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| - Akira Back restaurant is a Japanese fusion restaurant located on the 2nd floor of the Bisha Hotel. The restaurant is named after it's celebrity chef Akira Back who has a few restaurants around the world and was awarded a Michelin star for his restaurant Dosa in Korea.
Made reservations for two for a Saturday evening in February. The interior of the restaurant is very sleek, dimly lit and unique. Kind of reminds of a swanky/hip restaurant you would find in a high end hotel in Las Vegas.
The food is tapas style, so the portions are quite small and meant for sharing. We went with the Wagyu tacos ($22 plus tax), Jeju domi ($22 plus tax), Tuna pizza ($22 plus tax), Brother From Another Mother rolls ($19 plus tax) and The Hot Mess rolls ($14 plus tax).
Wagyu Tacos: Wagyu beef covered in a sweet bulgogi sauce in a crispy crunchy wonton shell was pretty good, tender beef with a Korean flavoured twist.
Tuna Pizza: This is a must order. It's one of their signature dishes. Thin slices of tuna on a baked tortilla crust drizzled with micro shiso, truffle oil and Maldon sea salt. Really fantastic tasting dish with flavours that mesh really well.
Jeju Domi: This is one of their signature dishes. It's essentially orange essence infused tobiko wrapped in slices of sea bream, and dressed with gochujang. This dish didn't work for me since the citrus had an overpowering flavour.
Brother From Another Mother Roll: It's two types of eel topped with foie gras and dressed with ponzu aioli. A pretty good and interesting take on a creative sushi roll.
Hot Mess Roll: It's essentially a sashimi poke drizzled in a ponzu aioli sauce on a cube of rice. Interesting flavours and well executed.
Service was pretty good overall and each dish that was brought to the table, we were given a description of what the dish was and what it entailed.
Overall, a pretty good Japanese fusion restaurant with a really unique and beautiful interior. It's a place where you would take someone to impress them, whether it was a significant other, a first date or a celebratory event.
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