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Niwa Offers Good Value Omakase in Quiet Hong Kong Garden
For the past few months, I've been captivated by a tree in Hong Kong. Specifically, the zen-like garden behind the glass and beige stone walls of Niwa, an 18-seat restaurant in Central that opened in January.
It's a quiet oasis perched atop Soho and astride the Mid-Levels escalator, all sleek lines and Japanese minimalism along what's a pretty busy Caine Road. It turns out the name translates to something like private garden, which is exactly what it feels like inside once the heavy wood doors close to cut off the street noise. You're transported to a temple garden. Aside from the trees planted in their white stones at the entrance, there's a rock and plant garden spanning the wall behind the chef, complete with bonsai tree.
