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- Winston Churchill
Since it opened late last year, Kame has been my favorite spot for Omakase in Las Vegas. There are a few other really quality omakase spots in Vegas, but IMHO Kame is the best. While the setting at Kame is not as sophisticated as some of the other choices, even leaving a little to be desired, the food shines through--consistently surpassing expectations.
What sets Kame Omakase apart is their use of live items and the vast variety of exceptional, high quality ingredients. In regards to the later, there aren't many places in town where you may have the occasion to taste 3 different types of uni...there are even fewer that might offer it in a nigiri course, and use uni as an ingredient to harmoniously compliment and elevate a few other courses...perhaps even highlighting a live uni option again in another dish. Chef Eric prides himself in the live items he offers. On my most recent visit we were treated to at least 8 different live items, including Lobster, oyster, softshell crab, scallop, baby abalone, and ama ebi. On other visits some live items I've experienced have included uni, sea snail, conch, sea cucumber, octopus, clam, and multiple varieties of live crab and live lobster. Chef Eric doesn't merely provide his guests with high quality items; he combines flavors, textures and plating to create some extraordinary dishes...literally a few items were some of the most beautiful bites I've experienced this year.
Kame currently offers two seating's, 6pm & 8:30pm, and one Omakase option: $165. Each experience is similar, but the menu always changes. Chef explained that he changes the menu based on more than what is available, always seeking out the freshest and best items he can get, he only get items that he believes will be truly special. I encourage you to ask questions while seated at the intimate bar as Chef is helpful to educate and passionately speaks about the products and techniques he uses.
Keeping with the true omakase experience, I've had as few as 10 courses and as many as 16, depending on the portion size and price of the ingredients used, but regardless I've always been satisfied in many different ways. On my most recent visit we had the opportunity to experience the following:
* Kumamoto oyster with Kobe beef & Shaguku oyster with uni and caviar
* Live softshell crab with bonito and ponzu sauce
* Alaskan king crab with ponzu and house made ankimo (monkfish) Liver
* Grilled Chillian seabass with king oyster mushroom
* Live lobster sashimi with uni, sesame oil, black truffle salt, gold flake, caviar, and mountain peach
* Spanish Bluefin tuna / ama ebi / baby abolony with tobiko / and yuzu miso aoyagi (Japanese maple) / 3 year fermented soy sauce
* Lobster head kaminabe miso soup with fried shrimp head and manila clam
* Live scallop with fatty tuna
* Nigiri course consisting of Amberjack with uni and Ocean trout roe / Japanese Snapper / Kanpachi (Amberjack) / Giant clam / New Zealand king salmon / Spanish mackerel / Sayori (Needle Fish) from Hokkaido
* Sashimi course consisting of Fatty tuna cheek with fresh wasabi / Tuna toro with black truffle sea salt and uni
* Australian wagyu ribeye sautéed on hot stone with julienned vegetables
* Brown rice seaweed salad with fatty tuna, uni, and sea trout roe
* Japanese Wagyu miyazaki with black truffle sea salt
* Dessert
Kame Omakase is not for every fan of "sushi." There is always a great nigiri course in their omakases, but if you mostly want nigiri omakase you would be better served at other spots in town...or you could go next door to Yummy Grill. Kame is also a little exploratory for many people's taste on a few dishes...fans of sushi rolls may want to take baby steps before delving into an omakase tasting of this kind. And while a few items could be seen as rather adventurous, my love and I recently dined at Kame Omakase with two friends that didn't enjoy a couple of the more unique textures and flavors that live seafood items can offer, yet they still loved it immensely because of how wonderfully pleasing and enjoyable the other items were. Simply put, If you would enjoy Kame Omakase, I doubt that there is anything in Vegas remotely similar that you would like more.
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