by Arianna Lamborne on The decor was excellent..come-on its SBE. All the workers were good looking..come-on its SBE. The food was...... So I went to this restaurant with 28 people including myself. What the manager did for us was give us things to share. I mean literally SHARE. For an example-- we had three mini hamburger sliders to share with 7 people. They set down 3 different deserts for 14 people to share..... uhhhh ....... flu season? no wonder. Let me list what I had and rate them each... Tataki of American Wagyu Skirt: 4/5 [nothing i've never tasted before] Heirloom Beets: 2/3 [did i just eat $15 beets?] XIV Ceasar Salad: 4/5 Kobe Burger: French fries were 5/5 Burger 3/5 [was that really kobe!?] Dark Chocolate Cake: 1/5 [more like diet chocolate cake] Nutella Custard: 5/5 [get itttttt, its heavenly] Michael's Classic Rootbeer Floar: 5/5 Off Menu Salmon Sliders 5/5 Falafel Sliders 4/5 Truffel Popcorn 5/5 They should make this in movie theaters. The manager was nice enough to present to us how to decant a wine. Overall...I would go for the club later on at night....maybe for snacks...not for entrees. Free Valet...was nice..but I know its usually 10.
by Florine Vanderheide on Wow not much to complain about here but I wouldn't expect anything less from my favorite Iron Chef. I grew up watching this guy on the original show--before it was dubbed, subtitles only--on PBS. I loved that guy, I wanted to be him, or at least meet him, but I guess eating at his restaurant is the next best thing. Sad to say, he was not there, but I think my meal there made up for his absence. Grace and I started with the Morimoto tempura (fish, prawns, seasonal veggies, and a bacon-wrapped mozzarella ball deep fried in tempura batter with 3 dippning sauces) and a rice porridge topped with braised pork belly. Beautiful. Then for the main course I had the miso black cod and she had the sea bream served whole and de-boned. Both perfectly cooked and packed with flavor. The sea bream came with this miso beurre blanc that was pretty amazing. And my black cod (aka butterfish) just melted in my mouth. Favorite dish? the braised pork belly jook. simple, elegant, and delicious. It was a beautiful dish really. Least Favorite? the Morimoto tempura. Although bacon wrapped anything will fix pretty much any dish, it didn't change the fact that this tempura was a little heavy on the batter and was just kinda doughy and greasy instead of light and crispy as it should be. Come on, even Todai can produce well-fried tempura! All in all, it was an excellent experience and I will definitely be coming back here as soon as I can get a cheap flight out there. Now if only Morimoto could do something about the color-changing-neon-lights and the phallic-shaped table lamps then this place would be killer. Also, Iron Chef America is a joke.
by Jennifer D. on I guess I must be a total diva, because I thought this crowd was rather icky. I went with a friend on a Saturday night and would rather stay home than deal with such a sketchy crowd. Oh well I love dancing salsa but perhaps I should stick to my ballroom classes.
