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| - I came here with my BFF because it was close to his place. It's all communal seats and bar seats unless you have a larger party. They gave us a choice of places to sit, and we decided on seating in the middle between two randoms and as we walked in, the hostess beat the drum. It looked fun - I wish I was allowed to do it!
We ordered mostly things that had pictures and said 'recommended!' I did some prior research on Yelp and saw that the Shrimp Mayo was popular. Unfortunately for me, my BFF did not want to try the black croquette things because he said it "looked weird".
Beef tataki: this was on the "special" menu for $5.90. Pretty good, standard with other beef tatakis. Came with a lot of onion and radish and sauce, could have had more beef.
Shrimp mayo: definitely see why people recommend this. It's a crispy shrimp with the tail removed, fried in a tempura-like batter (but not really tempura?) and covered with sauce. Delicious!
Foie gras: this was weird. It tasted fishy but I thought foie gras was duck? The sauce was pretty much the same as the beef tataki one. Very odd, very weird, and not tasty. I was disappointed with this and would highly recommend avoiding it!
Tako wasabi: very good! The only thing is, it didn't come with seaweed to wrap it in. So I guess they expect you to spoon it onto your own spoon and eat it with nothing? I prefer the ones that provide seaweed a lot more. That's how they usually come where I get it. But based on the tako mix, very good. Needs seaweed!!!!
Chirashi don: We each got one of these. It was really good. Their sauce made it taste even better. I made the mistake of mixing it - it tasted worse after that. Highly recommend, though!
Thwat-thwat pork buns: there was not a lot of meat inside and too much sauce. The bun was not soft and there was too much of it. But still ok tasting despite this haha!
Calpico drink: according to my BFF, it tasted like they poured it directly from a bottle.
Frozen sake, red, $5.50: This was like an alcoholic frozen / blended ice drink with some flavoured red syrup on top. It was quite strong but once I mixed the syrup in and drank it faster, it started tasting better. There was no aftertaste. Fun little drink, I even ate the grapefruit too.
Service was pretty average/good, I would say, other than the small order mistake. Also I would have liked it if the servers spoke more Japanese to us, like saying thank you when taking the bill. But that's no big deal. I also want to mention that I liked the washrooms. Very clean and fancy.
Bill came to $63 after tax before tips. Very pricey for 2 people and I was not even full after. Went for Chatime bubble tea afterwards to fill up.
After reading some pretty bad reviews, and for an izakaya, I would say this exceeded my expectations. No, it's not as good as the izakayas I go to in Vancouver. But I still liked it! I would not go again though because I am getting poor.
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