Archive | February 26, 2025

Gyotaku Restaurant – Honolulu, HI

Yes, I am back again lol. I treated my cousin for her birthday and she chose Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant – what you like me do? We also had the buy one get one entree half off coupon so Chinese people win again haha! This post really is just more of the same…

Hamachi Carpaccio | $17.75

This was the biggest bummer of the night. I love hamachi and I love carpaccio so how did it go all wrong? The preparation. They serve it with like a chinese steamed fish style soy sauce (imagine a scallion oil soy sauce combo) – I expected the usual ponzu type sauce so it was very shocking when I tried this. And I gotta say, that style sauce does NOT work with raw fish. It made the hamachi taste fishy in a bad way and slimy. DO NOT GET THIS DISH.

Miso Soup and Small Salad

Assorted Poke Don & Tenpura Set | $33.45

This is the only dish I get and it’s the only dish for a reason. It’s GOOD. Didn’t disappoint yet again. We both got the same dish lol. It’s just the perfect mix of different types of seafood that makes a beautiful taste sensation.

Shave Ice Special (Watermelon) | $5.25

We both shared this dessert to end the night. It was okay, nothing spectacular but it was a nice sweet treat to refresh ourselves after dinner.