| rev:text
| - A supplier of my company took me to lunch at Kaizen today and I was happy to be going there, I had never tried that up-scale sushi place.
The first impression I got when I walked in was that the decor looks worn. I can see that the place must have had it's hay days, but the furnishings are starting to look dusty and in need of a little uplift.
The MaƮtre D lady had difficulty with the names and while we tried to smile and help her out, she was Icy cold and would not even return our smiles ( BTW we are seriously laid back and easy going, we did not aggravate her in any way, but she clearly is not familiar with local names).
Our first course, a seaweed salad. It was OK. Not amazing, just OK. It would need to be a little more seasoned with maybe a dash of rice vinegar or something. It was flat, not bad but borish.
We got to drink 2 pots of lower quality tea ( I know my tea) while we waited for the sushi.
We had ordered what we thought were 12 pieces, but it turned out that the 2 listed as 3 pieces, the tempura scallops and the sashimi roe, realle are 1 piece ! that is a rolled up ball what could have been scallops and a teaspoon of roe served in an emptied out miniature lime. Two waitresses came to our table to explain that the menu "forgot" to specify this small detail !
The beef sushi was tasty but very chewy. The organic salmon sushi was perfect.
All the while the muszak, some high strung technoey annoying tune was so loud we could barely keep the conversation going.
SO, chilly staff, overpriced food, quantity NOT as advertised, a dated dusty decor and an ambiance ruined by noise....NOT HAPPY - BUT HAPPY I WAS NOT FOOTING THAT BILL !
|