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| - Tried this place for dinner last weekend and had mixed feelings about it, as some dishes were really good, while some were just average. The food also came out quite slow.
It's located in the same plaza as Jiffy Lube and Suzuya bakery. Since it's only open for dinner, it has plenty of parking around the time. The place is quite small with only four tables, but they do have seatings along the counter.
The dish highlights were:
1. Lamb Ribs ($12) - Delicious! The ribs were tender and they're coated with flavorful black bean sauce.
2. Sea Okonomiyaki ($14) - Tasted great, had lots of seafood in the batter, cooked quite crisp, and topped with some uni.
The rest of the dishes we ordered were just OK. They were:
1. Foie Gras Okonomiyaki ($17) - the foie gras tasted great (can't go wrong with a foie gras!). It was cooked perfectly and the portion was generous. However, the okonomiyaki itself was pretty bland and not cooked as crisp as the sea okonomiyaki. If you love Foie Gras, it is worth it for the price and the portion of foie gras you receive. Most steakhouses would charge at least $24 for the foie gras alone. Just eat the foie gras and skip the rest! lol
2. Clams with eel dumplings ($16) - I loved the clams, the mushroom, and the broth, but I did not like the dumplings at all. Granted that the dumplings were fluffy (once they touched the broth, they did turn soggy), but I just don't think they went well with the dish.
3. Escargot Takoyaki ($9) - I loved escargot, so the filling was fine, but the takoyaki was rather bland and not savory at all. The surface was also not crispy. In addition to the takoyaki sauce, it came with some salsa verde sauce, which didn't jive well with the rest of the dish elements.
I like the concept overall. Food presentation was great. Service was decent, but not fantastic (there were times our water was left completely empty for a while). The waitress was nice and friendly though.
I appreciate their creativity, but I feel that it came in the expense of the food taste itself on some dishes. Will I come back? Yes, I'm willing try their other dishes, but I'm not exactly rushing to do so...
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