Sushi Taro

It has a cozy vibe suitable all occasions. The Resy website doesn’t accept reservation for one person, but you can reserve for two and add a note that it’s for one person (this is the official method the restaurant told me and it worked). They have my favorite healthy Okinawa food Goya Champuru in the menu. It was unfortunately sold out when I was there but gotta try it next time. Alternatively, I went for yaki-nasu shishito for my veggie appetizer. The eggplant was very tender and well-cooked so there was no “raw veggie” texture at all, and shishito added perfect crunchiness in mouth. I totally recommend it to everyone, including people who are usually not fans of eggplants. Imperial Wagyu sushi came with 3 pieces of Wagyu beef nigiri with Uni on top. Unlike regular Wagyu sushi, it was topped with fried garlic and kale and both Uni and Wagyu were seared. It made the nigiri very flavorful. I recommend tasting Uni and Wagyu separately for at least one piece to appreciate the building blocks of this rich tower of flavors. Buta Kara Shabu Shabu was a small pot that had a spicy broth in it and the pork and noodle to put in. After dipping for a minute, the pork catches a beginner-friendly level of spiciness from the pot, so if you are a fan of spicy food, make sure to scoop some broth into your bowl too. The noodle goes last and absorbs umami that was left in the pot. The portion is about a quarter of what the standard full shabu shabu meal offers, but it’s a fantastic addition to the table with other items. The price is rather on the higher side, but it’s not too expensive for authentic Japanese food.

We got the restaurant week menu and it was a good deal. The sushi tasted very fresh. The hojicha pudding was very good so I highly recommend. Overall everything was good but not like mind blowing haha. One thing I find kinda weird is why a high end restaurant like this doesn’t have better chopsticks (they use disposable chopsticks), so yea that could be an area to look into!

Here for anniversary dinner but no one asked for dinning purpose today. Nothing special or photo taking moment happens like other fine dining restaurants. Kaiseki was 120 per person. We added some other food as well. All the food was good but service was not that attentive. If you want to be American style wow moment, you would probably be disappointed. Food is really good from appetizers to desserts. Sushi fish today was somewhat not that fresh. Lagging time between dish to dish was pretty long. I would do la carte only next time.