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| - I think my expectations were a bit too high for this place. Maybe I was blinded by the shiny Four Diamond award, or the fact that Chef Fuji's master sushi chef title was mentioned every 5 seconds at dinner. I don't know, but it didn't quite make it for me.
When I walk into a restaurant with so many accolades, I expect to be wowed. Our table ordered the first round of cocktails and some edamame to kill time while we waited for a couple of friends who were running late. Our server was very nice, but seemed a little unclear about the cocktail menu. It seems that the restaurant does not have their own bar, rather, the lobby bar makes the drinks and they have to bring them down. OK, no problem, but unusual. Apparently most people don't order cocktails, just wine and sake. He also had a couple of assistants who introduced themselves to the table, but didn't have answers to any questions.
The edamame was pretty bland, but it was a decent snack with our cocktails. For round two, I ordered a Bombay Sapphire martini, very dry. It arrived with way too much vermouth. Disappointing.
Since the chef is a master sushi chef, I was expecting some inventive and creative options on the menu. I was sad to see that there were only about 10 choices of rolls, most of them involving tempura, and the usual suspects when it came to nigiri and sashimi.
I was pretty excited that foie gras was an option, but I decided to go with the sushi & sashimi sampler, which is supposed to be 9 of the chef's signature sushi creations. I figured I would give the chef free reign. I even told my server that I am very adventurous when it comes to sushi and that Chef should feel free to try out something new, or whatever he wanted. He said something like, "better be careful or you'll get the uni." I said, "um, yeah, it's my favorite, I hope the chef puts it on there...hint." I then allowed myself to dream of all the natto flying around and some weird fish I'd never heard of. Ahhh...
But no. My sampler arrived, and while beautifully presented, I learned that 4 out of 9 of my bites were crab based. The other 5 were two pieces of tempura roll, spicy scallop, cajun albacore and a teeny piece of my beloved uni. The sushi was fresh and good enough (well maybe not so much the scallop), but I am kind of upset that I spent $38 for the Forrest Gump of California Rolls. Crab avocado, crab cucumber, crab ceviche...
I'm not sure if it was just the price of the dish that was holding Chef Fuji back (I know he's got some good stuff up his sleeve - and I would have been willing to throw in a couple more bucks for the good stuff), or maybe he didn't believe that I could handle anything more than the basic. Or maybe he had the night off. I'm confused, and sad. A tear.
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