rev:text
| - I admit this place is quite unique, but way way overpriced. We ordered the tasting menu, and for something like $25/ person, we were extremely unsatisfied after finishing the meal. All three of us were hungry after finishing the three-course tasting menu. The first course was some salmon and tuna sashimi with green apple slices and a sake based sauce. These tiny thin cut slices were delicious, but only included a tiny taste of each (2 slices of super thin fish/ person). Then came the christmas trees. These were alright, but there seemed to be a trend from this dish onwards with an overuse of mayo that kinda dulled the natural flavours of the seafood. The presentation, however, was unique and well-crafted. Next, was the 6 "rolls" that came out. And I put the rolls in quotation marks because they really just give you parts of a roll and expect that to be enough. Two rolls were put into rice paper rather than nori, which gave it an interesting texture, and were probably the best ones on the plate. One roll was wrapped in cucumber and was fairly tasteless and underwhelming. The deep fried roll tasted like oil and wasn't very good at all. Again, in the rolls, mayo was overused and masked the natural flavours of fish.
The restaurant had a really cool vibe and was really quite busy. Service was good. The food was interesting, but overpriced. I literally could have ordered a single roll at a different sushi restaurant and have been more full and paid less than I did with this tasting menu. I would not come here again. If it weren't for the nice little restaurant setting and the good service, I'd be giving this place a 2/5.
|