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Came by tonight with the girlfriend as Kobo Nobu is in the neighborhood, and I gotta say we both really enjoyed the food, which I'll describe as Japanese with French characteristics. The warm decor with soft music in the background added to the experience. Here's what we ordered:
Seaweed on green leaf with sweet rice wine vinegar - Good standard seaweed salad. The sauce was light, mildly sweet and vinegary, and a good start to the meal.
Saba kara-age marinated house original plum vinaigrette - one of my favorite. The mackerel is not very heavy but imparts a great smoky flavor, balanced by the greens that it is served on.
Tonkatsu - This is offered at almost every single Japanese place restaurant, but to truly make it "right," it's not easy. Kobo Nobu has got the pork down to just the right thickness, and the light batter is lightly crispy and wonderful. Pork itself is juicy, I guess this is where the Mennonite pork shines through! One quirk though, it is served with ketchup rather than tonkatsu sauce.. maybe it's for a reason that I've yet to grasp?
Lobster gyoza dumpling - One serving had 4 pieces, and they are larger than your standard gyoza (maybe 1.5 times larger). The filling is tasty, which is minced meat mixed with lobster, and the dipping sauce that came with it did not overpower the flavor of each piece. However, the gyoza wrapper could be improved a bit as it broke through when I was picking it up with my chopsticks.
Rare beef sirloin charbroiled with yuzu oroshi - This is good! Rare beef sirloin (grass fed beef according to their menu), thinly sliced, served with grated daikon and spring onions and the yuzu sauce. Not too heavy as it is charbroiled, but quite filling nonetheless.
Warm ramen salad with daily seafood - This alone can be an entree - the ramen served in a medium-large bowl with a host of seafood and veggie toppings, and enough to share for amongst several people. The noodle itself was fantastic, springy and chewy, and the seafood topping was cooked just right to absorb all the flavors. I thought since this had the word "salad" in it that it would be a lighter dish, but this feels more "chow mein" than "salad."
Overall, Kobo Nobu was fantastic and we'll definitely be back. I think it has only been open for a couple months so there's not a lot of customers yet, so go now before the word gets out and it fills up!!
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