Japanese Dinner
Saturday, 28 May 2022 10:28![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elusivekSo my friend R was all anxious and all that and asked us out for dinner at this new(ish) Japanese place. I didn't hold much hope for this place, because as you can see, the deco is amazing, and usually, by experience, when a restaurant establishment goes all out on the deco, the food usually is mediocre. Turns out I was generally right, because, while the food wasn't bad, I don't think it was all that great. I'm not big on sashimi, I mean, if you serve me sashimi, I'd eat it, but I'm not a "I MUST EAT SASHIMI" type... so... yeah.
So the thing that R was excited about is this, live-made Maki. I'll concede that it was good, but I don't think it was that amazing. It was also rather difficult to eat, because the food would slide out from the back. I noticed there were 2 pieces of Nori sheets, so I pulled the bottom piece out a bit, and used the portruded bit to fold over the back, then I was able to eat it without having the food fall out.
And then some random food shots. The flounder sushi was ok but wasn't anything to tell home about. The tofu salad was nice.
Grilled chicken soft bones (cartilage?) and ox tongue were okay.
Dashimaki Tamago, as always, is my favorite. I wouldn't say if it was very good or not, because I just love this dish so much... you can make the world's worst dashimaki tamago that I'd still gobble it all up. This one was a cheesy tamago
Veggie Tempura and a... crab shell thing.... I didn't know what to make of the crab shell thing. My friends loved it though.
A small sashimi platter, and their complimentary dessert, some kind of purin.
The final bill was a whopping $800 (say USD$100) per person... per person! While the food was good, I really, really don't think it was worth that amount of money. But it was a nice experience, with the live maki station. And at least, now I can say that I've been to this place (and will never go there again).
So the thing that R was excited about is this, live-made Maki. I'll concede that it was good, but I don't think it was that amazing. It was also rather difficult to eat, because the food would slide out from the back. I noticed there were 2 pieces of Nori sheets, so I pulled the bottom piece out a bit, and used the portruded bit to fold over the back, then I was able to eat it without having the food fall out.
And then some random food shots. The flounder sushi was ok but wasn't anything to tell home about. The tofu salad was nice.
Grilled chicken soft bones (cartilage?) and ox tongue were okay.
Dashimaki Tamago, as always, is my favorite. I wouldn't say if it was very good or not, because I just love this dish so much... you can make the world's worst dashimaki tamago that I'd still gobble it all up. This one was a cheesy tamago
Veggie Tempura and a... crab shell thing.... I didn't know what to make of the crab shell thing. My friends loved it though.
A small sashimi platter, and their complimentary dessert, some kind of purin.
The final bill was a whopping $800 (say USD$100) per person... per person! While the food was good, I really, really don't think it was worth that amount of money. But it was a nice experience, with the live maki station. And at least, now I can say that I've been to this place (and will never go there again).
