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| - Tried out this Korean-owned Japanese restaurant to introduce a relative to Japanese cuisine, also because of the Yelp rating and a severe hankering for a nice Japanese meal after recently returning from several years living in the country -- walked out with very mixed feelings.
What we ordered: Tonkatsu set meal w/ miso soup and salad, inarizushi, house warmed sake, and yaki udon.
Tonkatsu was quite decent and actually comes with two cutlets instead of one. Miso soup wasn't bad either.
Inarizushi was small and lacked anything more than a simple rice filling, but it was quite delicious. The tiny Korea-centric grocer next to the restaurant sells cans of the inari tofu pockets, I wonder if they simply use that.
Warmed house sake was really, really good. Perfect winter treat.
The Yaki Udon was revolting, as oily as poorly done Chinese food and ludicrously expensive ($14!!). The noodles themselves had a pleasant consistency, but I'm pretty sure the chef just bathed them in oil and a drop of Giant Eagle Teriyaki Sauce, mixing some mushrooms and onions in for the hell of it. It was really too bad and having such a terrible, overpriced entree really ruined the experience.
I was curious to try one of their Donburis but after the udon experience I'd be reluctant to go again for anything more than the sushi bar
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