Seafood with a modern twist.
Came with a group of 4 on a Thursday night, we were seated immediately and served free appetizers that included their house salad and steamed egg custard. Loved the dressing on the salad but I was more blown away by their steamed egg custard with shrimp aka chawanmushi. It was silky and smooth in texture, delicious and free! Both appetizers were a great start to our meal that included:
- Sweet Potato Croquette ($6): Deep fried mashed sweet potatoes with a mayo-based sauce and takoyaki sauce drizzled on top. Comes with 4 pieces. They're covered in the perfect amount of breadcrumbs, not super oily and has a crunchy exterior with a generous amount of mashed sweet potato filling. Would order again.
- Deep Fried Potato, Hash Brown, Cheese Stick ($8): Our plate came with 2 cheese sticks, a handful of tater tots and fries all sprinkled with dried bonito flakes on top and a drizzle of white mayo based sauce. They also bring you a side of ketchup. Tbh, I think it's really hard to mess up fries and I never had anything that wasn't good after being deep fried. Also, as a lover of anything-potatoes I can eat two bowls of this nooo problemo.
- Chilean Sea Bass ($25): Not dry, perfectly moist, soft and nicely seasoned and grilled with their chef's soy sauce. The portion for one plate might be too small for a group of 4, it's a better portion to split amongst 2 people. Drizzle a bit of lemon on top and dig in. The meat just falls off and you can tell the quality is up there butttt as good at it was, it wasn't mind-blowing. As in, the the price is a bit steep. Might contemplate on getting this again next time if anything.
- Hot Pot Fish Egg Rice ($16): Basically a bibimbap with different types of fish roe and vegetables served in a stone pot. You can scrape up the crunchy, nutty burnt rice on the bottom (nurungji) after you're done. It doesn't come with a sauce but the whole point is to really get all the flavors of the fish roes. Some might think it's a bit salty but this was pretty on point for me.
- Sashimi ($24): Comes with thin slices/cubes of salmon, hamachi and fluke sashimi. Some pieces were still thawing as if they weren't completely defrosted when they were served and the overall portion was okkk. I kinda expected more from this, just cause I loveeee sashimi but was a bit disappointed that some pieces were ice cold in my mouth.
Overall, I like how they have a simple menu. It just means that I'd expect a bullseye for each dishes listed on there, which wasn't the case. But, I did enjoy most of then including the sweet potato croquette, fries and the hot pot fish egg rice. Guess I'll just have to go back to try some of their other items on the menu. This is a great date spot or to eat a nice simple, clean meal with your friends. We left feeling happy-full, not the I'm-going-get-food-coma kinda full. Also, I wouldn't bring more than 4 people, just because of limited space and seating inside. Parking can also be a hassle if you're here during the peak hours since there are so many other restaurants around this area. Service is ok, the servers aren't super talkative or anything--hey take your orders, bring them out and let you be. I like that since it always rubs me off the wrong way when servers take your plates away and immediately assumes that you want the check afterwards. You feel rushed to leave that way, which is a pet peeve of mine. Anyways, will definitely poke my head in again when I'm in the mood to #treatmaself with some seafood the next time I'm around the area. read more