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| - Beautiful space, beautiful presentation of the food, great service, very good quality ingredients, not super authentic (not that it matters as long as the food is good), and very, very pricey.
The menu is eclectic, more Asian fusion than actually Japanese. We had the sashimi platter daily special and the coconut rice with grilled shrimp. We had about three glasses of wine and a mixed drink between us, and we shared a dessert. All of this came to $202ish before gratuity.
The sashimi was fresh and served with all kinds of interesting, pretty, and edible herbs/flowers/plants. It was exquisitely arranged on a bed of ice, very fresh and tasty. A good variety of fish I might not have otherwise chosen, because when I order à la carte I tend to stick to my usual faves. Interestingly, it was served with a sweet soy sauce as opposed to the type you'd normally get with sashimi/sushi. In fact, it tasted almost like Chinese clay pot rice (???) soy sauce, because it was sweetish.
The coconut rice was delicious and fragrant but overcooked (or rather, cooked with too much liquid). My grandpa would probably rave about it. The shrimp was decent but probably brined in baking soda to make the meat springier - I'd prefer untreated shrimp. The rice was a little bland, to be honest.
Drinks were good.
The highlight was the dessert for sure. My dining companion told me they had an amazing dessert chef and he was right!!! I'm glad it was so good too, because the desserts were on average $18 each before tax and gratuity. We had this caramel concoction - two tender, fragrant, thin layers of warm cake with some warm caramel stuff in the middle, topped with The Best Vanilla Ice Cream I'd Ever Had. The ice cream was HEAVENLY. It was generously dotted with vanilla beans and the flavour was so pure and vanilla-y, just the right amount of sweetness, and the difference in temperature went so perfectly with the warm cake under it. We were told it's one of their bestsellers and I can see why - I will be fantasizing about it for a long time!
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