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| - Etsu is simply put, quite good Japanese food. for a reasonable price you get reasonably good food. I came here for dinner with 3 friends and I ordered the bento and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the small-ish looking portions add up and I left the restaurant feeling like a foie gras duck.
I had the dinner bento with teriyaki chicken and everything was done right. Their miso soup could use a bit more seaweed/tofu but it's just an appetizer. The same old salad with that sour ginger sauce was given and that was also quite good.
Then the bento came with it's 9 pieces of sashimi, butter fish, salmon and toro. Some tempura'd vegetables and shrimp, the teriyaki, rice and a whole load of other stuff that I can't remember. The tempura was done right, it wasn't the dense battered tempura that some bad Japanese places will do but battered in panko, biting into it is like biting into happiness, light and crunchy.
The sashimi was good all fresh, salmon soft and smooth, toro had a nice light taste and the butter fish melted in your mouth.
The teriyaki was also very atypical but also really delicious, nicely seared chicken that retained its moisture with a light drizzle of teriyaki that was tangy and savoury a real rice thief. No literally this teriyaki chicken got off the plate and stole my f***in' rice.
4/5 stars for quality food and beautiful decor, loses a star for being memorable and original*.
*It's not either of those things
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