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| - Japonais really deserves at least 4 stars for the delicious food and the friendly service. I honestly believe that a majority of people gave lower ratings due to the price. Everything is a little overpriced except for the main courses. Those range from $28-36 which is typical for entrees at a more nicer restaurant. Japonais is categorized as a Japanese restaurant and sushi bar.
From the outside, Japonais looks very contemporary and is absolutely beautiful on the inside. They have huge wooden beams that have nice curves to it along the ceiling. Just the whole restaurant makes you feel like you are in a restaurant with class and beauty.
Japonais offers an array of food like hot & cold appetizers, sushi rolls, sushi, sashimi, nigiri, izakaya, steaks, fish and pork. Great selection of different things that would surely please everyone. They also have a nice selection of desserts at the end if you still have room!
Po (Poh) was our waitress and she was a character! She had so much energy we all felt like we drank a couple cups of coffee. She was hilarious and definitely made the night special. She knew the menu so well. She knew what was in every dish and was able to answer our question with ease.
The food here is presented beautifully and tastes amazing! Here's what we ordered:
Lobster spring rolls (4 pieces): served over a mango relish and blood orange glaze. It was like your typical egg roll, but with little bits of lobster. The mango relish was nice, but I honestly couldn't even taste the blood orange glaze. If I didn't read the menu, I would have not known what it was. $21
Hawaiian hamachi (4 pieces): thinly sliced yellowtail with chopped jalapenos in a sesame soy yuzu vinaigrette. The server tells you that the sushi chef recommends that you do not put soy sauce on it. So we just ate it as is and it was very citrusy! The yuzu stood out so much. Thank goodness I like yuzu otherwise it would have been way too sour for me. $17
Ahi tuna ceviche: white soy marinated with edamame and tempura shallots. In my opinion it's more of a tuna tartare versus a ceviche. A ceviche is traditionally marinated in lemon, lime, orange and any other citrus in order to slightly cook the seafood. Tuna tartare is traditionally marinated in soy sauce and sesame oil. Anyway, the diced up sashimi was delicious! Just dip each piece into a combination of soy sauce and wasabi and it's amazing! $18
Tuna flatbread: ahi tuna, mochi cheese, shimeji mushrooms, fresh made ohba and wakame crust. This just sounded really interesting, but the flavor was actually very simple and good. You can really taste each component of this dish. First you get the tomato flavor from the slice of cherry tomato on the top. Next you taste the ahi tuna itself and then taste the mushrooms and finally the ohba and wakame crust. I honestly couldn't taste the mochi cheese that much, but you can definitely feel the texture. Overall, it was very interesting and I'm pretty sure you can't find this dish at any other restaurant. $18
Braised short ribs: served with a Japanese sweet potato puree, poached apple and au jus. This was absolutely delicious! The short rib was a pretty good size and it was just fall apart tender. This dish just had so much flavor. The apple was an interesting touch to this dish, but I liked it since it made it a little bit different versus your typical short rib dish. $29
Salmon Japonais: nori skin encrusted Atlantic salmon, sweet shrimp, fingerling potatoes and curry oil. I wasn't too sure how the curry oil would taste in this dish, but you couldn't even tell that the curry oil was in this dish. The salmon was cooked perfectly. It had a nice crust on the top while the actual salmon meat was still moist. It was placed on top a bed of sliced shrimp, sliced potatoes and edamame beans. It was also in a creamy sauce. I couldn't quite put my finger on that creamy sauce, but it was pretty good. $28
Sea bass cartoccio: steamed Chilean sea bass served with maitake mushrooms, soy butter sauce and a tomato compote. The sea bass was so moist and cooked perfectly. The soy butter sauce was perfect over rice and the tomato compote had so much flavor and took this fish to the next level. So much flavor was put on this delicate fish and it worked perfectly. A must try! $34
Apple pie toban yaki: Not your traditional apple pie. Washington red and green apples with a ginger sugar crumble and a scoop of honey vanilla ice cream served in a hot clay pot. The presentation was absolutely beautiful and it tasted even better. The sliced apples were swimming in a sweet caramel like sauce and the ginger sugar crumbles gave it that much needed texture. The ice cream also provided a nice touch to the overall dish and made it seem creamy. Such a great dessert! $14
Overall, Japonais was delicious and I would definitely eat here again. The quality of food, service and presentation makes this restaurant a winner in my books.
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