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| - Came here on a weekday. Like most people I've heard many mixed reviews at this place, some like it, some hate it. I can empathize with both sides as the décor is truly immaculate and ambience is very fitting of an izakaya. However the food was beyond disappointing.
Ordered the frozen beer float thing, shabushabu, wasabi tako, ginger fried chicken, potato wedges w/ curry powder, beef bowl. Most dishes were just generally "meh", so I'll begin with the worst of the worst. $8 for steamed bacon strips on cabbage....are you f*cking kidding me. I spend money where money's due but this place basically robbed me. IT's important to have principles as a human being but if a restaurant is to be opened with the claim of being an izakaya how could one possibly concoct such a lowly, gastronomically-insulting culinary dish? There is no technique or skill whatsoever involved in the making of this piece of junk and it was the only thing I needed towards the formulation of my decision of never returning.
Everything else:
- wasabi tako; extremely chewy, overpowering wasabi sauce, felt like I was eating tadpoles.
- Potato wedges; soggy, the wedges lacked structural integrity of what a well fried potato wedge should have
- Beef bowl; reminded me of my time with yoshinoya, which at a cheaper price was much better than Dondon's pathetic attempt at a classic Japanese rice bowl dish
- Frozen beer; cliché, novelty factor, how the f&ck did anyone decide frozen beer was going to taste good?
My advice is to come here just to get it over with, stamp your restaurant passport or whatever but this place just makes me so sad.
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