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| - Let's first start by saying that Kabuto is going to be the most authentic experience you'll get to enjoy in Las Vegas. When I say authentic, I am also referring to the chefs and servers. It is located in a strip mall in Chinatown and is somewhat unnoticeable if you're not looking for it. The restaurant itself offers a very intimidate experience, only providing seats for up to 20 guests and 8 of those seats are at the sushi bar. What you'll encounter here is a very formal Japanese way of eating sushi in which the chef will choose your dish and prepare in front of you and deliver it directly to you.
Upon arrival, my boyfriend and I were seated amongst the sushi chefs and might I add, it was a little intimidating at first for some odd reason to have them all staring at you. We were greeted by extremely friendly servers whom brought hot towels. Afterwards, we were given a house made aperitif in a shot glass, peach to be exact, that was 2% alcohol and extremely refreshing. There are 3 different options in which you can choose from, aside from ordering a la carte. Depending on your appetite and what you want to taste depends on the option you chose. We decided to go with the $80/pp option which gave us an amuse, nigiri (8 pieces), sashimi (4 pieces), grilled items (3 varieties), hand roll, miso soup and dessert.
Of our meal, I remember the following:
-Amuse that consisted of fish intestine
-Sashimi: bluefin tuna, clam, octopus
-Nigiri: salmon roe, uni, o-toro, chu-toro, mackerel
I personally didn't want to ruin the one-on-one experience we had with our sushi chef so I didn't take any pictures, the pictures provided was from my bf and as you can tell he wasn't able to capture everything. All I can say is, this is seriously the most top-notch sushi and sashimi (flown in from different countries including Japan and Spain) that you will ever consume in all of Vegas and I've had sushi at many different locations, on and off the strip. Keep in mind that you CANNOT be a picky eater and have to be very open minded when dining here, as it is best experienced omakase style - when the chef chooses your meal.
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