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| - Five star service with three star food...overall, I am still a fan. Heather provided some of the best service we have ever had...even though we basically closed the place, she cheerfully took the time to answer all our questions, provided amazingly attentive service, didn't rush us, and pretty much made our day. We didn't even order any booze.
We had the $125 omakase dinner...Heather arranged it so that one of the courses would be the Wagyu course (ordinarily $38!!! an ounce). The food was for the most part OK...I guess I can't really taste the difference between regular neighborhood sushi and that from fish that flew first class from Japan in a Louis Vuitton tank, and presumably was massaged, fed first growth Bordeuxs and truffles and foie gras. I mean, holy moly, that sushi was expensive! And, it must be said, one course was probably the least plesant thing I have ever put in my mouth...I'll pause here to let that sink in a minute. The halibut sashimi had raw okra...wow...who was the genius that decided to use raw okra??? Have they ever tasted that??? One bite and I could feel my mouth fill with mucous (from the mucin in the okra)...the more I chewed the more mucous was produced...ugggh. It felt like some hocked a loogie in my mouth. I literally could not swallow this...I had to take a big swig of water just to get it down my throat. Whew!
After surviving this, we were served Nobu's signature Miso Roasted Black Cod...this was the first time I had tasted this iconic dish, though I have had plenty of imitators. I actually felt that it was undercooked, as it was still translucent, and a touch too sweet. The biggest disappointment was that my "fillet" was loaded with bones. The second disappointment was that about one minute after the cod came out, they brought out the wagyu tataki. Since this was basically the price of gold and was cooking its way to oblivion on the hot stones, we had to switch our attention to the beef. Now this was amazing...having never had true Japanese Wagyu before, I was surprised at how much it tasted like foie gras...literally melting in my mouth. Now THIS was well worth the cost.
The miso soup tasted like, well, miso soup. The desert had green tea ice cream and a bitter chocolate cake...it was kind of...gross.
The shock we received was when we received our check...Heather had comp'd our Wagyu. She explained that she had noticed that I had picked aside a lot of bones in my cod, and that my wife didn't even have a chance to eat much of hers because the Wagyu was brought out too early. We hadn't even mentioned anything, but Heather had noticed and taken care of it. Wow...I was speechless. This was going above and beyond.
Overall, I found the decor and setting to be wonderfully elegant, in a Japanese minimalist sort of way. What was surprising was that the service was not stuffy or pompous in any way. In a way, this was the best "bargain" of our trip!
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