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| - Came for dinner tonight with my parents.
Had:
Blowtorched mackerel ($9.50) - made me realize the website menu is outdated. If I'm not mistaken, it says it's $9. Anyhow, they blowtorch it at your table. Fancy. Didn't really do much for the dish though. To my knowledge, blowtorching is supposed to make the skin crisp. It wasn't particularly crispy. For those of you who have never had mackerel, it's quite fishy. I like it though. Although there were quite a number of pieces, the pieces were smaller than I expected, size-wise.
Takowasa ($3.50) - raw octopus marinated in soy and wasabi stem/root or something. Portion was quite small for $3.50. octopus was chopped up into fairly small pieces. I quite enjoyed the flavor of the wasabi on the octopus. Some of the pieces were more tender than others. Some pieces were quite chewy. They should have given us a spoon, as the pieces are quite difficult to pick up with chopsticks.
Self-bbq set (forget the name of this) - cost just under $37. Had 4 oysters (small), 4 mussels, 2 whelk, 1 plate of salmon in butter with enoki mushrooms, 1 tin of sardines, 2 spices of pumpkin, 2 slices of carrot, 2 skewers of cherry tomatoes (3 tomatoes on each), some slices of cabbage and some slices of king oyster mushroom. Came with 2 dipping sauces - one tasted like garlic butter with alcohol in it, and the other tasted like soy sauce. This was cute, but some of it, veggies especially, were difficult to bbq because they were so thin and burn easily. It was also not worth $37. On the menu, the tin of sardines is $4.50. I can get a tin of sardines (unless this is some fancy imported Japanese brand that comes in the same tins) at Shopper's for like $1.25...
Giant red shrimp sashimi ($8) - two shrimp. Actually giant. About the circumference of a nickel and slightly longer than two of the rectangular soy sauce dishes (including the head). Delicious. Absolutely amazing. From Argentina, we were told. Shrimp flesh was juicy, sweet and succulent. Shrimp heads were filled with shrimpy goodness. Highlight of our night. Had we not decided to order this, this review would have been a 2.5 star review (for less than stellar previously reviewed foods, very loud greetings [the first time is cute but it gets irritating], and the slightly slower service].
Green tea creme brulee ($4) - definitely green tea. No brulee in sight. To my knowledge, brulee involves crispy sugar that has been torched. This should be on the top of the creme brulee. There was no crispy torched sugar in sight. Matcha was definitely prominent. Not so creamy because of the amount of matcha powder in it. For $4 though, not bad. I've had better though.
Red bean cheesecake - It was my parents' 28th wedding anniversary (hooray for them!), and they asked if anything special could be done. The server brought them a fairly large slice of red bean cheesecake on a plate that someone had written "happy anniversary 28th" (yes, with that Engrish) in chocolate. Complimentary, of course. That was nice of them, as on the menu, this dessert is listed at $7.50. Look-wise, it looks like a no-bake cheesecake in a Keebler graham crust, but with a layer of red bean paste at the bottom. Taste-wise, it's slightly heavy on the vanilla, but pretty good. Lovely cut strawberry rose on top, and they had a candle for my parents to blow out. Not worth $7.50, but a totally sweet gesture.
Total damage after tax but before tips: $78 something.
I'll probably be back to try their hot pot dishes ($13 something + $3.50 for rice or udon/ramen). Seems like a good portion and smelled delicious.
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