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with delicious bites, precision and culinary skill,” says general man- ager Ryan Ko. “Our omakase menu features well-dressed nigiri sushi along with tasty kaiseki — traditional Japanese-style courses. Omakase menus, like the one we have rolled out, typically feature the freshest fish and the best seasonal items.”
The omakase menu begins with
a Surinagashi Sampler featuring a traditional soup made with seasonal veg- gies along with chilled edamame, Kahuku corn and kubocha trio. The second course spotlights Sakizuke-Toro Tartate as UDSA beef, fresh tuna belly, takuan, uzura, avo- cado, bubu arare and kaiware are dressed with a light truffle soy sauce.
The third course follows with Men-Ao- sa Somen, with somen noodles, shirodashi and aosa, which precedes an alluring eight- piece nigiri assortment: chu-toro (with zuke- dare chutoro and kizami wasabi), kanpachi (with kaiware and homemade yuzu vinai- grette), shiro ika (with seared ika, house ume
1. (From left) Second course: Sakizuke-Toro Tartate; first course: Surinagashi Sampler; third course: Men-Aosa Somen
2. Sixth course: Mizumoto (dessert) with Matcha Toast 3. Fourth course: eight-piece nigiri assortment
dressing, kizami nori and shiso), hamachi (prepared fresh and spicy with negi, crispy rice and house soy), king salmon (with Maui onion, tobiko and house ponzu dressing), hotate (seared with su-miso, bubu arare and micro cilantro), local ahi poke (with crispy renkon chip), and ikura (a mini ikura donburi with uzura, kizami nori and shiso.
Suimono-Asari Sake represents the fifth course along with clams, mirin and dashi. To round out the special meal, save room for the Mizumoto (dessert) course with Matcha Toast built with Japanese white bread, mas-
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carpone cheese and azuki.
The special menu is priced at $75 per person, and for the time being, it is available Monday through Thursday at two seating times: 5 and 7:30 p.m. Reservations are required for the omakase menu, and the days the menu is served may be subject to
change based on availability.
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