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| - Had great hopes with this restaurant, given all the great reviews. This was my first time there - went for the omakase - Roka has two choices - a $98 which is composed of "the most premium ingredients" and a $128 "comprised of rare and hand selected ingredients." I ordered the $128 menu.
Perhaps I am more of a "foodie" then I thought, or it was the chef's choices, but I was pretty bored with the dishes that were sent out, as I've had most of it before. Ponzu sauce and truffle oil were on most of the dishes. The yellowtail sashimi and oyster both had a bad aftertaste. Requested some ginger to cleanse the pallet.
Squash blossom tempura wasn't anything to write home about. Steamed mussels are well, steamed mussels. Also on the menu were the beef tataki, which was good, black cod, domestic wagyu beef (a little gamey), grilled asparagus and zucchini, and a wild mushroom hot pot (somewhat interesting).
The only dish that I hadn't had before was a Japanese pepper that had been grilled - which was pretty good also included was a a toro flight which I enjoyed.
For desert, passion fruit and a berry sorbet, panecotta, and fruit ie. cantelope, grapefruit, pear, mango, some berries. Desert was definitely a dud.
Overall, expected more - the taste of the food was okay. For what I recieved, this place fell flat. This is not even considering the price. Including the price into the equation, definitely thought it was overpriced and not worth it.
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