This review is based on my lunch experience at Le Modern Japanese Cuisine.
I did come here with a high expectation as my recent experience some of the newly opened Japanese restaurants has been quite good. But here at Le Modern everything is not up to par aside from the decoration.
Sushi Set ($14)
A good shari rice is the base and most important element of sushi. The rice should be of the same quality no matter it is prepared for lunch crowd which maybe less demanding or the dinner crowd which would expect more.
The shari rice here is a complete fail: dry, hard, and chewy. The rice has no connection with the fish in the nigri sushi. Basically it is just a rice ball with a piece of fish on top with no wasabi in the sushi. They were big in a bad way as they are not bite size and fell apart when I picked up with my chopsticks.
California Roll though huge but has the same issue. Mega roll that cannot fit in one bit?
Fish was dry aside from the Salmon. Fake Crab Meat that is rock hard? AYCE cheap wasabi?
Should I comment on the complimentary soup and salad? The portion though is huge but why are you putting a spoon in my miso soup? The salad dressing is so watery and have no flavour.
So basically the food they serving here is similar to AYCE quality.
Maybe dinner is better? I am not sure if I going to waste my money to have my modern Japanese food. If they use the same shari rice to made their sushi, how can it be better?
Such a shame as the decoration here is so nice but I cannot eat that.