The only option available for the fixed price menu was to swap out the American Wagyu for Japanese A5 which I did not.
Courses:
1) corn soup, and fritter, caviar. 6/10. Loved the soup. Very fresh and flavorful. Did not really care too much about the fritter or the caviar.
2) raw steelhead trout with tomato basil foam. 5/10? Was okay. Largely unmemorable. 5/10.
3) octopus skewer. Succulent octopus. Didn’t really have any charcoal notes. But the aioli had a very Indian red chilli pickle kind of taste which I really liked. 6/10.
4) halibut in Jiri consommé. Loved the broth. Had a beautiful depth of flavor and heat to it. Fish was cooked reasonably well. First course in this meal that made me happy. 7/10.
5) Iberico flank steak, lettuce, pickles. 5/10. Rather have this at a Korean bbq. Nothing special whatsoever. Overriding red chili and vinegar flavors.
6) Wagyu with Tabbouleh. 5/10. Reasonably cooked wagyu. kept wishing there was a nice sauce. Tabbouleh didn’t make sense to me with the meat.
7) Bibimbap. 8/10. Only really happy meal. Beautifully balanced. Loved it.
8) Blackberry Lime Sorbet. 5/10. Too tart with nothing really fatty enough to cut it.
9) Apple Earl Gray ice cream. 7/10. Nice. But nothing exceptional.
Overall, a very mediocre experience.
by KeepCalmEtAllonsy