Raku has completely changed my expectations about Japanese food. It is more of grilled Japanese food. Food here is art.. Food here tells you a story.. I could not find one bad thing about this place. I just wish we had this in Texas. We made a reservation and got one at 12:30 AM on Saturday, we almost cancelled because we were so tired. I am really glad we didnt.. Whats more is they had full occupancy pretty much the whole time we were there. People were coming in every 20 minutes or so.
We started with the yellowtail carpaccio(was really fresh)..
agedashi tofu (great size, yummy dashi)..
we each got 1 steamed foie gras egg custard because it was awesomee (it was the heavist thing we ordered considering everything else were smaller portioned but wow, i could have this everyday..
the grill were a single skewer each..from the grill we had chicken thigh (very juicy), chicken breast with chicken skin (highly recommend this)..duck with balsamic soy sauce (also another great dish).. direct flamed eggplant (it was quite different)..
I will come back and i really hope this talented young chef doesnt become a celebrity chef like those in the strip. Really loved the ambiance and the cordial reception and service..