. . "We wanted to try something else besides our usual spot Raku. After reading many of the reviews and the photos on yelp, we had high hopes for this place. We ordered the \n\nKanpachi: sadly it did not smell fresh and the slices were a little bit too thick.\n\nOctocargot: very interesting, very flavorful.\n\nDuck jam: I wanted to like this so much, but was very disappointed. It was like liver pate, and I was not sure if it's even duck meat at all!\n\nSmoked kurobuta pork with Bao: pass, I don't even want to write about it\n\nBone marrow: very good presentation and very flavorful. Good portion. \n\nFoie Rinds: I know the foie gras was probably sprinkled on but I couldn't even see any of it. Even if it's in powdered form I would like to see some. This was just fried pig skin with honey. I can get a bag at the market for couple bucks. \n\nWe wanted to order the A5 waygu beef on hot stone, they were out at 6 PM on a Sunday evening... \n\nFortunately some of the Kushiage was good. But I think it's more expensive than Raku at $3.95 each. \n\nThe only reason I gave three stars vs two was because of the excellent service by the male wait staff. The female one was not as good, she was quite cold."^^ . . "1"^^ . "0"^^ . "3"^^ . "1"^^ . "2016-04-07T00:00:00"^^ .