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| - Soba is big Burrito's (a Pittsburgh restaurant management company) Asian Fusion restaurant. My girlfriend took me here the other day for my birthday dinner and we were not disappointed with our experience. The decor here was hip and relaxing, sort of a zen/feng shui vibe. Not sure if it met actual taoist standards, but it definitely appeals to the average Westerner (could that sentence be more pretentious?). Service was friendly and well informed, our waiter answered all of my questions.
Anywho, the food here was really great. We started with the steamed pork dumplings and the chilean sea bass satays. The dumplings were yummy but not inspired. The satays, LORDY, those were fantastic. No Joke, the chilean sea bass satays were the best seafood dish I've ever tasted. The fish was buttery and sweet, but complimented with lemon juice to balance it out with some acidic flavoring and DANG, it really was fantastic. Do yourself a flavor and order the chilean sea bass satay if you go to Soba. For my main course, I had the dolsot bi bim bap. The searing rice bowl was delicious, I had to eat around some of the spicier parts but it was still yummy. My girlfriend got the tuna steak, which was seared beautifully. Really generous portions for the entrees: we both brought stuff back home.
Soba is sweet, I do not have any criticisms from my experience with the food and staff here. While it was a great experience, I am not giving 5 stars because I beginning to realize that 5 stars means I regard the experience as "perfect." I do not regard this experience as perfect because there was a first date sitting next to my girlfriend and I and it was not going well. He could really have let her talk more, but it seemed like she did not have anything interesting to say. It was very awkward. I was happy when they left. Food was great though. Woo!
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