Came here for late night happy hour after reading so many positive yelp reviews about it. Thanks guys! I've only ever ordered take out from here. I found my new favorite late night place and it's close to home for me. Woo hoo!
The service was fantastic too! Tomoyo was very personable, knowledgeable, and attentive. Everything she recommended was very very good!
I eat a lot of Japanese food around town so I think it's safe to say I have a lot to compare with hehe. I like this place also because it's a bit of fusion. There are a few menus to choose from late night. So we ordered away . EVERYTHING we had was incredibly fresh and extremely delicious! Some items we ordered....
Peppered albacore on the specials menu. Gotta try this if you're a fan of these two things. Try it if you're not. It comes with a butter sauce. The texture was so soft. It almost melts in your mouth.
Asari (clam) miso soup. It came with a few clams in their shell. Very fresh and full of flavor. The clams really complemented their miso soup.
Tamago sushi. You can tell a lot about a sushi place just by their tamago. Made in house and it was the right balance of sweet for the egg, very fluffy. They do it right.
Kamasu nigiri. Japanese barracuda. On special guys., I don't see this too often. Served with fresh wasabi olive oil. Incredible! Soft in texture. Very fresh. I would highly recommend this if you like to try different nigiri or fish.
A few from late night happy hour menu:
Black cod lettuce cups. Come on I couldn't pass this up after all you yelpers talked so highly of it. And yes. It was as good as everyone says it is. Must try. Nice and light and packed with flavor.
Tempura shrimp with orange aioli. I'm not usually big on the mayo dishes but this was good. It came cut into pieces and tossed in an orange aioli. Also had mandarin oranges in there, nice touch.
Salmon carpaccio. Wow! Buttery and super fresh pieces of salmon lightly seared on one side. My picture down there was of it half eaten. It's a great value on the happy hour menu. Try it if you like salmon!
We ordered much more than this! And we LOVED everything. (See receipt pic)
Desserts were pretty epic! Out of the two we tried, both made in house ( see pics below) my favorite was the almond flanjipan with pineapple sorbet and mountain peach. It was hot and very moist. reminded me of a pineapple upside down cake and flavored with almond extract. The tart sorbet balanced the sweetness of the cake. Very well thought out dessert and flavor combination.
I love how they offer mochi ice cream from Bubbies, Hawaii. I'm from there and this is a popular local company back home. They make really great flavors.
Had a great dinner and can't wait to come back again to explore and try more things on the menus! Hopefully I can catch our same server.