Lovely restaurant from the creators of Touhenboku Ramen! It's so underrated and a lot better than Miku in my opinion.
Food: 4.5/5
Service: 5/5
Atmosphere: 6/5
Would come back? Yes
What I ordered:
1. Kitsune Udon ($13) - The best udon in the city and also the best udon I've ever had! The broth was so fresh, tasty, hearty and did not have a single hint of processed taste. The dish is very simple - noodles, broth, seaweed, mushrooms and fried bean curd. The fried bean curds were thinly sliced fried tofu with a hint of sweetness - amazing!! I was worried that the dish would feel incomplete without meat, but the tofu made up for everything.
2. Aburi Flight ($40) - 2 x 5 varieties (10 pieces total) of blowtorched nigiri. Very impressed with this - the ratio of fish to rice was good and they blowtorched it just right. Many sushi restaurants now have blowtorched sushi but not many get it right.
3. Salmon Aburi Hako Sushi ($18) - Excellent blowtorched salmon on rice. I actually prefer Boku's aburi over JaBistro's because the flavour is less in-your-face. Thumbs up to Boku doing a great job at box pressed blowtorched sushi!
4. Pork Katsu ($14) - Flavour was mild but hearty.
The restaurant's decor was absolutely beautiful and they have a gorgeous sake collection on the wall. This is definitely a date-worthy spot!