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| - After how many years, i finally got to try this myself. Came here with my best friend on Valentines Day and two others to enjoy a special night, with some DELICIOUS, MOUTH WATERING, and teasing... food :D
Reservations required. 2 seatings per night. Our reservation was at 6pm ON valentines day (02/14/2015). I had arrived early. Doors opened at about 5:55 or so to let guests who were waiting outside in to take a seat.
Upon seating with one of our friends, who arrived earlier than us. We were given a menu. The menu presents the omakase selections - Nigiri ($48), Yoroi ($80), and Kabuto ($120), the a la carte selections - appetizer ($8) , sashimi ($24), miso soup ($4), seasonal dessert ($4-7), and a wide selection of sake, wine, beer, and other drinks.
Aside from this menu, there is also a menu of the day's fishes available to order a la carte (some of the fishes are picked from this menu for the omakase). Fishes range from blue fin tuna from Spain to fishes you may have never heard of before.
I was recommended to choose the cheapest omakase selection (Nigiri for $48) and add by a la carte later for any want to try, so that is what i did.
This is not your usual japanese restaurant. Each thing is served as you eat. One after another. Not all given on one plate. Pace yourself. Enjoy it. Savor it. Dont feel rushed.
Aperitif - shot size of their homemade sake aged for approx 10 months with about 2% alcohol.
Sweet. Smooth. Flavorful. Delicious.
Amuse (bite-sized hors d'uvre)- Monk fish liver with ponzu sauce topped with a spicy radish and a side of pickled cucumbers and seaweed. -
Clean flavor from the liver with a nice kick from the radish and pickled veggies.
Nigiri (10 pc) - Hobo (Gunard), Hira-aji (Coastal Trevally), Akami (Blue Fin Tuna), Kan-sawara (winter butterfish), Umimasu (Ocean Trout), Chu-Toro (Medium Fatty Tuna), Homemade Ikura with rice, Chopped Toro with rice, Kogane Anago (Golden Sea Eel), Gyoku (Sweet Omelette)
Chu-toro was amazing. Insta-mouth orgasm. Not too fatty like o-toro but not too lean like akami.
Homemade Ikura is amazing. Perfectly seasoned and super fresh. You do not see a single egg thats "deflated". Amazing combination with their sushi rice. I could eat a huge bowl of ikura and the rice daily. The sushi rice is cooked perfectly, and the temperature that is almost perfect to not room temp, but how it should be. Body temperature.
Kogane Anago was perfectly cooked with a good amount of their secret unagi sauce. Not overly sweet. Not overpowering the natural sweetness of the eel. You don't find saltwater eel (anago) as you usually do the freshwater (unagi).
Gyoku. homemade sweet egg branded with their own logo. Not too firm. Sweet. Thick. Flavor reminded me of a chinese steamed egg dessert i used to eat as a kid.
Hand Roll - Premium fatty tuna hand roll with chopped onions served with a dipping soy sauce
First time ive seen a hand roll made this way but from now on, im totally copying their style at home. They roll it horizontally into a roll and close with a strip of nori vs rolling it into a cone. Smart. Unique. Chopped fatty tuna mixed with chopped onions. Onions adds a nice texture to the chopped fatty tuna that was soft and tender. The dipping soy sauce complimented it all nicely. Not overly salty, almost sweet.
A la carte nigiri - Isaki (Striped Pig), Mizutako (Giant Octopus), Kanburi (King Yellowtail), Botan-ebi (Live Sweet Shrimp), Kohada (Shad), Ezo-bafun Uni (Japanese Sea Urchin), Uni (Sea Urchin)
Most of these were amazing in itself. I'm glad i ordered these to try.
Isaki had a good texture and sweet.
Mizutako was not chewy. Quite tender
Kanburi was amazing. Almost another insta-mouth orgasm like the chu-toro.
Botan-ebi was fresh. Meat was "crisp".
Kohada was prepared well. Nicely seasoned and prepared due to the tiny bones it has. Not too vinegar-y.
Uni (from Catalina Island i heard) was AMAZING. I turned and told my best friend "i feel like im eating ocean butter..." she just laughed. mmm ^_^
Ezo-bafun uni... AMAZING. flashback reminder to my japan trip in 2006. Sweet. Fresh. Simply Amazing.
Dessert - Strawberry Mille Crepe Cake
Served with hot green tea. Perfect combination and end to the meal. Not overly creamy or sweet. Green tea was fresh and hot.
All this costed approx. $100 and some change before tips. This is not a meal to be over stuffed, but is a meal to indulge in the finest of cuisine and to experience the almost absolute tradition of how sushi is supposed to be served and eaten.
Service is superb, if not a little too much XD the reason why i say this is because i felt like i had someone standing behind me at all times ... waiting for something to be finished and taken away... lol ! but great attention and super nice ! The chef's were nice as well. They probably know they have a slight accent so they were nice to repeat any of the names i couldn't hear clearly when they served the nigiri.
HIGHLY recommended
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