With so many notable spots for fusion cuisine having popped up in the middle of the desert over the past few years, Japaneiro kicks the door down and slam dunks their excellent menu into the Asian fusion ring with authority.
Like a lot of the gushing reviews already mention, the chalkboard specials by the entrance is where the gold is. My advice would be to take a picture of it to look over with your tablemates so you're not like me and getting up to look over the board again and again as if it were on display at a museum.
I can never say no to foie gras. If foie gras told me to jump off a bridge, buy it diamond earrings or crash my car through a convenience store, I'd do it. It was well cooked and those tasty notes of fatty tenderness in a savory sauce were music to my mouth. I even showed some restraint by offering the last bite to my wife. :P
The Nigerian prawns tasted as impressive as they appeared. Large and succulent, the truffle butter sauce that it was accompanied by took it to another level. The green salad offered a nice balance to the whole dish. I admit I sucked on the shrimp shells to savor the flavor and only felt 3.1% ashamed/embarrassed about it afterwards.
Our meal luckily managed to carry over to the late happy hour that occurs M-F 10pm-midnight. Ending the meal with some great small bites like the salmon/tuna/beef tacos and miso black cod lettuce wraps. The standout was the rock shrimp with its terrifically crispy fry, micro wasabi kick and cream sauce made it an absolute steal for $5.50. I guess that shows how good these chefs are; they even managed to make rock shrimp interesting!
The lack of description for many of the items caused me to underestimate things like the "European Sea Bass" until I saw it brought to another table near the end of our meal. The fish looked marvelous with the meat being filleted post-grill and the rest of the carcass twisted up for an interesting look. I was practically seething with jealousy!
Lesson learned: everything is awesome and get that the next time.