As an AVID sushi chick ... I was looking forward to Chef Matsushita to WOW me. The place was expectedly pretty ... the $14 cucumber martini (lame). Ignorable since i came here to be "wow"ed by the food not the booze. The waitress was really REALLY REALLY sweet and the couple sitting next to us shared their sake with us ... which was sweet. we were debating between sticking to rolls and your average japanese food OR the chef's specialty. $100 for the omakase ... an extra $35 for "better quality food". *ding* 1. gazpacho w/ a white asparagus eggroll. gazpacho = ok. eggroll = interesting. a lame start for a meal i was expecting to be great. 2. bonito, some other weird fish and a japanese fish i can't remember "sashimi" = interesting. the salsa made the dish. it was OK. 3. sashimi salad w/ sake and peppers and onions = ok. i was STILL waiting to be WOWed at this point ... then again ... this was JUST the start ... a small build up to what's going to be great... RIGHT??! 4. peppered sea bass w/ truffle sauce = ... the HIGHLIGHT of the meal. some parts had some SERIOUS pepper ... but it was good. 5. kobe beef with some sort of lame tabasco = the beef was good. the tabasco ... LAME. *insert some weird apple sauce shot w/ a mandarin orange* *this is where it gets bad* 6. soup. HOW DO YOU MESS UP MISO SOUP? ... put an UNFRESH clam in it with SERIOUS sand in it. 7. sushi. eel / half raw supposedly cooked but STILL SLIMY shrimp / ? / ? = i had NEVER gagged and vomitted into my napkin UNTIL this very moment in time. i choked on an eel bone and the skin of the eel still had scales. the eel itself was sour. the rest of the fish was disguised with the NOT OPTIONAL wasabi ball that was lodged into the rice ball. ... and of course MORE tabasco. ... *insert bathroom runs 3x* 8. green tea weird thing with pineapple foam = good. i was NOT AT ALL IMPRESSED. i left SICK and wanting the meal to end AS SOON AS POSSIBLE... i didn't even finish my cocktail. :( ... i should have stuck to the rolls.
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