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| - I went to lunch at Yonaka Modern Japanese Restaurant with no expectations. I don't know what "modern Japanese" means, but I'm up for anything. The waiter, Ken, said we could get items from the menu or we could select "omakase," from the Japanese, literally 'respectfully leaving another to decide what is best.' (in a Japanese restaurant) a meal consisting of dishes selected by the chef. We had the five-course omakase. First they brought us the CRISPY BRUSSEL SPROUTS in a lemon chili, mint sauce. Then we got the SAKE ORENJI
scottish salmon, orange supreme in a yuzu tobiko, orange oil sauce. Then we got the TORO -- bluefin tuna belly with walnuts, dried cherries and negi, piment d'espelette . Next we got the 12 piece sashimi with HAMACHI / YELLOWTAIL, SAKE / SCOTTISH SALMON, HOTATE / SEA SCALLOPS, Fish Roe and something else I didn't recognize. Those scallops were so fresh, like right out of the ocean and so tasty! Then they brought out raw WAYGU BEEF, two sauces and a cooking stone to cook the beef to your liking. Next we got a whole FLYING FISH -- it was deep fried to perfection -- love love loved it! All of that was included in the omakase for $91 (for two). But we added the MANGO dessert. It was a mango pudding with a mango yolk inside plus mango ice cream, tiny sponge cake bits, mango chutney, cookies, special sauce and crushed nuts -- it was unbelievably delicious. YUM!!!
The restaurant is in the spot that my friend Josette Lablond had her French Bistro. They took that restaurant and put some big bucks into creating a nice atmosphere.
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