Soi Japanese Cuisine November 29 Lunch

Restaurant: Soi Japanese Cuisine
Address: 596 Remuera Road, Auckland
Phone: 09-5220907
Parking: Street parking is available
Food ordered: Tempura udon ($15), organic tofu ($7), sashimi ($5.5) and sake ($14)

Soi Japanese Cuisine is a relatively new restaurant in Remuera. It is well known for its homemade Tofu and Udon. So obviously I ordered what they are famous for. The homemade Tofu is cold Japanese style Tofu which is excellent. It is tofu to die for though those who are not familiar with Tofu might find it strange. You can really taste the delicate taste of the bean and it goes perfectly with the salmon roe, scallions and sea salt. The tempura udon I ordered is also very good. The tempura is fried "the right way" (Lots of places serve tempura but they don't even know how to deep fry stuff) and the udon itself is good, though it is not as stunning as the tofu.

Soi is a small cozy restaurant with less than 30 seats. I once walk outside the restaurant at 8pm during weekend and the place is packed so make reservation before going there on Friday or Saturday night. Price wise it is sort of in between the fancy japanese restaurant and the generic ones you find anywhere.