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| - -- My First Impression --
I walked past Menami several times and I thought the door and sign looked so cool and decided to give it a try. We were very lucky that day. There was no line-up, however, all the tables have been seated and only the bar area was available. We asked the server and she said the wait time for dining area was 1 hour. I really like the interior design of the restaurant, very modern.
-- Food and Drink --
We ordered 4 dishes in total:
1. Chicken Kara-age $6.50 (6 pieces of deep fried chicken thigh with shiso mayonnaise on the side); the chicken thighs were still very juicy after deep frying it. I liked how crust is not too oily. The shiso mayo makes the chicken less greasy and heavy.
2. Corn Kaki-age $5 (5 pieces of deep fried corn niblets with honey butter mayonnaise on the side); This is my favorite dish here, very fun. I don't know how the corn didn't pop when they deep fried it. I like how the corn was very crunchy.
3. Black Sesame Puree Udon with Beef $15 (Udon cooked in black sesame puree sauce with beef, schichimi, green onion, red pepper thread and baby spinach on top); This is my least favorite dish. There was not a lot of beef in my dish. I found the dish too sweet. It taste similar to the Chinese black sesame sweet soup coated on the udon.
4. Mentaiko Cream Sauce Udon $12 (Udon cooked in cream sauce with mentaiko, green onion and spicy tomato oil on top). It taste quite similar to Japanese Carbonara pasta. I cannot taste any hint of spicy tomato oil. However, I like how the mentaiko popped in my mouth and it created a different experience.
-- Overall --
I wasn't too happy that we were rushed to leave. With 1/4 of pasta left over (for both pasta dish), the server walked to us and asked if we were done. They had some interesting dishes here, but I would probably be back if they have more innovative dishes (at least after the hype).
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