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| - I had a very different omakase experience at Kame for one reason--I was the only person at Kame that night. When making my reservation, I never thought of the date being Easter Monday after spring break and when people might not be going out because of the vacation period and the Easter eating.
Nevertheless, Chef Eric gave me a wonderful lesson in making sushi, where the different parts of the meal were sourced, and proceeded to put on a great show with the artistry he used in creating the different sashimi, nigiri sushi items, and some other dishes.
Chef Eric first made some wasabi and then showed me the two different soy sauces that were served. The Japanese soy was so much better. Then a series of pieces of sashimi were prepared. The bluefin tuna from Spain was almost like eating a piece of steak. Excellent!
In between, he made some sea bream sashimi. After I was finished with the sashimi, he had the fish taken to the kitchen for deep frying and then brought back to eat the tail and bones up to the head. It was very good and the soy based sauce served with it was tasty for dipping the pieces as I broke them off. The same thing would happen later when I had some needle fish sashimi and the bones were again deep fried. being a smaller fish, the fried bones were more tender.
After this, there was a series of pieces of nigiri sushi put on my wooden plate. He put a small piece of wasabi under the fish and brushed soy on the sushi. I can't remember all the things but they just kept coming.
Because I was there by myself, I didn't get the live lobster. That's a dish meant for two or more people and would be too much with everything else I ate.
Two and a half hours later, I had learned a lot about sushi and I had enjoyed the finest sushi I've ever eaten. Service was exemplary. My iced tea was always refilled before it got to just under half full.
I think some of the micro flowers and greens aren't necessary but they are important to Chef Eric as he is very much an artist with his food and the enjoyment of the food comes from its appearance as well as the taste.
I need to go back with some friends so I can share and try more things. This is a great experience!!!
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