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| - Club Soya is not quite a three-star, yet not quite a four-star either. Though its small menu is inventive - miso soup and mango, apple & tuna poke as an example - its flavours and portion sizes were less impressive.
I began with a miso soup, that lacked the true umami depth and richness that I expected. The maple sweetened it considerably, but didn't elevate the flavour in any real way. There were mixed mushrooms and cabbage floating around, which had more of a wet salad vibe than the usual miso soup accompaniments of seaweed and tofu.
Then I had the tuna poke bowl, which came with a disappointingly tiny amount of tobiko roe on top, although there was more mixed in with the tuna. The tuna was pleasantly cool and tender, the dressing was tangy, and although the interesting addition of apples and mangos made for a beautiful rainbow around the bowl, it didn't really quite match up with the overall fishy taste of the tuna.
However, the service was brilliant - attentive, kind, friendly and fast. Unfortunately, I just wasn't blown away with the culinary experience itself. Perhaps the burritos are better, though!
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