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| - RSVPd a few days in advance for dinner at 6:30 on a Thursday. We didn't need to wait once we arrived, and luckily got seated towards the quieter back.
What we got:
Foie gras custard- love steamed scrambled egg, Chinese people eat it with cooking wine, but their foie gras infusion was killer. Great texture too. The only thing I don't like about foie gras, well one of the things, is the livery aftertaste. The custard still had that aftertaste.
Foie gras skewer- for $17 it didn't disappoint. Literally melt in your mouth! Could've been enough for four I think, but our foie gras aficionado finished it off for us.
Green tea cold noodle - nice, simple dish that contrasted with the rich, flavorful dishes we ordered afterward. I don't know what the process is for serving cold dishes first, but I would've appreciated this cold noodle more after eating the foie gras. Light dish in contrast to the heavy richness of the foie gras.
Scallop - served in a hot shell. I didn't think it was amazing.
Sea urchin with salmon roe- I'm not a uni fan, but this combo with the poached egg was awesome. Sweet, light, gooey, & interesting textures (bubble like roe & mushrooms held together by the gooey egg yolk). Like how the yolk balanced out the uni.
Sashimi salad - that was delicious. I loved the sashimi with the miso dressing. Refreshing way to whet our appetites.
Raku tofu- you can dress it two ways, and I preferred the chives + soy sauce way. The more I ate it the hungrier I got - so as an appetizer it did its job (making us hungrier and ready for the heartier meat dishes).
Iberian pork skewers - a special at $10/skewer. I thought it was a tad undercooked, but the meat was definitely tender and fatty. Not a huge fan though and prob won't order it again.
Waygu beef sashimi - aka raw beef. after eating this I realized I like my beef cooked medium rare. The beef was tender, but really chewy due to the fat on it. Like people in my party were having trouble eating it it was so chewy. At $20 a plate, I'd skip this at the next go round.
Juicy deep fried chicken: dark chicken meat cooked like a pot roast, but with a thin crispy skin (like roast duck skin except with chicken). Chicken was underdone. Truth be told, we only ordered it bc the table next to us ordered it and I'm a fattie that loves me some fried chicken.
Overall: I generally thought everything needed some salt (not the green tea salt on the table), and most of the red meats and "other white meats" could've been cooked slightly more.
Service was very polite, though slightly over attentive. I'm not used to someone constantly coming by your table, switching out your plates after every two dishes, etc.
And it's a very clean restaurant! I read in a cooking book (kitchen confidential) that you can tell how clean a kitchen is by how clean the bathrooms are. The bathroom here was very clean, very Japanese (ie super high tech toilets that required actual reading to operate) with an aquarium! I guess they were trying to make us feel like we were in an aquarium too with the blue walls & tile (I'm analyzing this bathroom waaaay too much...).
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