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| - Cool place and flavor combinations. I stumbled upon this place with my girlfriend walking from Patio Tavern in Lakewood. It looked pretty swanky on the outside and outside-looking-in and 'fusion' seemed like an interesting take.
We started off with drinks, Moscow Mules to be exact. Seemed well made, could have maybe kicked it up with a bit more vodka but I'm nit picking here. The waitress was very pleasant and welcoming, always a plus.
First comes the appetizer, being that it was Wednesday and 'Sushi Night' perfect opportunity to grab a stone crab and avocado roll crusted w/ tobiko. Real, tasty crab not the crabstick garbage. Solid!
Onto the entrees, determined it would be best to split two entrees so we could taste each flavor combination to our satisfaction ;) . We agreed to switch bowls every 5 minutes.
She got the Wagyu Bibimbap (mild) Wagyu beef, mushroom, carrot, shishito, local egg, asparagus, jasmine, chili broth. This dish was naturally gluten free and it did have an earthy nutty hue to it which I really enjoyed. The Wagyu beef melts instantly and pairs well with the rest of the bowls delicious ingredients.
I had the Shrimp Lavender (White shrimp, asparagus, lavender dashi, rice noodle, chili thread). I'd never tried these types of flavors melded together like this, lavender w/ chilli thread and shrimp in a delicious broth with ample amount of rice noodles. I couldn't get enough of it, demanded we forgo the 5 minute bowl pass rule.
We left very satisfied and after two cocktails, a delicious authentic sushi roll appetizer, two unique entrees, the damage was only around $50 (pre-tip). Not bad!
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