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| - what, with the trek to the elevator, across the lobby, and across two lanes of one way traffic, i almost had to pack a lunch to go to lunch. i have been walking passed Emzy since it opened, waiting for one of my periodic lunchtime compatriots to be willing to try it. today was that day.
i browsed the menu online prior to visiting, so i had a little bit of an idea what i was looking to get into. i recommended to JEn that we split some things rather than just get our own entrees. walking passed a table that had the lettuce wraps just delivered sealed the deal.
while i kind of experienced what other yelpers had with having a number of people come up as us about seating, i understood that it was simply a busy lunch and a few people where multi-tasking without aggressively executing a plan. once we were seated, the service was great.
i am not sure if it was intentional or not, but our food came out evenly spaced so we could give our undivided attention to it. first the chicken lettuce wraps. with a sweet and sour type of flavor to it and some chopped peppers in there, they had a very good taste and there was ample chicken to self wrap for each of us.
next was the sesame tuna tartare. initially, we didn't have a spoon to divvy it up, so we were caught just sort of staring at it until a server got us what we needed. great texture, fantastic flavor. the spice was a little heated, but it was welcome. JEn needed another water.
we rounded it out with the rainbow roll. had some avacado, cucumber, crab, tuna, yellowtail, and salmon in there. the presentation was good, but there wasn't a whole lot of kick to any of it. not bad, but nothing that wowwed like our first two "courses."
a split check settled us out at around fifteen clams a piece which made it an overall rewarding dining experience. i would go 3.5 stars, but am opting for the 3 instead of 4.
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