Hoshii in Japanese means “To want: or to desire.
It was the day before Christmas and the Bacolod food hunters were cruising around for a place to eat lunch. Nobody wanted to eat anything substantial since they were all looking forward to the huge traditional noche buena party at midnight.
Mike decided to bring us to Hoshii, a Japanese restaurant popular with students and people on a budget.
Hoshii was open on the 24th of December.
We had our doubts whether we really wanted to eat at Hoshii because Japanese food was known to be expensive. Mike assured us that at Hoshii you get what you pay for. So we all got out of his car.
When we saw Hoshii’s menu banner we immediately asked Mike which set was the best to get. Mike recommended the sukiyaki and the curry set. At 110 pesos, both looked like a good deal.
Hoshii's prices are very cheap.
The interior of Hoshii was very… Filipino-Japanese fusion.
Hoshii's counter top. Interesting.
Hoshi also has Japanese ingredients for sale near the dining area. (Very overpriced.)
After a short wait, the food arrived. Mike was right. You get what you pay for in this restaurant. Which means that 110 pesos won’t get you a lot of food.
Martin ordered chicken tonkatsu. It was ok but he was still left feeling hungry afterwards.
Miso soup, Some yakisoba, some salad and a miniscule cutlet.
Mike got the sukiyaki meal. It looks decent.
Smile got mixed tempura.
Martin was very hungry so he decided to try out the curry cutlet set. It was a disaster. Martin loves his curry and what he got was watery curry that seemed as if it was simply curry powder mixed with water.
yuck..
The Bacolod Food Hunters managed to make the best of what had begun to to be a disastrous lunch and actually became full. (Partly because the tempura was mostly batter.)
If you’re a student and on a tight budget, Hoshii is perfect for you. It is actually better to eat here than Jollibee or wherever. If you’ve got the money to burn, go somewhere better to eat.
