This is quite possibly the best food experience I have ever had in Arizona! Nobuo can be better described as an culinary experience rather then dining out. It was almost hard to put into words how much my friends and I enjoyed our meal.
We actually went here by luck. The dinner party consisted of my two best foodie friends that night. We had planned to go to Pizzeria Bianco that night after walking around First Fridays. "Fortunately" the wait that night was over two and a half hours (normally only an hour if you go after 9:30pm). By chance I saw Nobuo directly across from Pizzeria Bianco so I whipped out my trusty iPhone Yelp AP and proceeded to investigate Nobuo. The reviews were great so we decided to give it a try. That my friend was the beginning of my renewed faith in cultured dining in AZ.
We were luckily seated right away that night as it was pretty late already. The restaurant was cozy and comfortable in a minimalistic classic decor with a few well place Japanese artwork. We decided to order about 6 dishes from the menu. 2 from the cold dishes side and 4 from the warm side.
1st bite - Grapefruit and Hamachi: This was a very pretty looking dish. There were 4 spoon servings of delicately prepared Hamachi wrapped around a small slice of grapefruit and avocado with white truffle ponzu oil topped with a sliver of ginger on top. We each put the bite into our mouths and was transcended to what many would describe as a religious culinary experience. The flavors literally just burst into your mouth. Visually you were expecting one thing but the flavor profiles you taste was just simply amazing. My friends and I looked at each other with the same amazement.
Ok this will be a novel by the time I finish the other 5 courses. I will cut it short by saying it is by far one of the best food experiences I've had in AZ. Nobuo is not inexpensive, but for this level of quality and experience - it's worth every cent.