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| - This place is definitely in my top 5 favorite restaurants.
Although the place is described as "Japanese" tapas, I'm pretty sure that's just a technique they use to get you to order too many items. Don't fall for it because you can try just a few and still enjoy the experience without being hungry. We tried:
- A special off-the-menu appetizer the waiter suggested with thinly sliced tuna, green pepper oil, and crispy scallions. AMAZING!
- Scallop dish with Japanese eggplant and vanilla foam which was cooked very well, but the sweet foam weirded me out a bit.
- Kobe Sliders, which normally comes with 3 and some tempura-style onion rings with banana ketchup (normally yuck, but it was very lightly flavored) and some kind of citrus mayonnaise. This dish ROCKED.
- A lobster California roll, adobo chicken roll, and a spicy tuna with shrimp roll which were just so-so and not as well-made as I would have expected (not very tightly rolled). I would actually skip most of the rolls unless there's something really fantastic that you can't live without.
The hot and cold appetizers are really where it's at. I can't say much for the raw sushi items because we didn't try any, but the rolls were a bit of a disappointment. However, it's a great atmosphere and very trendy without being too shi-shi. It's by no means cheap, but you could probably get away with $50-60 a head and be satisfied.
P.S. Make reservations, especially for large groups in advance!
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