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2012-05-02
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I've been hearing about this restaurant quite regularly, whenever I ask my colleagues for good japanese restaurant recommendations. Finally got a chance to try it on a Friday and was pleasantly surprised. The restaurant is small, but has a very casual and cozy feeling, with a nice choice between bar seats, bench area, and individual tables. The wait staff were thoughtful, especially as I was very undecisive with all the interesting options the menu offered. Different salads, rolls, hot dishes...
I've been hearing about this restaurant quite regularly, whenever I ask my colleagues for good japanese restaurant recommendations. Finally got a chance to try it on a Friday and was pleasantly surprised. The restaurant is small, but has a very casual and cozy feeling, with a nice choice between bar seats, bench area, and individual tables. The wait staff were thoughtful, especially as I was very undecisive with all the interesting options the menu offered. Different salads, rolls, hot dishes... So we ordered a bit of everything..
Sashimi platter -- We asked the sushi chef to pick up the best seasonal selections, and so it came with a wide variety of toro, salmon belly, hamachi, uni, japanese mackerel, shrimp. What struck me most was the toro as it was fatty (but not too fatty) and flavorful. It melted in my mouth without being stringy, like from the other restaurants i've been to. And wasn't expensive at all, given the fresh quality - the platter was around 500. Sushi-- we ordered 2 makis, one spicy salmon and the other one was eel and avocado. I really enjoyed them, as they were nicely sized, without too much rice. Definite comfort food. The wagyu beef hand roll was the most memorable.. I felt like I could have devoured at least 5 of them myself. It was beefy flavored, wrapped with crispy seaweed... We finished the meal off with beef udon to share, and fried eel rice. Udon was served hot, which is how I like it, and the soup was super comforting. The eel rice had a soft egg on top, sweet and loads of flavor.
I would say everything was executed well, and that Gyotaku is definitely the top option in terms of jap restaurants around the area.
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