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| - My boyfriend and I wanted to go somewhere fancy when he came to visit. I asked my foodie friend and he recommended Jun I - and then a bunch of dishes, mostly sushi, that he thought we should try.
And so we did. And we spent a fair bit, getting hot sake, starters, sushi and desserts.
First, we had a mixed seaweed starter that was beautifully delicate - each one perfumed in different ways, some tangy, some salty, all tasting of the sea but not offensively so.
Then, the star of the meal (which we ate too quickly to photograph): the mixed sashimi plate. GOOD LORD I had no idea fish + sauce could taste so good - each fish paired with a different sauce, from yuzu to miso to japanese plum. The miso paste was so mind blowingly umami and rich that I actually licked the spoon (sorry).
Then, a genmaicha-smoked salmon that is the most intensely smoky flavour I've ever experienced - so fresh and deep that it tasted like a campfire. It came with a bunch of little garnishes that were all incredible: marinated grapes, rice crackers and dill. Mmm that was so good yessss
The sushi - we had mixed nigiri and a couple of the sushi rolls - was all excellent, fresh, and well curated, but it didn't stand out flavour-wise as much as the preceding dishes. Not to say it's bad! I just think I prefer flavour over texture, and the sushi is all definitely about clean, fresh flavours and the soft texture of good fish.
The dessert was two things: a crème brûlée and a pannacotta (I think?) with a basil sorbet that was amazingly leafy-tasting. You know what I mean. I wasn't expecting a sushi restaurant to excel at dessert as well, but it totally did!
Oh my god this meal was so good. I can die happy.
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