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| - First time here and man, so worth the price.
The staff were really tentative, constantly checking up on me and my girlfriend to see if we needed anything else and they were overall very nice. Our waiter Jason also explained some stuff to us too like to call him if our grill looks too dry (the meat won't cook properly, meat is very dry or may burn faster) which I thought was really nice to know. I think this place has a problem with the ventilation though because I left smelling like the meat I grilled LOL. So make sure you either leave any outerwear that absorb smells in the surrounding area into the fabric in the car or don't wear it to Chako.
Anyways, the food. For lunch, you get a salad with ponzu dressing, miso soup and rice to start off. There is only 4 choices of banchan: fried tofu, bean sprouts, pickled radish and kimchi. We didn't get tofu (long story). For grilling items, there was chicken, beef, pork, short ribs, calamari, fish, red & green peppers and zucchini. Didn't get the fish because it breaks too easily. My favourite would have to be the short ribs hands down...the marinate on it was delish. I am not going to get the veggies because they weren't seasoned or anything..no good. The chicken was what I assume to be chicken breast cut into smaller pieces and marinated, cooking this was a pain in the behind since it may look cooked on the inside but it isn't plus it takes forever to cook. Finally, dessert...there is only 2 options: mango or green tea ice cream. I got both. The mango ice cream was good. The green tea ice cream was like a semi scoop of just ice. Goes to show they place the ice cream way too far in the freezer. I want to taste the matcha and not just chewing solid ice while I eat.
Conclusion: Will come back but they need to fix the VENTILATION. I ate here today at 12:30pm and now it's 9pm...my jacket still smells like grilled meat and I currently have it hanging in front of my fan to air out the smell...
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