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| - Ho.ly.kamoley. How is this place not on yelp?! It's pretty legit.
That must have been the best japanese food I've had in my life. It's a tapas style restaurant, so a friend and I shared 9 dishes for a total of 40$ per person... Usual pricing I'd say, for an izakaya.
Alright, I'll start a sorted list strting with what we liked best (see photos for reference):
- Grilled black cod (5/5): o.m.g. Marinated to perfection, the taste, the texture, the sauce, everything was perfect. Downside: you can probably eat 4 portions of that - which translates to: pretty expensive.
- White tuna with watercress ...(4.7/5): Whaaaaaaat, just try it, and don't forget to eat the pink peppercorns: it has a lemony tingling feel. It was so good I forgot the name of the dish...
- Salmon tartare and avocado dip (4.5/5): Really have to eat them by putting avocado dip and salmon on the nori crackers.
- Grilled squid (4.5/5): a whole squid grilled to perfection: not rubbery at all. Well seasoned, had a char flavour, and with a squeeze of lemon juice and japanese mayo, it's heaven for my tastebuds.
- Takoyakis (4.5/5): fried calamari balls accompanied with fish flakes, mayo, and takoyaki sauce (similar to worcestershire sauce).
- Negi-pon takoyakis (4.3/5): Not sure what it was that made it excellent, but the fried calamari balls was dressed with spring onions, mayo, and ponzu sauce (soy sauce + citrus vinegar).
- Grilled steak on hot stone (4/5): Very well seasoned and marinated, but you have to cook it yourself on the hot stone - a unique experience. It's very fatty and chewy if not cooked properly (under or overcooked).
- Simmered duck (3.5/5): Worth the experience of having smoke coming out of a covered bowl. The duck itself had the texture of pork belly and good flavours, but there were only 5 small pieces and it costs 10$... Not worth.
- Jumbo shrimp tempura (3/5): Two jumbo shrimps that were fried to perfection and flavourful. The accompanying sauce was tasteless though, I don't remember what it was.
- Japanese sausage (2.5/5): Waitresse hyped it up for us, but that was the biggest scam I've been through today. She said it is the best sausage she's had in her life, but I found it pretty average, and I don't think it's a subjective matter. The truth is, the sausage came as a pork patty, mixed with onion and possibly garlic and ginger, but it didn't taste like what she was describing to us, and certainly not a top tier sausage. Worse part, it was 2 for 6$.
- Karaage (2/5): Now I understand why KFC is Japan's national restaurant. The fried chicken were just underseasoned KFC. The accompanying wasabi-mayo was underwhelming and didn't go well with the fried chicken. The chicken is dry and underseasoned. Lastly, the layer of batter was a bit too thick, so the pieces looked bigger than they are.
I don't have a sweet tooth, but the desserts are worth a mention:
- Green tea pudding (4.5/5): Tastes like green tea syrup on egg pudding. It was very tasty, but also very sweet.
- Sake ice cream (4.5/5): Tastes like my rice cooking wine, but it's very balanced in terms of taste (of sake) and sweetness. Excellent.
- Green tea tiramisu (4/5): Flavour faded in comparison with the green tea pudding. But looks more familiar to westerners and american born asians. People fought over the tiramisu, but the pudding was better gg.
The ambiance is bar-like AND almost romantic. The waiters were very quick and attentive, grabbing finished plates from the table seconds after they're empty. And water was refilled before I thought I'd need more (5/5 for service).
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