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| - Japanese Isakayas seem to be in style these days. We thought we had discovered a gem on a busy saturday night, and they even had room! Turns out, there was a reason for it.
The concept is japanese tapas, and seems neat at first. The menu seems original "fried garlic", "green tea short ribs".
Crime #1: "The Fried Garlic". 4.50$. It comes as two heads of garlic, with a toothpick, fried and a spoonful of a nondescript red paste.
#2: The steamed buns. It's nice to know that David Chang and Momofuku's influence has made it up the I87 to Montreal, but this is just a travesty. These look like the same momofuku-style buns, for the same price, but with rubbery, pasty buns, leaking odd-colored liquids into a pool on the plate, and filled with what looked like meat from the taco place down the road. For sure, David chang's buns are over hyper and overpriced, but they are perfectly put together and offer a perfect bite. These are truly a shame.
#3: Sake Mussels: 12$. A nice sized bowl of mussels that smelled like the fish section of Provigo on a sunday night. Half of them were closed. We ate 3 mussels and decided, for own health to stop. When we asked for the bill with a full plate of mussels on the table, the waiter didnt even act surprised.
Clearly, the folks at Big in Japan took this concept of an Isakaya, charging New York prices, and cut corners at every single level. What a terrible experience.
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