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| - I've been to Kyara a few times prior to revisiting it this weekend. This is one of those places I enjoyed quite a bit, but since it's not exactly close to me it falls off my radar. That is, until I constantly see half of my Yelp friends list checking into it every other weekend and seemingly having the time of their lives while I sit at home crying into a sad, lonely bowl of chex mix. But I digress.
So I found a friend to hang out with me on Saturday before we ventured to another friend's house, and convinced him to go to Kyara with me. Once there the first thing I noticed was how quiet it was, when I had been used to it being fairly crowded in previous visits. It's possible it was too early (7 pm on a Saturday?) because it did seem to pick up as time went on.
I decided fairly quickly to just throw caution to the wind and not really worry about a) how much we ordered and b) how $much$ we ordered. Boy, dining does get a lot more enjoyable this way even though it's not particularly a realistic way to live. We ordered quite a bit, and I'm going to attempt to rank them from worst to best because it's simply more dramatic that way.
1) Blue Cheese Potato Salad: I don't know, I had all the hope in the world for this and thought it was bland. Maybe it was a bad batch, but I could barely taste blue cheese NOR potato. How is that possible? Your guess is as good as mine. My friend started to like it more with every beer he drank. Take that for what it's worth. I also tried it after some sake and beer and it didn't help it at all for me
2) Sunset Roll - according to the website this is a "temporary menu from Naked Fish"? For $12 it was uninspired and worse than ANY roll I've had at Sushi-Mon's All You Can Eat. It was removed from the table with still 3-4 pieces left
3) Those thin fried chicken chips. I thought they were okay, but that there were much better a) fried and b)chicken options
4) Ham Katsu - I thought this was pretty tasty, but not very exciting. Tastes exactly what it sounds like
5) Maccha Affogato (dessert) - Okay this tasted really good, but the reason it's this low is that if you're going to order this, you might as well just go with the green tea waffle which is EXTRAORDINARY
6) Bacon wrapped asparagus skewer - I've had this before when it was much, much better. This time the portion sizes were much smaller. Still tasted okay
7) Miso Soup - Standard
8) Chicken Wing Skewer - About what you'd expect, which is not a bad thing. Much preferred the "Sauce" version over "Salt"
9) Deep fried squid tentacles - Very tasty, excellently seasoned, just chewy enough
10) Gobo Chips - a must order for me each time. Burdock root ftw!
11) Pork Belly skewer - I'm always a sucker for Pork Belly. Much prefer the "salt" version over "sauce" on this one
12) Pork with Kimchi - to be fair, I love pork, and I love kimchi. If you don't I'm guessing this isn't for you.
13) Green tea waffle (dessert) - Good lord I wasn't prepared for this. I don't typically order desserts, but this was one of the better ones I've had in quite some time
14) Cheese Tempura (x2) - This is by far my favorite thing here and something I've had to order each visit, usually twice, since day 1. You get three different cheeses tempura style and they are usually brought out all hot and gooey, just the way you like it.
Next time: gobo chips and friend squid to start, some skewers, pork with kimchi, and cheese tempura with maybe a few more new items to try and finishing it off with the green tea waffles.
Service was fine, though our waitress did seem a little unfriendly (unfriendly might be a little harsh, maybe indifferent is a better word) at times. Food came out piping hot and drinks were refilled quickly which is the most important part.
As I explained to my friend this is the type of place that you just need to keep visiting until you've tried nearly everything on the menu. By that point you will wind up with a 5 star experience each and every time in regards to the food. I'm getting there Kyara!
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