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| - Normally I'm mistrustful of restaurants that serve more than one type of cuisine on the assumption that there will be a lack of authenticity as well as quality. Uchi was on the list of restaurants recommended by our B&B hosts so we decided to give it a try tonight. It's about a block and a half from the B&B. We noticed it on the way back from Coo Rouge the first night.
We walked in and were seated. The decor is spare and quietly elegant. There are booths against one wall, a sushi bar on the opposite wall and tables in between. We were given menus, a couple on sheets of paper, the other in a padded folder. I noticed the list of soups included Chinese, Japanese and Thai. It was too warm for soup so we didn't order any. There were three salads, one of which was called "special salad". I asked our server what was in the special salad and he told me crab, avocado, caviar and I forget what else. We ordered that and mixed tempura, then chicken w/ black pepper and crispy spinach and beef w/ garlic mushrooms. We ordered tea to drink. Alan observed, like last night, people bringing in their own wine and beer. Later he asked our server about this and the server confirmed that it was much more expensive to have a liquor license than to encourage patrons to bring their own and charge a nominal corkage fee.
The salad was served first and it was a revelation of flavor and textures, a mixture of crab, tobiko, avocado, crisp romaine and other ingredients in an almost sweet creamy dressing. It was simply exquisite. The tempura was crisp and not the least greasy, three prawns, sliced sweet potato, zucchini, eggplant and another vegetable I forget. They were served w/ a dipping sauce that was slightly sweet but not overbearingly so. The chicken was served following the tempura and it was terrific. Neither of us had had spinach cooked that way. The chicken was fresh and tender. The sauce was flavorful w/ a little heat from the black pepper. There were slices of green peppers and onions. The dish was accompanied by a small bowl of rice, as was the dish of beef and mushrooms. Both dishes were excellent, full of vegetables in addition to the meat. Both sauces were fresh and flavorful, not overly thickened. They were elegant and refined.
As we were finishing, one of our hosts walked in to pick up takeout. He greeted us and chatted a bit, then greeted the restaurant staff. He told us Uchi had been a Japanese restaurant until 6 months ago, when it had been purchased by a Chinese family who had kept the Japanese menu and added some dishes of their own, maintaining the previous high quality. If this restaurant were at home we would certainly be regulars.
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