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| - Past reviews are right about making reservations! You won't get a seat if you don't make one. A table for four left just in time for my 7:30PM reservation, so we were seated in less than five minutes.
It's not exactly an impressive place with fancy decor to take your hot date, but I was hoping the food would make up for it.
The $45 Omakase (Chef's Menu):
1. Mediocre salad - As you can see in the picture, it was pretty disappointing to be served a salad with some lettuce and some potato sticks as the first item from the Omakase.
2. Seared mackerel - Undeniably fresh and seared with a blow torch(?) at the table. I normally do not enjoy mackerel, but these were tasty!
3. Steamed egg - One of my favourite Japanese dishes! Shinobu's steamed egg is packed with ingredients (ie. jumbo shrimp, enoki mushroom)
4.Spanish Mackarel - Very nicely presented, but the sashimi itself was tough and the taste was overpowered by sliced ginger.
5. Monk fish liver - Delicious, melts-in-your-mouth texture. It's almost as good as foie gras, seriously.
6. Lobster roll - This is basically a spider roll, but with lobster in it. The rice was too warm, and the sushi kept falling apart. Some may be picky and dislike the fact you're unable to eat your sushi in one piece, but I guess it's all the same when it ends up in your tummy.
7. Fried chicken?! - Another disappointing dish in this omakase. The chicken was very good, but if I wanted fried chicken, I would go to Korea town or maybe KFC.
8. Ox Tongue - Tender and chewy, just the way I like it. Yet, another item I did not expect to see in an omakase.
9. Assorted Nigiri - This was probably the best dish. The temperature was just right, and the rice was proportional to the sashimi, which was very fresh.
10. Green Tea Cheesecake with Ginger Ice Cream - Real ginger pieces in the ice cream! I did not really enjoy the green tea cheese cake, the two flavours just don't mash up well.
The service as A-OK. They do not wait for you to finish your food before immediately serving the next dish, which was very frustrating as there was no room on the table. The $45 Omakase was the most expensive choice there was and there was no sashimi dish, but instead hot dishes like fried chicken and ox tongue that you can get at AYCE places.
Maybe my experience would be better if I order a la carte next time, but I would never order the omakase again.
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