text: I came here to late night happy hour with a friend They do not have a liquor licence so the only thing missing was creative cocktails but the Nigori sake was a rather pleasant quaff Do not let the milky appearance put you off it is a gorgeous smooth drink and quite a large measure for the happy hour price Oh and it did not sit right with me that the drinks menu included such lowrent yellow fizz as Bud Light really Who would have Bud flipping Light with this food I do not get that Minor quibbles that really do not take away from my star rating because the food is enough to get there At first glance it seems a little expensive but as I have said before on Yelp we get what we pay fornnAnd so to the food Oh my stars The fooooood I frankly do not think the people dissing the food for too many flavors are totally sane All of the flavors were subtle and beautifully balanced Trying to balance a slice of dehydrated pear toasted almond dehydrated fig leafy herb thingy and pestoy sauce on a piece of hamachi sashimi slippery with housemade fish oil sauce and getting it all to the mouth with chopsticks was admittedly not an easy venture but it was worth the slapstick effort on the first chew when flavor explosions of sheer delight decorated the palate with joy We had the Omakase courser which is a tasting menu that changes according to the chefs creative whims on the day There was nothing in it that we did not love or at least like very very much With each mouthful of an eclectic mix of flavors some that appeared really incongruous like the amuse bouche strawberry with fish sauce say what salt pepper and some funny little leaves that I cannot remember the name of we MMMMMd and rolled our eyes in pure delight at each new flavor sensation The portion sizes were very reasonable and we were satisfied without being overstuffed even after the todiefor chocolaty dessert concoction which was the perfect conclusion to an outstanding meal nnThe service was generally good if a bitwhat is the word Juggly We seemed to have a different server for each course It just seemed slightly strange but everyone was very friendly and knowledgeable Our courses came out mostly in excellent time not too slow not too fast with plenty of time to savor each course and let its moment pass whilst enjoying each others company nnWe could not figure out why it was not busier at late night happy hour it was steady but not packed on a Friday night maybe location maybe no liquor licence maybe the word has not gotten out yet I hope it picks up because this is going to be one of my goto places for beautiful food nnYataaaaaa Yonaka