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| - My guest and I were overwhelmed by the menu because there were extra pages not shown on the website. Like "special" appetizers. Request to management: please update your website and include the lunch menu also.
We started with possibly the most delectable spider roll I've ever had in my life. Was that ONLY half a crab in each of the two gigantic front portions? We were entranced by the precise (and tiny) slices of perfect avocado. The outer rice casing was so delicate. What an experience. Next up an order of gyoza. The dough was sparing, the filling so alive and tasty. So far, two huge hits.
We continued with two more "special" appetizers. The first was foil yaki filled with seafood and enoki mushrooms cooked in butter - once again a sublime and delicate taste sensation that had to be gobbled up while hot. The second was shitake butter yaki - the familiar thick dark mushroom cut in large pieces and cooked with butter and garlic. Just let me wallow in the mastery of cooking with enough luscious butter and garlic to make the taste buds notice before subsiding so that the diner can continue on to completely different dishes.
Time to cool off with some chilled appetizers. Beef sashimi with dipping sauce was another winner though, when I scooped up something (I couldn't see) that our server later identified as radish mixed with chili, I got an unexpected blast. My mouth was on fire but, again, that taste just faded away quickly leaving me with a blank slate. The next appetizer was yakko hiya (cold tofu with ginger and dried bonito) that my guest said I could enjoy all on my own. The squares were so fresh and the garnishes so bursting with flavour that I insisted he have the last bite!
We'd already decided to share a large flask of hot sake and it certainly warmed us up. We finally decided on two full hot dinners (sukiyaki) instead of continuing with appetizers. It was a lot of food as either clear suimono or miso soup and a bowl of rice were included. I drank the sukiyaki broth down to the last drop but, if I'd had a choice, wish we could have substituted a green salad for the superfluous soup.
We were both stuffed and fuzzy so there was no room for dessert - though I'd been interested in the black sesame ice cream. Oh, well, next time. However, I wasn't about to deprive myself of a fave taste sensation, as in uni nigiri zushi served in two fresh creamy portions on rice and wrapped in crackling crisp seaweed. Oh, look, ALL gone.
I really didn't want to leave, but that just means we'll be eager to come back again. Next time, we're definitely going to have a spider roll each because that much goodness needs to be savoured fully. And, then, we'll continue our journey through more yummy goodness!
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