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We arrived around 7:30 pm on a Thursday, there was a lively crowd...maybe about 20 people. It only took a moment to be acknowledged and then seated by the hostess. For some odd reason, the hostess seated us at the least desirable table (nearest to the restrooms) although there were plenty of open tables. The restrooms were not separated by a door or curtain from the dining hall. So my husband (the polite gentlemen he is) sat in the seat that looked into the restroom hallway. Anyway, we did ask to move, which our waitress happily obliged.
We ordered our drinks. Plenty of beers and signature Saki cocktails, but only a few wines by the glass, but in their defense that had atleast one of each of the most popular varietals (e.g one chard, one pinot grigio, one cab, one merlot, one zin, and one pinot noir). The waitress took our order as soon as we came back with our drinks, because we were ready. While I didn't see it on the menu, but saw it on their website, I asked her if they had the Shogun burger (which was my main draw to this restaurant), she said they don't serve it at the Summerlin location. Bummer. I had to pick an alternative...more on that later.
Between ordering our drinks and our meal, we had a chance to look around and observe the atmosphere. The scene is young, hip, kind of alternative, yet still had a bit of that "Chinese restaurant" look due to the chairs. Not tacky by any means, but did take it down a notch. I appreciated that the restaurant attempts to support its local roots by hanging art by local artist that can be purchased and also being mindful of the environment by sending their compostable waste to Cowboy Trail Farms for reuse. I did think it was a little too much to be showing Food Network on one TV and The Cooking Channel on the other TV...I suppose it could be a good plug for them if DDD comes on, but then again the dinners already know about this place;)
Our order came in a timely manner. We shared an order of the salt and pepper garlic fries, my husband got the Miso burger and I got a bunless Kiki burger. We expected the fries to be thicker cut, but they were shoe strings garnished with salt, pepper, jalapenos and cilantro with a side of garlic aioli. They were tasty, especially with the sauce. The first thing we noticed that the burgers were appetizingly big, which justified the price, even making it seem like a value. We took our first bites, we both thought they were overly sweet. While I understand the presence of all flavors, we thought there was an imbalance towards sweetness coming from the burgers being overly dressed with sauce. In addition the burger meat was not seasoned but maybe that was intentional as to not compete with the sauces and condiments that are on top of it. Either way...both burgers were too saucy to eat neatly..my Kiki had too much onion marmalade and his Miso burger had too much apple vinaigrette. Besides the bun of the Miso burger was too flimsy to hold up to the saucy mess. As we continued to eat, we really felt the need for salt to counteract the overly sweet toppings and to season the beef. Adding salt did enhance the meat, but didn't really blunt the sweetness. Sad since, the beautiful meat that has been so consciously sourced and carefully selected should be highlight, and possibly a light sprinkle of salt would have enhanced its greatness.
As we continued to finish our burgers, we became more and more bummed it was not what we thought it would be and definitely didn't live up to the hype. Still I like Bachi Burger's expression of its passions and consciousness of the environment and its local community, I just hope it can improve on its uniqueness!
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