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Just ate here (still stuffed from it). This was pretty good food.There seemed to be some sort of special promotion going on. There were all these signs hung up that said "Asahi $1" and then they said a bunch of other stuff that I didn't understand, because I don't read Chinese. So we ordered 2 Asahis and we got... a bucket of 6 Asahis. We thought that maybe "drink 'em if you want, don't if you don't" but no, they opened and poured us beers that we didn't ask for. I'm not complaining, because I l
There seemed to be some sort of special promotion going on. There were all these signs hung up that said "Asahi $1" and then they said a bunch of other stuff that I didn't understand, because I don't read Chinese. So we ordered 2 Asahis and we got... a bucket of 6 Asahis. We thought that maybe "drink 'em if you want, don't if you don't" but no, they opened and poured us beers that we didn't ask for. I'm not complaining, because I love beer, and the more, the better if you ask me. Plus, if I really did get 6 Asahis for $6, that's a sweet deal. I didn't scrutinize the check, so I actually don't know how much the beer was. Please comment on this review if you know about this promotion, I'd like to know (and go back if it's as amazing as it seemed).
Here's what we (me and my wife) had: tuna belly roll, soft-shell crab roll, assorted tempura, pork with Japanese pastry skewer, and beef udon soup.
The tuna belly roll was our favorite. The rolls were small, but they gave you decent sized portions of tuna within them, and the tuna itself is creamy and delicious. There's a little bit of wasabi in the roll itself. Normally, I'm not a fan, but it worked. 8/10.
The soft-shell crab was pretty standard: fried soft-shell with some imitation crabmeat (?), slices of avocado on top, and some fish roe. A medium-sized roll. I will say that the crab was soft, as opposed to some other "soft-shell" crabs I've had that require a deal of crunching. 7/10
The assorted tempura was exactly what you'd expect. We got 2 pcs eggplant, 1 mushroom, 1 sweet potato, 3 shrimp. My wife thought her piece of eggplant was undercooked, while I thought mine was perfectly cooked. The shrimp was cooked to a perfect level of doneness. I also liked the light touch with the panko. 7/10
Pork with Japanese pastry skewer: I was... confused by this dish. The skewer itself was small, with only three pieces of... stuff. The stuff looked like pork, and tasted porky, but had a texture that definitely was not the texture of any part of a pig. My best guess is that they made a pastry-thing out of pork and some other stuff, and then skewered that, marinated in teriyaki sauce, and grilled it. OK, I guess. Not what one is expecting when ordering grilled pork. 4/10
Beef udon: I don't like Japanese soups. I can handle a small portion of plain miso, but after that, that's pretty much it. My wife is convinced that there are "good" Japanese noodle soups (not saying that they're objectively bad, just that I don't like them. My wife is convinced there will be ones that she and I like, but I have yet to see any evidence of that. If you like them, fine, good for you!). Since I don't, I don't want to review the soup. If I said it was bad, that would be misleading, because it would imply it was "bad for a Japanese soup" when it's just "bad for me". You'll have to read other reviews on this one.
All in all, great restaurant. I would (and probably will) go here again. Overall score: 7/10
The menu definitely had some exciting options. The table next to us had flying fish, with wings attached!
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