Dining in Causeway Bay | Le Yan | High-quality Okinawan cuisine worth a second visit

Waffle and her bestie’s birthday dinner, with the birthday girl suggesting to go to "Le Yan" for Okinawan cuisine. Hello Kitty greeted us right outside the elevator. We were seated in a private room. The menu is full of Okinawan specialties. Okinawa sea grapes ($68) are large, crystal clear, with a crisp texture, low calorie and highly nutritious. Peanut tofu ($68) is actually not tofu, with a texture unlike regular soft tofu, rich peanut flavor, definitely worth trying. Chilled tomato octopus ($148) includes tomato, octopus, lemon, and onion, with a very good tangy sauce that is refreshing and appetizing. Salt-grilled beef tongue (each skewer $58) is tender and chewy, perfectly seasoned. Sauced grilled Japanese chicken cartilage meat patties ($78) come in three pieces per serving, slightly on the salty side. Fried chicken cartilage ($68) is different from the usual chicken cartilage, with chicken skin, extra crispy and tasty. Okinawan cuisine must-have: bitter melon stir-fried with pork ($98), with added tofu and egg, rich ingredients and good flavor. Grilled mentaiko ($88) is savory and salty, adding some grated radish enhances the freshness. Japanese-style grilled pork cartilage ($84) is cooked tender and flavorful. Okinawa AGU pork dumplings ($68) are a popular choice. Okinawan-style fried pork taro cakes ($68) are crispy outside and soft inside, the taro paste is well made, though the pork ratio is a bit low. Homemade Okinawan brown sugar mochi ($62) served warm, with soybean powder adding more layers of flavor. Homemade Okinawan-style doughnuts (each $18) made Waffle fall in love at first bite, crispy on the outside, soft inside, not too sweet or greasy. #DiningInCausewayBay #WaffleAndShrimpCracker #WaffleAndShrimpCrackerDiningInCausewayBay #WaffleAndShrimpCrackerEatingJapaneseFood #CausewayBayEats #HongKongFood #HongKongFoodie #HongKongFoodExploration #OkinawanCuisine #wifeandhusband #blog #blogger #hkblogger #foodie #hkfoodie #hkfood #hkfoodblog #hkfoodblogger