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| - As I am writing this review, I am sampling the tapas offerings before me....
Yuzu chili salmon;
A bit overseared, fatty, not exploding with flavors, salad on side is arugala? Bitter no matter how you dress it, so as I normally do with most foods that lack punch, I ADD hot sauce or for Japanese sakes, I add schichimi-togarashi aka jap msg!
Maguro carpaccio;
Better than the first, still lacking the powwww! I try not to use Bammmmm, cuz u know why.... A bit much on the sesame oil, I'd say add ponzu and call it a day
Shishito peppers;
Not a hard thing to grill, no marinade, just some salt, yet still no giddyup. (add togarashi). O how I love my IchiZa, sorry had to say dat...
Sunagimo; chicken gizzards, yes that's right.....
Really wanted to like this spot, but this item fell flat on it's gizzard, small, dry, bland, just a gizzard, some msg may perk it up? Did I just say that? Ya, msg is magical powder, all tastes good with a lil sprinkle of the magic Chinese fairy dust!
Kushi-kawa; chicken skin
Now this dish turns the tables a bit,
Crisppity outside, soft fatty inside, tasty fatty crispy fatty, add lemon n of course some jMSG, now this is what I like! I need 4 more orders STAT!!!
Tsukune; pork n chicken meat stick
Get ur mind outta the gutter!
This one was ordered w tare sauce, lighter than teriyaki but same taste, maybe I shulda ordered the rest like this, u can choose either salt or tare (sauce)
This was good, salty, saucy, came w egg yolk dip (add togarashi) 2nd best so far
Just think Japanese meatloaf n u got it
BEER; Asahi on draft at $5.50 is a premium price, Orion 633ml is $6.95
Either way u need it for izakaya!
Overall a bit of a let down, it's been 2 months in operation so they should have stretched their legs already, decor and ambiance is good, service is attentive, quality is there, the delivery needs some tweaking (MSG) I would give them another shot but they gottta have more to give! We shall see, oh and the special "today's sunomono" should be yesterday's pass on this one......
I need another beer.....
L8tR
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