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Booked a Summerlicious reservation on a Sunday night, which was moderately busy but not packed nor any waiting customers. Decor was classy and had a romantic ambience to it.
Really enjoyed the restaurant, from the food to the service. I was curious to see how this meal would be worth $35/person, but for 4.5 courses and after the meal, I thought it was worth it and would consider coming back. I even found their regular menu prices to not be overly expensive (although pricier than your average sushi joint)... and coming from an asian used to cheap eats, that's definitely a bonus.
As soon as I was seated, they gave a palm-sized plate of a refreshing cucumber noodle salad. I'm not a fan of cucumber, but it had seaweed and a bit of sesame mixed in with fine cucumber slices and what tastes like yam noodle. After a few minutes, we were given a complimentary 'amuse', which this time around was a handroll, except used a rice wrap with avocado and shrimp laid on some rice on the inside sprinkled with tempura bits, spicy sauce, and sesame seeds. Absolutely delicious. It tasted like sushi and definitely 'wetted' our appetite.
APPETIZER:
I ordered the salmon tataki, which was a bit of seared salmon in a yuzu sauce. The sauce was a little overpowering if you dabbed too much of it, but the fish was really tasty and very fresh indeed. I was also pleasantly surprised that the portion was quite generous, ~5-6 pieces of salmon (and not like 2 pieces as per usual gourmet portions), so I was quite happy about that. My boyfriend ordered the sliced duck in soba noodles (which were green) and he really liked it. I found it decent also, perhaps slightly salty, but tasty and a good-sized portion.
OMAKASE SUSHI SET:
This was a 5-piece sushi set that made the Summerlicious menu 4 courses instead of 3. I really liked this addition. I had 2 papaya maki rolls (which had a spicy sauce that made it delicious - and I usually hate papaya), a surf clam sushi with a sweet sauce, a salmon rose with green roe on top, and another fish sushi with a peanut-sesame sauce. They don't serve these with soy sauce, which was unique, and I appreciated that experience because the sushi really didn't need it - it was quite flavourful as is and you could really appreciate the freshness of the fish.
*EXTRA*
We ordered a spicy salmon roll because it said it was an Edo classic and had their tempera bits and spicy Dynamite sauce trademarked, so I said, we have to try it! Unfortunately this was a little typical compared to our wonderful East meets West-inspired meal so far, although there were a few pros. The seaweed used to wrap the sushi is great (as someone who makes sushi having solid non-musty tasting seaweed is important). The rolls were also very soft and again, fish was very fresh. But yes, a little on the small side and a bit typical... but really good spicy sauce (I guess that's why its trademarked!)
MAINS:
I had the Kobe beef lasagna. Unfortunately this was a let-down. Don't get me wrong, it was absolutely delicious.... as a lasagna, but a totally disappointment because there was the 'Kobe beef' advertisement. I should have realized that it would be difficult to really distinguish it as Kobe beef if it's all ground up and overpowered by tomato sauce, but sadly, it only hit me when I took the first bite. Had it not listed it as 'Kobe beef lasagna' on the menu, it'd just taste like a decent lasagna using regular ground beef found at any Italian establishment.
On the other hand, my boyfriend was really satisfied with the grilled seafood salad. He thought the shrimp in particular was really sweet and everything was perfectly grilled. Now I tasted that there was pesto sauce in the salad and it was generally a good salad... but it was very Italian. Basically the mains were not very Japanese at all, and were comparable to ordering an Italian dish. I was expecting more fusion between the two cuisines, not 90% Italian... so while I enjoyed it, I had to dock a star because of it.
DESSERT:
My favourite course - I ordered the green tea tiramisu and my, I could eat 3 of those. It was a true delight! It had a nice whipped cream sprinkled with matcha powder with tiramisu spongecake at the bottom of the cup. So when you use your spoon to dip in - it is like heaven. It also came with a matcha-sprinkled biscuit and some fresh berries. Overall a light and refreshing dessert that I savoured to the max.
My boyfriend had the black sesame panna cotta. He fully enjoyed it also. It was sort of like a black sesame paste with gold flakes on top... but he scraped the little bowl like no tomorrow and stated that it was a must-have dessert for any black sesame lovers. Dessert was a home run for the two of us and both these desserts deserve a thumbs up.
SERVICE:
Great! Our water was filled frequently, they were fast taking our used plates, and our waiter consistently asked us how our food was.
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