Torishin, the Japanese chicken place

This little restaurant does not sell only Japanese food. You can find different kinds of chicken parts here, from typical chicken teriyaki to  rare chicken tenderloin, to chicken tail, to chicken neck and heart. Yes, you may not even know what they are or how they would taste, but they are all in the menu. The chickens are no cheap ones from Chinese. Some come from Yamaguchi, Japan and some are the famous blue-foot chicken from France. With all these excellent ingredients and great chickens, this menu is surely an aristocratic one.

Cladded with light wood panels and decorated with wooden screens, the restaurant is divided into several small pockets, perfect for a more private dining session. We started our meal with some tofu appetizer and one glass of fruit wine, which got our taste buds ready for the coming gustatory delights.

Most of the people in Hong Kong are scared of this dish, chicken skin, and deep-fried food is definitely a no-no. They are afraid of getting too much fat but most of them are overweight already. Anyway, this dish is a combination of both ends of evil, the deep-fried chicken skin. It turned out to be less oily than I expected, and was a perfect snack for wines.

M favourite skewers arrived, and the first one was the chicken breast. The meat was not tough at all, and was surprisingly juicy. Then the chicken wing skewer also came, which was good.

In such a chicken shop, you should never miss the famous chicken with egg on rice. It was not a big bowl but tasted wonderful. The egg was not thoroughly cooked and actually blended well into the rice, making the whole bowl smell so good!

While chicken was the main course in this meal, we also ordered some fish. The grilled sanma (秋刀魚) was not bad, while the sushi was very fresh too. Again, like I said before, uni is the key to check how good the sushi or sashimi is. Surprisingly in this chicken specialist place, all the sashimi and sushi were all fresh and delicious.

The smoked eel and egg sushi didn't really impress me, but luckily they were merely the supporting players here.

The whole meal was comfortable and relaxing, and the quality was indeed above average. The price tags that came with the food may not be appealing to casual diners, but if you are looking for a cozy place with some light and tasty Japanese dishes, come and try, let alone the fact that they have so many chicken delicacies that you can't find in other restaurants. If you like Japanese wine, they also have quite some choices for you too. Definitely a place to be revisited in the future!