Tiny Urban Kitchen

Exploring Food from Boston to Hong Kong and Beyond

  • About
    • About Me
    • Tiny Urban Kitchen’s Favorite Equipment
    • Press
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
    • Asian
      • Chinese
      • Taiwanese
      • Thai
      • Malaysian
      • Japanese
      • Korean
    • Appetizers
    • Soups
    • Salad
    • Pasta
    • Noodles
    • Rice
    • Vegetarian
    • Meat
    • Sweets
      • Baking
      • Ice cream
      • Cookies
    • Misc
    • Kawaii (Cute)
  • Travel / Restaurants
    • United States
      • Boston
        • Jen’s Picks
        • Boston
          • Allston
          • Back Bay
          • Brighton
          • North End
          • South End
        • Cambridge
          • Kendall Square
          • Inman Square
          • Central Square
          • Harvard Square
          • Porter Square
          • North Cambridge
        • Somerville
          • Davis Square
          • Union Square
        • Greater Boston
          • Brookline
          • Arlington
          • Belmont
          • Watertown
          • Newton
          • Lexington
          • Concord
          • Burlington
          • Natick
        • Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Berkshires
      • Vermont
      • Maine
      • New York
      • Washington DC
      • Philadelphia
      • Orlando
      • Chicago
      • Las Vegas
      • California
        • Los Angeles
        • San Francisco
        • Napa
        • Sonoma
      • Seattle
      • Hawaii
    • Canada
      • Montreal
      • Canadian Rockies
      • Toronto
    • Argentina
    • Europe
      • United Kingdom
        • London
        • Oxford
      • Italy
        • Rome
        • Piedmont
      • France
        • Paris
        • Bordeaux
      • Spain
        • Madrid
        • Barcelona
        • Catalonia / San Sebastian / Girona
      • Germany
      • Belgium
        • Brussels
      • Switzerland
      • Greece
      • Finland
      • Norway
      • Denmark
    • Japan
      • Japan Guide
      • Tokyo
      • Osaka
      • Kyoto
    • China (Mainland)
      • Beijing
      • Chengdu
      • Shanghai
      • Shaanxi
      • Shenzhen
      • Xiamen
      • Yunnan
    • Singapore
    • Hong Kong
    • Malaysia
    • Taiwan
    • Thailand
    • Australia/New Zealand
  • Michelin
    • Formerly had a star
    • Michelin Recommended
    • 1 Star
    • 2 Stars
    • 3 Stars
  • Jen’s Eating Guides!
    • Boston Restaurants
    • Boston Dishes
    • Tokyo
    • Hong Kong
    • Las Vegas
    • Napa / Sonoma
    • Taiwan (night markets)
    • Taiwanese (casual eats)
    • Street Foods of Bangkok (Part I)
    • Street Foods of Bangkok (Part II)
    • Kitchen Equipment
  • Trip Reports
    • All trip reports
    • New England
    • New York
    • Washington DC
    • Las Vegas
    • California
    • Canada
    • Europe
    • Florida
    • Japan
    • China

Nice Yakiniku and Fine Wine Hong Kong

December 28, 2020 by Jennifer Che 1 Comment

Great Yakiniku and Fine Wine

Yakiniku literally translates to grilled “yaki” 焼き and meat “niku” 肉. The style of cuisine arose at World War II and began in Korean restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka. Some say that yakiniku is Korean barbecue modified for the Japanese palate.

Even though we live right next to Causeway Bay, arguably one of the most concentrated Japanese food areas in Hong Kong, we haven’t come anywhere close to experiencing the variety of Japanese food that you can get in Hong Kong.

This year, being “stuck” in Hong Kong all year, we’ve come a bit closer exploring many other types of Japanese cuisine in Hong Kong aside from sushi. One of these is yakiniku, which we’ve enjoyed several times this year.

Nice Yakiniku and Fine Wine 佳牛美酒 – The Wine

Great Yakiniku and Fine Wine
Great Yakiniku and Fine Wine

As wine lovers, we were excited to learn about Nice Yakiniku and Fine Wine in Hong Kong. Their business model is simple: two friends – a wine person and a beef person, decided to partner up and offer a unique type of restaurant. Diners can purchase top rated wines (lots of really famous French Bordeaux) at seriously competitive retail prices through the wine shop, and then enjoy those wines with Wagyu in the form of Japanese yakiniku.

Nice Yakiniku and Fine Wine 佳牛美酒 – The Food

Although the wine is great, the food is also quite good, and we’ve gone multiple times this past year. The first time we tried their promotional tasting menu, the next couple times we enjoyed their Platinum Set, which includes their signature Australian M9 wagyu beef. Below, I’ve shown the two tasting menus separately, even though there is some overlap in some of the courses.

Promotional Tasting Omakase

We came after “emerging” from the first lockdown. At that time, we were still quite anxious, and were thankful that they happened to have a private dining room open (it was the last available open reservation!), which we happily took, even if it meant we would miss out on sitting around the square “bar” and watching the chefs cook.

At the time, it was a novelty that restaurants would give us mask envelopes and include reminders about hygiene. Life has changed a lot since those early days of the pandemic.

The restaurant has been offering various promotions this past year, through different platforms. The promotions keep changing, but typically the introductory menu does not include their top notch signature Wagyu beef, although it still gives you an opportunity to try their general style of food.

Below is the promotional menu we tried, which cost a lot less than the normal tasting (around 30% less, from what I recall).

A trio of starters: pickled radish and garlic; marinated seafood; and whelk

A simple but refreshing shredded cabbage salad with sesame (goma) dressing.
Beef tongue
We had our choice of three different dipping “sauces”
USDA Prime rib-eye with garlic “chips”.
Great Yakiniku and Fine Wine
Great Yakiniku and Fine Wine
Great Yakiniku and Fine Wine
Great Yakiniku and Fine Wine

The second to last course was make-your-own lettuce wraps with deep fried Wagyu tendon pieces.

The final savory course included a Japanese style wagyu beef curry with either rice or noodles (the server highly recommended the rice, which soaks up the curry better).

Dessert: a choice of a Japanese ice cream selected from matcha, ginger, or red bean.

Nice Yakiniku & Fine Wine “Platinum Set” Omakase

The signature tasting menu costs HKD1280 per person, and there is a minimum of 2 persons that must order this tasting. The Platinum Set includes an extra salad, an extra seafood course, and most importantly, the higher-end Australian M9 Wagyu beef.

Shredded cabbage salad with sesame (goma) dressing
Mixed greens with kombu and tomatoes and a wasabi dressing
Pickled shallots and garlic, “kim chi”, and shrimp tempura
The “Seasonal Seafood” of the day was a gorgeous Hokkaido scallop.
The scallops was briefly cooked over fire and served with an apple topping.
“Seasonal Vegetables” included shiitake mushroom, green pepper, bonito flakes
Australian Wagyu M9 tendon
A tasting of five different types of rare Wagyu beef parts, including Japanese A5, Australian Wagyu, and Australian Wagyu beef tongue.
Signature Australian Wagyu M9 served with garlic chips, eggplant, and tomato.
Lettuce wraps for Australian Wagyu M9 tendon (cut into cubes and deep fried) and served with different types of greens and herbs (shiso leaf).
Fantastic curry rice with Wagyu beef and an Onsen egg.

Signature Dessert

Nice Yakiniku and Fine Wine – General Thoughts

The restaurant has an impressive selection of top notch Bordeaux, and only the best vintages. In fact, the ability to access such good wines at such “reasonable” prices (as far as fine wine is concerned) is a big reason why we like to come here so much. We almost always try to order a special wine when we go.

If you do purchase wine through the wine shop, the shop charges a corkage fee of HKD500, but also gives you 10% off your dining bill. If you get the typical HKD1280 tasting for two, essentially you save around HKD250, bringing the corkage down to around HKD250 or so, which is pretty standard in Hong Kong. Essentially, going this route makes the most sense if you order a more expensive, nicer bottle of wine.

We return because the quality of the food is good and we certainly enjoy their selection of really, really good wines at ridiculously competitive prices (arguably some of the best retail prices in Hong Kong for high-end Bordeaux).

Nice Yakiniku and Fine Wine Hong Kong 佳牛美酒
7/F, Aura on Pennington
66 Jardine’s Bazaar, Causeway Bay

Filed Under: Cuisine, Hong Kong, Steak, World Travel

« Merry Christmas 2020
Restaurant Le George Paris »

Recent Posts

  • Places to Have a Beer in Brussels March 18, 2021
  • Pasta Divina Brussels March 18, 2021
  • La Paix Brussels – Two Michelin Stars March 17, 2021
  • Les Petits Oignons Brussels March 16, 2021
  • In’t Spinnekopke Brussels March 15, 2021
  • Winehouse Osteria Brussels March 14, 2021
  • Belga Queen Brussels Belgium March 13, 2021
  • Nona Authentic Neapolitan Pizza in Brussels March 12, 2021

Latest Chinese recipes!

Trackbacks

  1. Happy Lunar New Year - a Different Celebration During an Unusual Year - Tiny Urban Kitchen says:
    February 12, 2021 at 10:22 am

    […] tradition, so I pulled out a lacquered bento box that I had received when ordering delivery from Nice Yakiniku and Fine Wine and filled it with some […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Welcome to Tiny Urban Kitchen!

JenChe

Hi, my name's Jen and welcome to my cooking, eating, and travel site! I am a Boston to Hong Kong transplant, born and raised in Ohio with parents from Taiwan. Feel free to head on over to the About page if you want to learn more about me, or just explore away, maybe starting with the Recipe Index or one of the travel pages! I hope you enjoy this site!
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Archives

Categories

Awards

Saveur
PFB

BostonGlobe

Most Recent Posts

Moeder Lambic

Places to Have a Beer in Brussels

Pasta Divina Brussels

Pasta Divina Brussels

La Paix Brussels

La Paix Brussels – Two Michelin Stars

Les Petits Oignons

Les Petits Oignons Brussels

In’t Spinnekopke Brussels

Winehouse Osteria Brussels

Winehouse Osteria Brussels

Belga Queen Brussels

Belga Queen Brussels Belgium

Nona Neapolitan Pizza Brussels

Nona Authentic Neapolitan Pizza in Brussels

La Maree Brussels

La Maree Brussels

Café Georgette Brussels

France!

Restaurant Le George Paris
Yam'Tcha Paris
David Toutain Paris
Divellec Paris
Breizh Cafe Paris

Kawaii! (Cute)

Norway!

Food Advertising by logo

Chinese Recipes

Okra with Chicken
Food Advertising by logo

Shop & Support us!

Spain!

Girona Spain
Amelia San Sebastian

Japan!

Bulgari Il Ristorante Luca Fantin
Sukiyaki Imafuku Tokyo
Sushi Ishimaya Tokyo
Disney Sea Tokyo
Tempura Fukamachi Tokyo
Shinjuku Gyoen

Cambridge restaurants

Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2021 · Foodie Pro Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress