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2011-03-13
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Ever since Cubus opened all the restaurants there have been at the top of our list. This is the first of the three Japanese restaurants we tried. We got two of the last seats for lunch, without reservation, sitting at the bar near the master from Japan who was happy to talk about the origin, ingredients and preparation of anything you cared to ask about.We ordered the sashimi lunch set and the simmered fish head lunch set. Every single dish was sublime and subtle; such an amazing place for lunch
We ordered the sashimi lunch set and the simmered fish head lunch set. Every single dish was sublime and subtle; such an amazing place for lunch this is!
I absolutely loved the dressing.
This looked and tasted more like beef, but once the chef enlightened us the taste turned more fishy; how the eye deceives ignorant taste buds!
The Miso soup was delicious and not too strong, as the miso soup I usually get is and the rice utterly perfect.
They happily replaced all but one portion of tuna and the shrimp with fish of my choice. I had never tried shrimp at a sushi restaurant, but after having eaten some of the freshest and tender sashimi ever, I could not resist even the shrimp, which turned out so creamy it blew my mind.
The tofu was faultless, but the real star was the fish itself of course.While waiting for dessert we asked the master about the batter he was mixing in a bowl. I gave us a sample of what turned out to be some kind of flour-less egg sponge cake that he did not know the English name of. He did eventually give up the recipe, which exact measurements; how I wished I had pen and paper! Eggs, white fish, shrimp, japanese yam, sugar, salt, soy sauce and sake slowly baked in the oven makes for such an amazingly spongy yet moist texture I'm frankly puzzled anyone still bakes with flour! And the taste is simply special and I must have more next time!
But on to the actual dessert:
Not too sweet, served with a warm spoon.Apart from slightly confused communication and separation of roles between the chef and the waiters everything went smoothly and pleasantly.
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