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| - Aburiya Raku is a located in the heart of Chinatown, a medium capacity Grill House by Owner/Chef Mitsuo Endo. They utilize White Oak Binchotan which is often seen at Yakitori and infuses a montage of mind-blowing flavors into all food blessed with its powerful essence. Decore is dark, yet sinfully exquisite, remnants of cute Japanese antiquary. Lively and booming ambiance. Overall clean, including back areas. The restroom door is a portal to an authentic Japanese restroom, technological advances, fish tank built-into the wall, you may drift away to slumberland...
Decent Beer & Wine list, including a few Japanese Crafts. GRAND sake selection, super cereal... around 60! Abstained from boozing due to an exhilarating conference, but next rendezvous! Food is fresh and high in quality. Their special sauces are unique, the Koregusu is divine.
Omakase, $100
...Raku's Tofu 1/2 (Homemade), $3.5: Market tofu is an abomination.
...Tofu Skin: Interesting texture, slimey, yet satisfying.
...Sashimi: Akami w/ Black Seaweed is mind-blowing, Hamachi, Ocean Trout, super fresh.
...Kobe Beef Sashimi: Wagyu in its purest form, a hint of a mesquite soy glaze w/ the grated wasabi is the purr-fect compliment to cut the rich-fattiness.
...Crispy Rice Asparagus Okaki, $5: Crispy and refreshing, light salt.
...Enoki Mushroom w/ Bacon, $3: Mesquite bacon flavor, probably grilled over binchotan, complimented by the enoki texture, and ponzu. F'n delicious! OMFG!
...Grilled Sanma: Err... tiny bones, but fishy goodness with the texture of the grilled skin really takes you back to the good ol' days, or were they?.
...Iberico Pork, $10: Rich and very fatty, a real heart-attack.
...Lamb Chop w/ Apple-Ponzu, $6: Finger-lickin' good.
...Foie Gras Don, $18.5: Finely chopped greens is the purr-fect compliment to the richness of Foie Gras, rich, moist, and full of flavor, generous portion.
...Hot Oolong Tea: Comforting, soothing.
...Fluffy Cheesecake (Homemade), $6: Truly fluff-ay, lighter than your average cheesecake, try Raku Sweets!
Honesty disappointed with the Chef's choices, esp when you see photos of other patrons' Omakase. Let's be generous and say the Tofu Skin, 6-pc Sashimi, Kobe, and Sanma is all together $50, that's $102... would've been better off a-la-carte, that's bad... plus any attempts to ask the Chef a Q is futile, he will ignore you. Fortunately the fish is fresh and the fresh fish display at the Sushi Bar is cool, and that's good! Will try their Kaiseki next rendezvous, hoping for a better line-up.
Service is OK, it was not busy. The other Sushi Chef Kazu-san was friendly. Server Andrew is knowledgeable in Raku's cuisine and describes each dish to purr-fection. Seems the staff interaction is full of laughs, esp the BOH, camaraderie is key, patrons feel the good vibes. The staff seems to somewhat grasp the concept of "Sense of Urgency".
WARNING! Recommend reservations. No language barrier with the servers, but the Chefs speak minimal English.
Overall piquant flavors of fresh ingredients in an exciting atmosphere. Off-strip, but an authentic Japanese Charcoal Grill House experience worth the venture.
$100 Bill + $9.5 Bloody Taxes + $20 Tip = $138.45.
Cheers lads.
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