Dinner at Roy's Restaurant

For dinner, my husband had a reservation at Roy's Restaurant. It is known for its Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine. We had never been here before and we were looking forward to it. We arrived just in time for our reservation at 7.30 pm. The restaurant looked cozy, with a hopping bar and some booths and tables. There were several large flatscreen TVs displaying images of fishes and ocean creatures. We were greeted by the host who took our coats and seat us within 5 minutes.

We looked thru the menu and decided that we would order mostly seafood, so we decided to start with a bottle of daiginjo sake. We started our wonderful meal with some crunchy golden lobster potstickers with some spicy miso butter sauce and a small salad. The potstickers were crunchy and tasty, while the sauce was spicy and creamy. This was a great start to a wonderful meal.

For our main entrees, I ordered Hawaiian style misoyaki butterfish. It was very delicious. The fish was crispy on top, very flaky and buttery inside such that I was able to cut it easily with my fork. It was served with some baby bok choy and some black rice underneath the fish. Every single component of the dish work well together. The sweet wasabi ginger sauce was creamy and together with the fish created a perfect balance.

My husband ordered Roy's trio, which is a fish trio of hibachi salmon, macadamia nut crusted mahi-mahi, and misoyaki butterfish (a smaller portion of my entree). His favorite among the fish trio was the hibachi style grilled Atlantic salmon served with Japanese citrus ponzu sauce, salad and coconut rice (instead of the regular white rice) while I was totally enjoying my butterfish. The other fish in the trio is a piece of macadamia nut crusted mahi-mahi served with some mashed gold yukon potatoes and asparagus.

Both of us polished every single morsel on our plates. We were full and satisfied, but just as usual, we were intrigued by the dessert menu and wanted to share a dessert. We chose an apple tart with some berries and vanilla ice cream, garnished with a thin, crispy cookie. It was comforting and a perfect sweet finish to such an outstanding meal.