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| - Don't let my 3 stars deceive you. Sea Saw's food is unbelievably delicious, but I'm not just rating the taste of the food. If that were the case, this place would definitely get 5 stars.
I went last Friday night with my boyfriend to meet my friend and her fiance for dinner. It was all of our first times dining there so we didn't know what to expect. I had checked out the menu ahead of time, but I didn't know much more than that. We decided to dine a la carte as opposed to Omikase so you should know what you want to do before calling for reservations.
We asked if it was small portions, which the waitress said it would be. She said that the four of us could share each individual dish. We ordered 7 dishes:
* Hamachi - sliced yellowtail on top of grapefruit and avocado with
ponzu sauce
* Seared Tuna Tataki - with Pinot Noir reduction and roasted beet
puree
* Cool Duck - Pan seared breast, chilled, in a soy zinfinadel
reduction
* Lamb - Curry Coconut milk and peanut sauce marinade, grilled
with red pepper coulis
* Shinshu Mushi - Steamed sea bass, green tea soba noodles,
ume-shiso scented mushroom broth
* White fish carpaccio - thinly sliced with ginger, sesame seeds,
yuzu juice and roasted garlic oil
* Japanese Mushroom Melange - assorted mushrooms baked
in parchment paper
As I stated above, each dish was delicious. They all garnered "mmm" and "ooooh", but what we didn't like was that in between each dish, it took about 15-20 minutes. The portions are miniscule so we finished eating the dish within a minute, but had to wait forever while we starved for the next dish. The nice thing was that a different chef or on occasion the waitress, would bring the dish and explain exactly how it's prepared. These 7 delectable, yet teeny tiny, miniscule, need-a-magnifying-glass-to-see dishes took us 3 hours to get through. We also decided to get all 3 of the desserts on the menu since we knew they would be small. One was a dark chocolate tofu mousse, which was really good, but it had more of a consistency of pudding. I can't remember the other 2 desserts that well since I wasn't crazy about them, but i remember one had banana ice cream on it and the other was like small fried profiterole/doughnuts. The chocolate mousse was my fave, but my boyfriend and my friends enjoyed the other desserts more.
During the whole dinner we were saying that we'll probably have to go elsewhere to eat more afterwards because we were not full. Our bill, including the bottle of sake was over $200. I don't usually complain about portion size and price when the food is so delicious, but we were still hungry and didn't feel like sitting around for another 3 hours to get 7 more dishes that still wouldn't fill us up. My favorite sushi-and-more restaurant in LA is Katsuya. Their portions are not huge, either, but they fill you up. My boyfriend and I eat there for about $200 and we're stuffed beyond belief by the time we're done and we're done in half the time it took at Sea Saw.
Once again, I do think the food at Sea Saw is mouth-watering and the service is impeccable, but prepare to sit for a long long dinner. Eat beforehand, too. If you're starving, here is not the place to eat unless you want to drop $400 each to dine. I may eat here again the next time I'm in Scottsdale, but I would probably do Omikase instead.
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