Visited ShuKuu from a friend’s recommendation. Didn’t did I know that this Japanese restaurant was hidden along Stanley street which offers affordable Japanese food. Their menu serves an extensive range of Japanese cuisine, a huge variety including raw, deep fried, baked & grilled to charcoal grilled as well as skewers, mini donburi and soba. Also, the bar has a special menu that features food cooked with sake hence the name origin of Sake bar. This restaurant dedicates utmost attention to each individual recipes to the smallest detail, all the while using traditional cooking techniques. Spoiled from the variety of choices, the friendly staff had patiently gave us detailed explanation of their best-selling recommendations. I will recommend their two house specialty sakes, Umeyonado Yuzu and Sawanotsuru 1999 which was amazing. I love how it was pretty flavourful;, being light and refreshing yet bringing out a bit of sweetness.

Most of the side dishes were less than $15 and it was pretty worth the money. We have had a pleasant dining experience with everything we ordered. Our favourites was definitely their tender beef Gyudon, and their mentaiko rosti served with a generous amount of well flamed mentaiko sauce. We also had tasty chicken karaage, and not to mention their oyster cooked in sake. Enticingly fresh and creamy yet giving off a unique taste from the sake perhaps, I would recommend giving it a try! If you’re looking for a chill japanese bar to catch up with your friends, I think ShuuKuu is just the place. In a nutshell, cosy ambience, top-notch service, affordable and brilliant japanese food, I will definitely come again.