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| - This place has a lot of potential. I agree with Keith - odd location with entrance at the back of the place away from the street.
Ambiance is nice, simple, but too dark even with natural light. My pics that I will post are dark.
Obviously being open a week, they have some kinks to work out. This probably would have been a three-star deal if they had "been around" awhile.
I ordered iced matcha tea (unlimited, but still $3) and it was very grassy and delicious, like the one at Yokohama Kaigenro. Refilled a lot. I contemplated those steamed bun sandwiches but wanted to try a burger since it is in the name. I got the Ronin (miso-sesame glazed burger, Japanese slaw, fried egg, caramelized onion, katsu bbq), a side of shishito peppers, and sweet potato fries with kaffir lime salt and yuzu aioli. Boyfriend got the kiki's burger: sauteed mushrooms, onion marmalade, gruyere, caramelized bacon, garlic chili aioli. He also got bubble tea strawberry-mango shake.
We got the fries first - crisp, sweet, hardly any kaffir lime flavor, but love the yuzu aioli. Here is where we experienced a moment of weakness. We get our burgers and mine has bacon - his doesn't. I had made it very clear to the waitress that I don't eat pork when I asked for her suggestions. So my burger had to be remade, and Eric asked for a side of bacon since his didn't have it and it was supposed to. He was done with his before I got mine. The owner (brother of the chef) came out and apologized, and that's fine - first week stuff getting worked out (the register put I ordered bacon when I ordered peppers (P/B mix up) and they just forgot his entirely).
My burger ended up being intensely juicy and flavorful, and the egg yolk perfectly runny, and the peppers were grilled with no annoying oil or salt all over them. Our waitress seemed antsy and was constantly trying to take away plates and drinks while we were still eating and drinking, so it got annoying. We also had to ask for napkins and silverware once we got food.
They were kind enough to give me a to go cup of matcha iced tea. (I am used to this royal treatment at Blue Fin). We split the bill but they do not duplicate credit card receipts - they just do merchant copies only, so we had to ask for duplicate copies of the main bill.
I will wait a while to go back so they can get their rhythm, but then I will try a duck or short rib steamed bun sandwich for sure!!
UPDATE: YUZU-CHERRY soda!!!
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