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| - I thought that the novelty of eating at an iron chef's restaurant would wear off and the food would just be like any other nice restaurant. However, it really wasn't and the experience was great throughout the whole night!
First off, the service was fantastic. My glass was never half full (they managed to do this without feeling over bearing), and our waiter Jeff was so knowledgeable and polite. He even offered to create a menu for us based on tastes that we told him we enjoyed.
We passed on his offer, however, but were really happy with our choices. The yellowtail buri bop seems like a typical rice dish on paper, but it turns out to be quite the experience! They bring out a blazing hot stone bowl with rice and yellowtail sashimi in it. They then sear the raw fish in the sides of the bowl and fry the rice with an egg and sweet soy sauce. In the end, you get a delicious bowl of sweet rice and perfectly tender and seared fish. It was amazing.
The Morimoto chirashi was probably the best dish we got and the best chirashi I've had. It came with tons of variety (menu says 10-12) including salmon, tuna, octopus, egg, salmon roe, yellow tail, eel and some other types of fish that I gladly devoured without knowing what they were. All this was served on top of delicious sushi rice and it just all tasted so good. I usually scarf down my food but I made sure to savor every bit because it was just that good!
Like I said, eating here is an entire experience. The servers are so knowledgeable and have that typical Japanese politeness and kindness. Like they say, Chef Morimoto really blended Japanese cuisine with a lot of other cuisines, and you can tell from the menu. There is not only fresh sushi, but also a lot of other types of meats and fish from different cultures and inspirations. It's definitely pricy, being in the MGM and all, but you're in Vegas so what can you expect? I'd say it's a beautiful experience, just like any Vegas show that you'd go to, and it's worth the try!
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