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| - The short version of my review is this: "Hashimoto is hands down my favorite dining experience ever."
It's rare to be able to walk away from a restaurant and say that every course was delightful, and good enough to have stood on its own. I thought this was true of every course at Hashimoto. It's also rare to be able to say that every dining experience at a restaurant is as delightful as the other. This is true of the few times I've gone to Hashimoto over the years as well.
Service at Hashimoto is exceptional. I always feel very welcomed when I come here. From the moment I'm greeted at the door, throughout service, and all the way through to the end of the meal and as we're driving off. The chef even comes by to talk with us at the end of the meal, sees us to the door, and then bows to wave good bye as the car pulls away. Every course is well introduced, explained down to the detail of not only why certain ingredients are used, but why the plateware is being used. We were happy to let the restaurant pick the sake to pair, and the chef was the one who make the recommendation. And it sung perfectly with the meal. They also don't have a large number of tables as well. I think in total there's only three. And so while we talked with normal voices, it was not loud at all. There was only one other table/room also used last night. The previous time I was here, it was just us. I rather like that about Hashimoto.
This is not a sushi restaurant, so please don't leave thinking "I didn't get very much sushi." But if you're interested in a meal where the courses are carefully designed, and they seem very well connected and balanced, then I can't think of a better restaurant to recommend.
I don't know how to describe what the meal feels like other than to say that every mouthful brought a smile to my face. The experience is quite different (at least for me) from an "explosion" of flavour...but instead it's a very harmonious experience.
I'm not going to describe each dish because the menu changes. The ingredients also are flown in from Japan, so it's dependent on the season. There were some elements that I remembered having from the previous time I was here. But there were certainly new ones as well. But everything is very pretty.
There is an optional tea ceremony at the end as well. We skipped it this time, but have done it in the past. It is a very nice experience as well.
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