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| - Date of Visit: 2013-02-14
Bill Total (after taxes): $74.58
It is very hard to swallow the acceptance that my girlfriend and I had our Valentine's Day dinner here.
We were debating where to go since virtually every fine dining restaurant is packed. We walked through the PATH since it was raining, and along the way was Ninki. After walking for a bit, we decided eat here.
The Valentine's Day menu captivated me; dinner for two, prix fixe at $78.00, there were two choices to choose from, A and B (I wished I took a picture). Both featured miso soup, a salad, a starter, an entrée, dessert, and a drink. As my girlfriend wanted me to surprise what we would get, I reluctantly choose the first option, 'A'.
Here we go...
Two drinks were included with the dinner; we both ordered hot Hakutsuru sake (5oz).
1. Soup - The miso soup is nothing to rave about, and it was hard to accept it as a course. Edamame would have been a great complement to the miso soup
2. Salad - The avocado salad with chef's homemade dressing top with three types of fish/seafood was although fresh, there was more imitation? crab meat, than salmon. The iceberg lettuce underneath the sliced avocados were not separated properly, shoving lumps of lettuce into my mouth. There was also no dressing in the salad. The sliced cucumbers lining the rim looked like a desperate move to cover most of the plate's white space.
3. Appetizer - The seared salmon sashimi and seared salmon nigiri with mayonnaise, red and green onions, and tempura crumbs were delicious. It was lukewarm, assuming it was left sitting in the kitchen before it was served to us. My girlfriend, who is not fond of salmon at all, loved this dish.
4. Entrée - The beef teriyaki over a bed of vegetables with skewered grilled shrimps eventually brought the overall experience to our downfall. The whole dish was cold except the meat itself. I really hate when parts of a completed dish were not plated at the same time, which really turns me off. The vegetables were cut too small, and were drenched in teriyaki sauce. The shrimps were over-grilled, tasting only the char. Even the rice, separated into their own bowls were cold.
This is where I asked the server for a manager, as I find the server is at no fault for this entrée to be so bad. She asked what is wrong with the dish, so she can forward the information to the manager. My girlfriend saw the server forward the information to the manager, who was built, and simply wearing a golf shirt--the sushi chefs even dressed better than him. By to the issue, I assumed he cannot speak English, as the server told me to tell her first about the problems. She came back and told us the manager applied a $20.00 discount to the bill. Though I accepted the discount, I can't accept the fact that the biggest part of the meal is left on the plate. The final course came afterwards.
5. Dessert - The crème brûlée, coffee-flavoured? gelatin, and green tea gelatin was to be a great finish to the dinner. But because of what happened in the previous course, we simply munched only the crème brûlée.
The bill came, and the server showed the $20.00 discount was applied. Right before we left, I gave Eriko (the server, once I saw the bill with her name on it) a $20.00 tip.
Me: "Dozo"
Eriko: "EHHHHH!?!?"
Me: "Arigato gozaimasu." *bows to Eriko*
Eriko: *surprised* *bows many, many times*
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