SANKA TEPPANYAKI

We were invited to the latest competitor in the up-market teppanyaki battlefield in Central last weekend, SANKA.  It was a thoroughly delicious evening in more ways than one, albeit a tad pricey. Waving the Value-for-Money banner these days it is my mission to identify eateries worthy of the description.

Apparently SANKA is the Hong Kong branch of a top Tokyo favorite, opened less than 2 months ago with all the fanfare.  Right up there in the cholesterol chain, Dora and I are squeamish with words like marbled steaks and hairy crab these days. We were in for a pleasant surprise ... the Kuroge Wagyu served was beautiful, just right, unlike places where your lips and lower chin continue to feel the fat from the steaks hours after a meal.    

The Special Menu, at $2,180 per head, is comprised of the following :

* Marinated Salmon with caviar
* Sauted Foie Gras with Roasted Fresh Figs
* Matsusake Mushroom Consomme
* Giant Abalone Steamed in Salt Crust with Hokkaido Scallops
* Premium Kuroge Wagyu Steak
* Minced Garlic Fried Rice
* Dessert Trio

If you wish to spend less there are 2 other choices : a seafood course for $1,680 and a less damaging version of the above at $1,450 but adding libation to the tab we are talking about a minimum of $2,000 per head.  It was faultless quality fare across the menu, presented by Sous Chef Toru Takano with his own razzle-dazzle, and excellent service. We were in a private room and I noticed a junior chef and a floor staff at the ready by the door, at our beckon call, throughout the dinner ... testimony to professional pride and discipline, Nippon style.        

There were a few young dating folks outside at the tastefully and opulently decorated 'bar'. I kept reminding my bride of 32 years that, obviously, Value-for Money has taken on new meanings since our courting days.

SANKA : 1F, 1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central @ (852) 3460 2285