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| - Decided to try this place out since it's been so hyped since its opening roughly two months ago. Read ALL the reviews and was unsure if I wanted to try it since they were everywhere but saw that they had foie gras on the black diamond roll - I seriously could not say no. We made a reservation on a Monday for 6:30 pm because last time I tried coming they were packed out the door at 9:30 pm so I didn't want to risk it.
We legit went ham on the menu. We ordered uni nigiri, hotate nigiri, more hotate nigiri, a black diamond roll, grilled eggplant, grilled pork belly, grilled salmon belly, unagi pancake, a black garlic ramen and another black diamond roll.
- Uni (Vancouver) was fresh and creamy
- Hotate also fresh as well as meaty (serious mouthful)
- Grilled eggplant was perfectly done (some places overcook it leaving the skin on the eggplant not edible/plastic-like)
- Grilled salmon belly was fall off the bone fatty goodness
- Pork belly (on a huge bed of bean sprouts) I could have gone without.. it wasn't very "fatty"
- Unagi pancake - like every one else have mentioned - crispy on the outer edge and soft on the inside - super delish
- Black garlic ramen (burnt garlic)... had SO much potential if the soup base had more... umami... the ramen noodles were super yum but the soup is lacking
- Black diamond roll - must say something if we ordered two of them. It was heavenly, oily, fatty, decadent, melt in your mouth goodness the cucumber in the roll gave it a good refreshing finish BUT I wish it wasn't so huge. Kind of hard to enjoy/chew a roll when you can barely close your mouth and is drooling (or is it just me?)
The servers were great help. They're nice and responsive. I was just so sad they had no more VIP cards! Our bill came up to $129ish ($150 total) and we thought it was great considering how stuffed we were. I think they've really improved since opening and took customers suggestions/comments/concerns into consideration. I really enjoyed their food (aside from the no fat pork belly, lack luster soup base and the too big to fit in my mouth roll) and would come back.
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