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What can you do to make AYCE new and exciting for people? Add blowtorch sushi. The quality of the sushi and sashimi here is really good. They even have tuna (that melts in your mouth) on a Monday. Most places don't even serve that at all, or make you pay more on a weekend etc..
We tried to make reservations here earlier in the day but were told they were packed full. So we tried to walk in right at 5pm to see if we could get seats. They seated us and told us we could indeed be seated, but had to leave by 7pm as they had a fully booked restaurant. We're older now and eat a lot less so that wasn't a big deal (we ended up finishing at 6pm lol)
After we were seated, we were given an iPad to do our ordering (genius), and then were given some complimentary blowtorch sushi to eat while we ordered. Delicious and great customer service.
The awesome customer service continued all night. One of my pet peeves is having dirty dishes left on our table and a server was by every time to clear a plate.
One dish that REALLY surprised and stood out was the spring egg. It was a poached egg in a miso broth and it was SO GOOD. Wish I ordered another but I was stuffed.
The 2 complaints I do have about this place are 1, there was literally only one guy who could speak English or Cantonese, and any time we asked for something they had to flag that other guy down.
The other is the cooked foods was only so-so. We ordered the pork belly skewer and it was tough as leather.. hard to eat. The kalbi was tough and salty. The teriyaki salmon was really dry.
We ordered dessert and wanted vanilla creme brulee, but were given green tea ones. We tried to exchange it for vanilla but were then told that they ran out of green tea. This was a little weird on their part, they should have told us before giving us the green tea but I think this might attribute to the fact that the guy who gave it to us didn't speak English.
But if you just stick to what's good here, you won't be disappointed.
A good price too, if paying by cash you get 10% off so it was just over $25 per person (with no drinks).
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