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| - Let me just say, this place I think is my new favorite restaurant in Madison. Now I know I'm new here and I have a lot of other places to try...but oh my gosh...Umami hands down the best in Madison.
The roommates and I decided to have a little night out, and stopped her for a late dinner around 9ish. The wait was an hour, but we spent that time getting a drink across the street, and we weren't really in a huge hurry.
Let me just first say, Umami is a very warm intimate, cozy place. Our server was absolutely the best, super attentive, and knowledgeable about the menu. We started off with Edamane, which is hard to mess up anyway, but they were coated in a course salt, and perfect. Once it was time to put our order in, I ended up getting the Spicy Pulled Pork Buns. I don't generally like Pork, but PULLED pork i'll make an exception for, and I was craving something spicy.
When our food came out (and at a pretty speedy rate) the presentation of it all was great. My entree came with two Buns, with the pork in the middle of them, garnished with pickled carrots. As soon as I took my first bite into the Buns....I was in love. Honestly, the best thing I have ever had in my life. The buns are almost like a spongy kind of bread that just absorbs all the goodness. The spicy yet sweet pork mixed with the pickled carrots all in one bite sent an explosion to my mouth. I was very sad after I had scarfed them down, but just having the two medium sized buns was so filling.
My roommates, and their friend decided on getting a dessert after the very filling meal. We ended up getting the Green Tea Creme Brulee, and the Red Bean, and The sesame Mochi. Both fantastic. The Creme Brulee was so creamy, with a hard chocolate shell, and not overpoweringly sweet. The Mochi balls, so so good. It has almost like a jelly outer coating, with what I would compare to as Ice Cream in the inside. Both flavors were fantastic.
I'll end the review by saying, I plan on stopping in a lot more, next on my list will probably be the dumplings! :)
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