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| - A classy teppanyaki restaurant in the middle of the greenest hotel on The Strip! Don't expect cheesy displays of unnecessary spatula clacking and Everclear volcanoes and flipping eggs onto hats and junk. You're paying for a sophisticated dining experience with a heftier price tag.
Six of us dined at Tetsu at $700, including tax and tip. It paid for some delicious cocktails, great appetizers, main courses, excellent service, and a charismatic chef cooking up delicious food. I can only really talk about what I and one other had ordered and shared so wipe your hands on the oshibori and let's get into it.
For our appetizers, we chose The Uni Custard Half Shell with White Truffle ($48), Santa Barbara Prawns with Cajun Spice( $28), and a Whole Fried Quail ($18). The uni was so buttery and the white truffles gave it a nice earthy taste. I didn't want to share this. Watching them brûlée the custard in front of us just made me drool. It was creamy and rich and it was bliss! As for the Santa Barbara Prawns with Cajun Spice, it was decent. Good flavor, very sweet seafood taste, but getting the cajun spiced roe out of the little legs was a messy losing battle. The Whole fried Quail was nothing special. It had delicate seasoning but it was definitely lacking luster compared to the uni and prawns. I would not recommend the quail.
For our entrees, we shared the 6oz. Ribeye ($96) and Duck Breast with Thyme Salt ($32). The Ribeye was such a disappointment. You already brace yourself for a tiny 6oz portion but at a $96 price tag, I was expecting some aged well-seasoned beef. What I received broke my heart. I enjoyed the garlic that accompanied the steak more than the actual steak. They do give you three dipping sauces for you to use but I prefer to eat my steak without unnecessary sauces. If it's a good steak, it will naturally have good flavor. It was cooked to a perfect medium rare though so at least there's that. The Duck Breast with Thyme Salt delivered what the steak couldn't: Lots of flavor. It was juicy, flavorful, and I was happy.
As a "filling," we shared the Salmon & Ikura Fried Rice. I liked it! I originally didn't want to get any fillings because I can make my own fried rice but our waitress was persuasive. I'm happy with our choice since I decided to forego getting sides in favor of three appetizers. The rice had good flavor and I like the slight smoky taste of the rice. It came at the end of the meal though so the carbs definitely made me have to fight off an impending food coma. Everything was washed down with a $18 Cucumber Shiso Martini (Bacardi Limón Rum, Fresh Cucumber, Shiso Leaf, and Ginger). Refreshing!
All in all, while there were hits and misses to our meals, I had an overall pleasant dinner with some amazing company. The Uni Custard with White Truffle was the best bite of the night. I wish I skipped the 6oz. Ribeye and got two orders of The Uni Custard Half Shell with White Truffle instead. A decadent luxurious meal at Tetsu starts the night off right!
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