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| - After doing my research, I wanted to find a place for Kaiseki to treat my parents. This restaurant has been on my bucket list since the Kaiseki course were $30.00 per person. Every year, the price kept going higher and higher, so I finally decided to bite the bullet, and did the $75.00 Kaiseki dinner this time around before the prices soared any higher.
Coming from Toronto, we have a lot of Japanese restaurants also, but not many that offer Kaiseki. And after visiting Japan a couple months ago, I was excited to be transported back to a Japan setting.
The restaurant was nice and cozy. We made reservations a week in advance. The staff are exceptional with service. Greeting us with smiles, and always topping up our water cups.
You feel very special when you sit down and there's a menu custom for your party, each course indicating what you will be having.
Each course had it's own unique taste and enjoyment, but needless to say, I was extremely disappointed with the ingredients that were used considering it was $75.00 a head. Each item was only a bite size, and I didn't see any expensive ingredients used. Just the regular Salmon, Scallops, tofu.
The fresh wasabi was great and had a nice punch, the blue fin tuna and halibut sashimi was really fresh.
The tempura was pretty regular, nothing was special besides the sauce was in a block form instead of liquid. But the tempura were cut in very small pieces and thin. The batter was nice and not too heavy.
The nigiri was disappointing. Ika, Scallop and Ikura. The presentation looked very sloppy, like it was created out of a rush. Like from an all you can eat establishment.
Miso soup was one of the courses, besides the tofu being very silky, it wasn't really special at all.
The dessert was an almond, walnut nougat. It was extremely sweet, but very nice pairing with the almond. Should be a little less sweet, it hurts the teeth a little.
Table of 4, bill came out to $300.00 plus tax and tip.
I wanted to impress my parents with this meal, however they kept waiting for the "WOW" moment and it never came.
Truly disappointed in a restaurant that was so highly reviewed. I felt like I got a meal that was the old $30.00 kaiseki dinner.
2.5 stars, but rounded up for the service.
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