One Night At Nobu
Oct. 30th, 2007 04:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serinde(Confession--it was actually Nobu Next Door. Same kitchen & chef, though.) Forthwith, the omakase (tasting menu):
1st Course: Toro tartare with caviar in wasabi sauce, with a yamamomo garnish.
2nd Course: West Coast oysters seared in sesame oil, with citrus soy sauce, over a cucumber salad.
3rd Course: Baby yellowtail [this had a Japanese name I am not remembering] sashimi on a bed of organic cilantro, with soy-onion vinaigrette.
4th Course: Lobster tempura with ponzu sauce over mesclun.
5th Course: Sea bass marinated and then seared, over...something which I was too tipsy to properly write down...with foie gras on top, in sweet miso sauce. [This is a Nobu signature dish, we were told. I see why.]
6th Course: Sushi! One piece each of salmon, toro, baby yellowtail, mackerel, and a Japanese red snapper that also had a different name which escaped me. And a cup of miso soup with clams in it.
Dessert: Green tea ice cream and the most darkity dark dark chocolate souffle that ever darked.
I chose the wine, a Sancerre. Went well with all courses.
Everything was as astoundingly good as you might expect from a place with a reputation like Nobu's. Each course that arrived, I thought couldn't possibly be matched--and then was. The only exception was dessert: it was outstanding, and I appreciated it, but it wasn't quite to my taste as I am not a fan of super-dark chocolate. (It made![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
audiovile excessively happy, though.)
1st Course: Toro tartare with caviar in wasabi sauce, with a yamamomo garnish.
2nd Course: West Coast oysters seared in sesame oil, with citrus soy sauce, over a cucumber salad.
3rd Course: Baby yellowtail [this had a Japanese name I am not remembering] sashimi on a bed of organic cilantro, with soy-onion vinaigrette.
4th Course: Lobster tempura with ponzu sauce over mesclun.
5th Course: Sea bass marinated and then seared, over...something which I was too tipsy to properly write down...with foie gras on top, in sweet miso sauce. [This is a Nobu signature dish, we were told. I see why.]
6th Course: Sushi! One piece each of salmon, toro, baby yellowtail, mackerel, and a Japanese red snapper that also had a different name which escaped me. And a cup of miso soup with clams in it.
Dessert: Green tea ice cream and the most darkity dark dark chocolate souffle that ever darked.
I chose the wine, a Sancerre. Went well with all courses.
Everything was as astoundingly good as you might expect from a place with a reputation like Nobu's. Each course that arrived, I thought couldn't possibly be matched--and then was. The only exception was dessert: it was outstanding, and I appreciated it, but it wasn't quite to my taste as I am not a fan of super-dark chocolate. (It made
audiovile excessively happy, though.)
