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| - I'm going to give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt and assume that the chef was just having an off day, but I was really unimpressed with the bulgogi last night.
My husband and I had a late lunch (or early dinner, depending on how you look at it), and spent around $130. My husband is a big eater (and over orderer) and we ordered drinks. Not a bad sale for a Thursday afternoon in an empty restaurant.
We ordered sashimi and sushi, which was fresh and well prepared, as usual. We decided to take an order of bulgogi to go, because we were so impressed with it last time (I figured it would save us from doing dinner later, or at least hubby could take it to work the next day). Previously, we had eaten a perfectly soft, well seasoned simmered beef dish, generously portioned. I suspect that ordering the beef to go gives the kitchen the idea that they don't need to put the same care into the food, and the portions can be reduced. I was really irritated when we tasted the lifeless, chewy meat later that evening. It was a huge disappointment.
We will probably give Dai Ichi one more try, but we will never order anything to go ever again. Just because they are convenient does not mean we will continue to eat here if the food quality diminishes any further.
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