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| - Let's be honest, I've always known about Nobu and how great it is from word of mouth/yelp reviews, but what actually brought me here was on a whim after listen to that Jump Man song. After giggling about how weird it is to sing NOBU NOBU NOBU NOBU, we decided on a fly to make a reservation a few months out. Well, it has met all of my expectations and a little more.
We had a 5 star experience once we were at the restaurant, but the only gripe I have is that I made a reservation for early May way back in early March. When the time got closer, I had to reschedule due to an obligation, and when I called in, it looks like my reservation was never put in the calendar. The hostess asked me if I had the right location, which I did, so I just made a new reservation. So if you're looking to make a reservation, I would call a few days ahead just in case so you don't run into what happened to me!
We had the omakase dinner, and the waiter will take your preferences and dietary concerns to create a tasting menu with the chef. We wanted about half hot dishes and cold/sushi dishes, and I requested dishes that weren't heavy on dairy (since I'm lactose sensitive). We started out with the champagne 95 and grapefruit on the rocks. Both were great! The champagne 95 was fresh/crisp/refreshing with orange liquor, peach liquor, and pineapple & roederer champagne. The grapefruit on the rocks tasted more of just grapefruit juice without much of a kick or other flavor besides grapefruit.
All dishes we got were amazing to a point that I can't speak highly enough of our waiter, Columbia, creating such an extraordinary menu. The only things I didn't really care for was the beef toban-yaki. The beef toban-yaki is in an ancho chile sauce, and I think that's what threw me off. The sauce was a little too intense for me, but I also think that this dish would be a favorite for many other people. It's just not for me, but it might be for you... so try it out and make up your mind for yourself.
My favorite items happened to be the cheapest (you could say i'm a cheap date, I guess??). They were the yellowtail sashimi w/ jalapeno, spinach salad with dry miso, and the salmon sashimi new style. Each had great flavor and were so unique in their own right. The yellowtail sashimi with jalapeno was served with ponzu sauce. It was slightly sweet, savory, and absolutely perfect. The spinach salad with dry miso was fresh, and the miso dried miso gave it a nice, salty crunch. The miso is broken up into very small pieces, so it isn't so overwhelmingly salty.
List of what we got:
Champagne 95
Grapefruit on the rocks
Yellowtail sashimi with jalapeno
Spicy miso chips with big eye tuna
Spinach salad with dry miso
Salmon sashimi new style
Black cod miso
Rock shrimp with jalapeno sauce
Beef toban-yaki
2 scallop with wasabi salsa
2 albacore sushi
2 tamago sushi
1 miso tart
Overall, I would come back to Nobu for maybe a special occasion or if I'm feeling zesty. The food is amazing and the service from the waiter is extraordinary. I would get the omakase again. The only reservation about Nobu is the hostesses making your reservations. You should definitely call a few days ahead to confirm your reservation.
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