Hotto Motto
Nice and bright front of store, and clear pricing. also seemed to be free sauces and seasonings on the right end
In my continuation of trying all the places in the Lower Ground Food Court at Galleries (and eventually all the food places in the building), I visited Hotto Motto for a quick dinner before gaming. They had tempted me a few times previously, but like Madame Nhu, the store comes right at the start of my natural wandering around the food court, so I see it often but aren't ready to make a decision yet.
This time I just decided, "Yes, I want Japanese". That and the Onigiri and Friendly staff member (Yu) convinced me. I wasn't that hungry so it was easy (and cheap) to just get a couple of things. I decided that a 3 piece Kaarage Chicken would go well with the Japanese Pickles Onigiri. I didn't like the look of any of the other drink options, so just went with my stock standard coke.
My order. Very simple, but was certainly enough food for me on this evening
The chicken was very tender, and quite hot, having been fried after I ordered. It didn't have much of a batter or crumb on it, but there was plenty of flavour. The pieces were 2-3 bites each, though I could imagine some people just shoving the whole piece in their mouth at once.
The onigiri was interesting to me. It was strangely wrapped with a plastic sleeve over the nori to protect it from the moisture in the rice. I'm not sure I'd have been able to manipulate the nori out of the wrapper without sitting down and having a stable surface to operate on. That and the plastic's 'easy open' point didn't work for mine. It also seemed to involve a fair amount of shifting the rice back and forth, which could just be me being incompetent, but wasn't the simplest onigiri I've had in Sydney even.
Once it was unpackaged and I'd re-wrapped the nori around the triangle of rice and pickled vegetables, I discovered that it could have done with just a touch of water to moisten the nori. I ate it as it was anyway, and it gave a bit of a different texture to a serving that wasn't lacking in crunch. There was quite a reasonable amount of pickle in it, and if anything it was crying out for something to balance out the pickle, rather than something to give a bit more texture and crunch to it. Maybe some soft flaked salmon would have been a good addition. It was however delicious, and I was tempted to buy one of the other flavours for my walk to gaming.
I'm going to try some of the other dishes from here in the future, and if these 2 items are anything to go by, I'll be quite happy with them also.
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