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Kura

Add Kura to the robust line-up of excellent Japanese eating establishments in Hong Kong. Kura, a modern Japanese restaurant recently opened in Causeway Bay, serves creatively crafted sushi and other Japanese dishes using quality ingredients from fish markets in Tokyo, Kyushu and Hokkaido, flown in fresh every day.

Kura is smartly turned out in a modern Japanese décor; the spacious outlet is divided into a sushi bar and a main dining area, each with its own colour theme. The restaurant serves both lunch and dinner, including 13 lunch sets, starting from $260 per person, and three dinner options ($1180/ $1380/ $1680 per person respectively). Kura also serves an à la carte menu as well as a carefully selected collection of quality sakes.

For lunch, we opted to share a few sets. Each includes salad, steamed egg, soup and dessert. We chose Grilled Sashimi Rice ($290) in which fresh sashimi is lightly grilled or, more precisely, torched. The sashimi pieces taste fresh and tender, and grilling brings out the fish flavour fully. Japanese Sea Urchin Rice with American Lobster ($480) is a Kura signature lunch set. The sweet taste of the urchin is well balanced by the fuller flavour of the lobster meat. The portion is generous too.

Grilled Live Eel Rice with Sauce ($290) is another excellent choice. The eel is grilled to just the right texture and its flavour is enhanced by the sauce. Our last lunch set was Japanese Beef Udon with Three Pieces of Sushi ($300). We particularly enjoyed the broth of the udon soup.

Another à la carte item was Steamed Abalone with Liver Sauce ($150), which fuses Japanese or Korean dried abalone with homemade abalone liver sauce that certainly adds new flavours and textures.

Kura serves authentic, down home Japanese food that satisfies both the palate and stomach. You should give it a try.

1/F, 482 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong ;3125 3133