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| - I've often found fault with myself in raising expectations of restaurants that get mostly 5 star reviews pre-visit. It's so difficult for any experience to match the one I can create in my head while reading everyone eloquently explaining the meaning of life found in a piece of beef tongue. Oddly enough I had the opposite experience with Yuzu. Despite it's high marks thus far on here, the reviewers that I know and love (okay, I'm talking Elite here) for the most part gave it a measly 4 stars. Bah, why even bother? It's a sad state of affairs when even a 4 star review isn't enough to get my juices flowing. Well here it was, 9pm on a Friday night and wanting something quick and close to the house to grab a bite.
From the moment I walked in the door I had roughly 10 "wow" moments. From the way they transformed what used to be a sandwich shop into a cute and quaint Japanese spot to every single dish, my mild expectations were pleasantly blown out of the water every few minutes.
I started with a simple salad. The kind waitress was eager to explain all dishes which arrived and I found that to be a nice touch. She explained that the dressing was homemade and made of Yuzu, which was apropos. I know I've had yuzu dressing before and this one was tangier and tasted better than I'm used to which set it apart from the standard Japanese side salad I'm accustomed to. Next was the Miso soup. My version which was part of some sort of combo with one of our entrees (add $3 to any entree gets you salad, soup, and rice) did not come with Tofu, but my friend that accompanied me ordered one a la carte which comes with tofu. Ironically enough she hates tofu and I love it, so we switched. The tofu was fantastic, which I might be wrong in assuming is their handmade Zaru tofu. If it was not homemade, it definitely fooled me. At this point in most Japanese restaurants I've eaten the salad and miso soup just because they're there, but here at Yuzu they felt like important components to the meal.
Next our entrees started arriving, and first was the Kobe Beef Aburi. Perfectly seared and with these little garlic chips which complemented it wonderfully. I also received my side of rice around this time and I know you'll just think I'm pulling your leg at this point, but even the rice seemed a step above. To make sure I hadn't accidentally ingested something laced with pot on the drive over, I had my friend try it and she confirmed that it did taste better than "just rice". This is a master at work in the kitchen.
Next up was one of our standard orders of Yellowtail jalapeno. The fish melted in my mouth and the flavor was spectacular. I did think that the jalapenos were a little too small and didn't provide the kick that I normally like, but it was still delectable. Our last entree was the Salmon Foil Broil, which is boiled with several veggies. Good god was this delicious. The salmon just fell apart and had a great flavor especially when combined with the veggies it'd been broiled with. "Wow" was muttered for approximately the 8th time.
I decided I had to have the yuzu sorbet because at this point I was convinced everything was going to taste munchies-esque good. I was right! Being lactose intolerant I cannot resist sorbet, and the yuzu flavor was perfect. The waitress also brought out a complimentary order of their soy milk pudding. I'm not a huge fan of soy milk, but this one was light enough in the soy flavor and topped with whipped cream which always helps. I enjoyed it even though I had to pop a lactaid pill to do so.
The final wow was brought on by the arrival of the bill. All those fantastic dishes came out to a total of $48 or so after tax. I even had to do the obligatory "on the strip that would have cost $100 and been worth every penny" comment.
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