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| - A big *shrug* for Lure from us. A paste of Siracha and mayo seems to drive their "Asian fusion" menu but the concoctions just don't seem to work for us. We found many of the fusion items more nauseating than pleasant - an example of the end result not coming out better than the sum of its parts.
Hard to attest to the freshness as most of the things served to us were drenched in some creamy or heavy buttery sauce. I can say the oysters-on-the-half-shell ($24.00/dz) and the hamachi (yellowtail) nigiri ($7.00/2 pcs) were definitely fresh tasting.
Probably the best part of our dinner in taste and surprise were the ahi poke nachos appetizer ($9.00)! If there's anything that'd bring us back to Lure it would be this appetizer and was a +1 star to this review!
Quail egg (raw) shooter ($2.50).... hmm, won't order that again. It was just an unimpressive raw egg mixture. Oyster shooter ($3.00), it is what it is - alcohol inundates everything. I'll just stick to the oysters-on-the-half-shell which were good just by themselves (with lemon juice). Although I prefer a more Japanese flavor to this delicacy like what other traditional Japanese restaurants do instead of cocktail sauce.
My wife's crab-encrusted grouper entree ($25.00) was a mess of fish and crust that tasted like and had a consistency of a bland omelet with a side of polenta that had even less flare than porridge. Totally disappointing.
Lobster chowder ($7.00) was pleasantly stocked full of lobster meat and tasted good.
Mushroom pierogis ($8.00) were simply too saucy and dumped full of cream. Bad.
The rest of us stuck to the sushi menu - $15 for "two-timing tuna" roll (futo maki) and another $15 for a "lobster popper" roll. OK, again with the freekin' mayo sauce on rice? The tuna was definitely better than the lobster salad option, though, if I had to choose. Unless Option C is available...
Yes, someone just had to order the bacon sushi ($3.00/2 pcs)! And yes, it was just crisp bacon on rice. Thankfully the bacon sashimi wasn't ordered which is literally just a piece of crisp bacon.
I have to admit the lemonade ($2.00) was delicious!! LOL!
Desserts were pleasantly surprising: coconut cheesecake ($6.00), creme brulee ($6.00), and German chocolate tart ($6.00). Non-Asian but the better part of our dinner!
Although I prefer traditional Japanese cuisine, that doesn't mean I can't be wow'd by Asian fusion. But whereas traditional cuisine generally has relatively strict rules about how things are supposed to taste, the creative freedom and lack of these rules can make or break "fusion" cuisine. And fusion just doesn't work here at Lure.
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