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| - Wow. I do not have words to express what a great time we had at Raku the other night. The service is extraordinary, the food is sublime. I felt the service to be somewhat like a tea ceremony, a carefully planned ceremony. The restaurant itself is quite small so it creates an intimate feel about it.
My husband and I were in an adventurous and celebratory mood, it was my birthday, thus we opted to try a little bit of everything. I wanted to try a sparkling sake and the waitress kindly recommended the Tobiroku, which was dry and similar to a Champagne, it was very good.
Then the waitress went through the daily specials. I must admit a faux pas, although I am active on Yelp, I did not read closely enough fellow Yelpers reviews where they mention the high cost of the specials. My bad. They were so worth it though. We tried the negitoro, blue fin sashimi and kanburi sashimi. They were all excellent. We also ordered the pork intestine oden, and a several items from the robata grill such as chicken thigh, lamb chop, portobello with ground chicken, shishito peppers and kobe beef liver. Everything was fantastic, the only item I could've done without was the beef liver. I'm not a huge fan of offal as it is, and I thought the liver had a chalky aftertaste. We ended the meal with a green tea crème brûlée. Itwas divine.
We were both over the moon about our meal and most definitely will be returning soon. Although the sashimi was excellent, it was pricey so I think we will return for the robata, oden and other items.
They get a tremendous bravo.
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