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| - Went here for their "kaseiki" menu. The service started off a bit on an off note - we asked our server for sake recommendations and received no helpful suggestions, nor was anyone else brought over to explain the extensive sake list. So in the end, we got the sake sampler - definitely a missed opportunity for a sale here. The noodles in broth that came out first was absolutely fantastic. I really enjoyed everything about it and it boded really well for the meal. The assorted appetizers that came out next looked really good - and we ate them in the order that the server described the dishes. The chawanmushi was absolutely fantastic; so delicate and flavourful, and most of the other things were ok. The sashimi was pretty good, and the fish quality was fantastic.
After that, things went a bit off kilter. The Wagyu was pretty decent, but at 6 slices, it was perhaps a bit too much: there wasn't anything to cleanse the palate during or after the dish, and given the amount of fat in it, i think it would have been a great idea. The tempura (lobster and otherwise) was merely ok - again, a slight bit greasy with no easy way to remove it before trying the next dish. The sushi dish? i was happy with the toro, but there wasn't any nikiri and i easily overdunked the fish in soy sauce :( I would have expected better. And I forgot which fish it was, but one of the pieces had a bit that seemed a bit chewy - i think it could have been cut a bit better. And perhaps slightly smaller pieces wouldn't be a bad idea for easy of handling. But overall, it was ok. The desserts - the matcha cookie, i can do without. It was exceedingly dense and i dont think it goes well with the black sesame ice cream (which was really good). The three pieces of arrow root cake was maybe also too much of a good thing; i'd like to see three types, one plain as served, one with water chestnuts, and one with goji berries or something. The red bean rice ball at the end i would be ok with not having either.
In the end, I am ok with the food and the price point, but I was definitely not wowed. The pace of delivery was a bit off, and I wouldn't mind some small tweaks being made to food items. And if you're going to have such a large select of sake with non-trivial price points, it would be a great idea to have someone who knows what those bottles are and can explain why someone would want to try them.
I'd go back, but it wasn't something that wowed me enough to make me think of an occasion to make an excuse to come back sooner than later.
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