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| - Truly an authentic Japanese restaurant owned by Japanese people. I went on two different occasions (Aoi menu once and Sunday special menu the next time) and can sum up the quality of food I had for both times:
1. Nishikimori-salad
The first time I had it with the Aoi menu, there was a lack of dressing and the wasabi taste of the dressing was quite over-bearing. However, the second time I had it, it was absolutely delicious. The wasabi taste was no longer over-bearing and the dressing had a well-balanced vinaigrette-y taste to it.
2. Kakitama soup
The soup itself is a Japanese version of an "egg-drop soup". The appearance of the soup is great but the taste was a bit of a let-down. It was quite bland but I feel like the biggest contributing factor to that was the lack of richness to the broth itself.
3. Brochette (Aoi menu)
This consisted of a shrimp, salmon, and scallop skewer. Everything there was delicious and they cook your brochette in garlic butter so you couldn't go wrong there. It was a tad bit too salty though.
4. Lobster Tail & Prime Filet of Beef (Aoi menu)
The lobster tail was delicious - absolutely delicious. The prime filet of beef was good, high quality beef. It is important to get it medium rare because if it were cooked more than that on a teppanyaki table, it would be way over-cooked.
5. Teppan Combination (Sunday special)
This consists of a platter of prime beef, scallops, and chicken. The scallops were absolutely heavenly. I am not usually a fan of scallops and I wanted more after I had my two that day. The chicken was okay but lacked a lot of flavour. I really needed the ginger soy sauce to spice my flavour up. The beef, although I had asked for medium rare, was too overcooked that day (to medium) and therefore, ruined the experience a bit for me.
Each teppanyaki combination comes with a pleasant array of stir-fried vegetables (consisting of mushrooms, onions, zucchini, and bean sprouts) and a bowl of white rice.
6. Banana flambé/Sawakaya berries (Aoi menu) or Green tea ice cream (Sunday special)
I had the flambe that day and it was absolutely delicious. Perhaps the best thing on that menu. It is definitely a MUST TRY!
All in all, portion wise, I have never really been able to ever finish my meal. It is a lot of food.
Service was excellent and the teppanyaki chefs will try to do a couple of tricks for you including the pepper shake trick and the onion volcano. They are all polite and professional. Also, on my birthday, they presented me with an absolutely delicious blackberry pastry.
The place is very clean and nice & quiet. Service deserves 5 stars, ambiance 4 stars, food 3.5 stars and that leaves us with an overall score of 4/5. All in all, it is a must-try, truly authentic Japanese teppanyaki place.
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