool St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph:(03) 9663 2227
Open Weekdays 12pm-2:30pm
6pm-11pm; Sat 6pm-11pm

Score: 4/5