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Kai, meaning seed in a Native American language, is a top tier fine dining restaurant. It resides inside, get this, a Sheraton. The entire dining experience feels like sitting down at a cozy fireplace for an epic retelling of some story, similar to the recent Clash of Clans advertisement with James Corden and lava pups. The waiter had all of us hold our menus with the fronts facing the center of the table. The fronts of the menus each had different water color art, and each visual told a different story. At one point I exclaimed, "Well, I had a bean burrito for lunch," which caused everyone, including the waiter, to giggle a bit. The whole thing was a bit over the top for my taste, but I can tell why they do it. I had the Short Story tasting menu, which I can tell you, is not short at all. The entire meal was about 2.5 hours for the seven courses. My group had an uni (sea urchin) allergy, Portobello mushroom allergy, and of course, I'm vegetarian. The restaurant had no problem adjusting the tasting menu. The "Hand Picked Lettuces" (tomato eggplant salad) was remarkably well presented - the greens looked as if they were sprouting from the tomato eggplant base. The "From The Garden" (beets, asparagus, etc.) was quite the mix of interesting colors. I felt like I was eating art. My favorite dish was the main course. Meant to be a buffalo entrée, the chef took out the buffalo and made a convincing equivalent with quinoa. I was a bit concerned when I first heard his plan. I once did the tasting menu at Bluestem in Kansas City where they just replaced the meat with grilled vegetables for a vegetarian friend, and we were both disappointed. But Kai did no such thing. Be wary of eating too much bread here. The course portions were enough to make me full, but Kai had nearly ten kinds of bread available for tasting that night. I guess there is such a thing as too much good food. At one point our group took a picture next to a memory catcher, or dream weaver, or some kind of Native American art that the waiter explained was only one of three in the world, with one of the others being in a museum. He noted that a woman previously had snagged her bag on it, causing it to collapse and have to be remade. Naturally, a person in our group had his sweater snagged onto it while taking the photo. Listen, it's not just dreams and memories that this thing was designed to grab a hold of. The service at Kai was other-worldly. The presentation was fantastic - it's not every day I have a meal where six waiters with a plate each come out at the same time. I guess it's standard for the price. But Kai is the kind of restaurant that has the valet leave bottled water, chocolate, and a hand written thank you card in your vehicle. AND I DIDN'T HAVE CASH FOR A TIP. Probably my most embarrassing moment of 2016 YTD. If I'm in the Phoenix area and have the time and money to come back, I will. Kai is so out of the way, but if you're looking for a food journey (or short story) in Arizona, Kai is the right place.
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