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| - What a great experience! I rarely ever give any place 5 stars when I have only been there once but this place really exceeded my expectations. There have been so many new places now that seem to offer innovative, creative and delicious food but ended up being below average. This place exceeded my expectations and really made me excited to come back.
First off the place is super cool, from the wall tables and chairs to the wall paintings and decor, and the disco ball in the ladies room, very chill and creative space. The place is bright so great for foodie pics! Service was great, our server explained the menu to us, explained the name of the place to us, made recommendations, constantly checked in on us and re-filled our waters. No complaints with service at all.
I tried one of their specialty non-alcoholic drinks, the one with yuzu (forgot what its called), it was pretty good but too pricy for the size.
We ordered a bunch of stuff to sample and they definitely served the dishes in the order they should be served in, cold dishes first then moved onto the hot appetizers then hot entrees.
The asparagus and crab was really good, chilled crab meat with crunchy and fresh asparagus, very light was a great dish to start with. The escargot takoyaki was great, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, pesto sauce was delicious! Wish they had bread to I could finish the rest of the sauce :)
The sweetbread katsu was delicious! I have never had sweetbread before but my sister had so she was really excited to try this dish. Perfectly fried on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. A little fatty but not in a nauseated way. Such a good dish and not at all expensive. The foiegras okonomiyaki was good, the "pancake" was too sweet for my liking and I didn't think it went well with the foiegras but overall I still enjoyed it.
The oyster furai was awesome! Big oysters, perfectly fried, really good yuzu sauce on fresh and chilled lettuce, I like the mixture of hot/cold temperature. Clams and dumplings were good, wish I had some bread for this sauce too! I love the presentation for the yakisoba but it was way too salty, all three of us thought so. Too much sauce, this turned us off a little bit, good flavors but too salty to enjoy.
We also got the black sesame para cotta and toast, I was too full to try so I cannot comment on that personally. But my sister and brother both said desserts were ok, nothing special.
Overall, I highly recommend this place if you are looking for a twist to the traditional Japanese dishes. Got to try quite a few dishes and the overall check was not bad at all.
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