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| - We had an excellent meal at Kumi. Super expensive, so I have a suggestion for you to spend less than we did and still have a great meal.
We had a large party of 11, so our main server, Greg, suggested the omakase menu, which means you leave it up to the server/kitchen to bring you what they think is best and then they charge you for what you eat. We had people in our group who don't eat sushi, shellfish, spicy food, etc., etc., so Greg said they could accommodate that. What ended up happening is that we had about 12 dishes come for the table, in multiples of 2 or 3 plates, and then an additional 5-6 dishes come for individuals with special preferences. With drinks, this added up to a little more than $200/person (dinner/drinks/tip). Wow! Thankfully, this was on the company dime, but still, that seems crazy.
If you don't want to spend $200/person, I would suggest you eat here and still do an omakase menu, but restrict the server to a number of dishes you think you would have gotten if you were ordering on your own. If I had to do it again, I would still order for the table, so everyone could sample different dishes, but for eleven people, I would ask the server to bring a combination of 5 cool/warm plates (2-3 orders each for the table) and 3 entrees (2-3 orders for the table and have them cut up the chicken/lamb chops/beef for sharing). After that, if people were still hungry, I would order more.
Better yet, if you have a large party and you have someone who can put together a menu, you can plan the menu in advance so you end up with the equivalent of 3 dishes per person in terms of cost and have the right spread of food that will accommodate your party's particular tastes. I do so below as an example of what I would do.
The service was attentive and excellent. I've noticed other reviewers complain about service. I'm not sure if our service was good, partly because we let the kitchen/Greg pick what they brought to the table. It may be another argument for doing the omakase menu.
Here's what Greg ended up sending to the table, and you will see it was an exercise in excess:
Crispy rice with seared tuna and screaming O sauce: this is EXCELLENT. I would recommend ordering this. If people don't like sauce, tell them not to pour it over the tuna. The sauce is great, creamy and a little spicy.
Yellowtail serrano in yuzu sauce. Another excellent dish. I would order this again.
Seared abalone in onion ginger sauce. Not a favorite for the table. I would not order this again.
Seaweed salad. I love seaweed, but people didn't really eat this at all.
Rock shrimp tempura. Very good.
Miso black cod. Very good.
Salmon. Good, but if I picked between the cod and salmon, I would get the cod.
Toban filet with mushrooms. This was popular at the table. We love beef!
Sashimi tray. This was very good, but by the time it came, we were sashimi-ed/seafood-ed out. It was a waste on top of the seared tuna, yellowtail serrano, and seared abalone mentioned above.
Lobster with butter. People loved this.
For the people who didn't like what was coming to the table ...
1got Colorado lamb chop -- Delicious and perfectly cooked. People who were on her end of the table ate off her plate, as she shared.
1 got the chicken -- Delicious. The skin was particularly crispy.
1 got a cucumber salad -- crisp and light, mushroom roll -- perfectly executed, eggplant -- this is awesomely flavorful and worth ordering, veggie tempura -- looked good, but I didn't try it.
If I had to do it over again, I would plan out the menu myself in advance for this large a party and tell them what we wanted. In our case, for a crowd that prefers meat to fish and based on what I now know from our expansive dinner, I would do the following for our party of 11:
COLD DISHES
Crispy rice with seared tuna and screaming O sauce (3 orders)
Yellowtail serrano in yuzu sauce (2 orders)
House salad or cucumber salad (2 orders) -- just to have some veggies
Pop rocks roll (2 orders) -- I've read this on other reviews and would like to try it.
Pork belly roll (2 orders) -- I've read this on other reviews and would like to try it.
WARM PLATES
Rock shrimp tempura (2 orders)
Veggie tempura (1 order -- for the non-shellfish eater in the group)
Crispy calamari (3 orders)
Kimchi edamame (2 orders)
Gyooza (3 orders)
Japanese eggplant (3 orders)
Lobster with butter (3 orders)
ENTREES
Seared beef with mushrooms (2 orders)
Jidori Chicken (2 orders)
Colorado Lamb Chop (2 orders)
With this type of ordering, it adds up to about 3 dishes per person -- still pricey but manageable.
For drinks, I think beer and sake are best with Japanese food. We got two bottles of the Dragon Slayer sake, which was excellent.
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