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| - I came with a reservation to do a kaiseki dinner with friends. You have to do at least two people and reserve in advance and can pick a price range from $30 to $100+. For $30 we got 9 dishes of quality. It really is a steal.
We were presented with a menu of our courses for tonight, in English and in Japanese, which is a nice touch.
First: "Fusion Dish" [seafood and summer vegetables with shrimp sauce] - this was just clean with the ingredients speaking for themselves. The fish was lightly cooked, there was calamari and a half raw shrimp, cucumber, squash, snow pea and tomato.
Second:"Sashimi [salmon, yellowtail, yuba] I like that they used real wasabi as it had slight small pieces and wasn't from a powder. The salmon and yellowtail were superb, the yuba (which is tofu skin) was interesting as it reminded me of burrata cheese. The plate also had some seaweed salad, thin radish and shiso so I mixed that up to make myself a sort of salad.
Third:"Grilled Dish"[shio koji marinated black pork with mushrooms and tomato] Despite being the grilled dish, the grilling was very light. The pork was lean and the pork flavor shined through. I dipped the veggies in a bit of dashi.
Fourth:"Cold Dish"[cold soba noodles and homemade tofu] The noodles were in a light soba tsuyu which was nice. The homemade tofu wasn't cold though, more warm, but I like that. For me, soft, almost creamy tofu is a amazing comforting thing and theirs was definitely great.
Fifth:"French Dish" [Grilled Scallop Salad with Yuzu Jelly] this was more like a "salad roll" with scallop and yuzu than a salad. This was really good and refreshing. I think my favorite dish of the night as Im a sucker for yuzu and thin cucumber and radish wrapped rolls.
Sixth:"Tempura [shrimp with vegetable, carrot, snow pea, pumpkin] There were two shrimp, one with mushroom, the other a green bean and both were good. Overall my tempura was crispy though one of my shrimp was a little soft where it met the mushroom, but you run that risk with mushrooms letting off water. I appreciated that they give you grated radish - you'd be surprised how this detail is left off at many restaurants because of them catering to Americanized taste.
Seventh:[rice with seaweed and takana pickles] I don't really eat rice by itself, but this was well seasoned and cooked perfectly that I ate up the bowl with a touch of dashi.
Eighth:[miso soup] I appreciated this was homemade as the tofu was nice and silken and it was neither to salty nor bland.
Nineth:[yuzu sorbet] I wish there was more as I can sit and eat a gallon of this. So bright and refreshing palette cleanser!
The ladies working did a great job considering we are a huge group and there were a few people who came in for dinner while we were there. Some things were missed, but they recovered forgotten items quickly generally the ladies were on top of beverage refills. Definitely expect the Japanese sweet demeanor and earnest hospitality.
This is a lovely little gem. It wasn't busy, so try it out as it's authentic and sincere. I will be back soon, to try out an a la carte experience. I'm so glad my special spiteful brother David S. told me about it and glad it is close to him so he can eat his feelings.
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