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Monday, April 26, 2004
WELCOME TO KITCHEN STADIUM
| Ok, ok...so maybe it wasn't really Kitchen Stadium, but it was the house of the Iron Chef himself, Masaharu Morimoto.
This weekend, as a belated 30th birthday celebration, I made reservations for myself and 2 friends to have dinner at Morimoto in Philadelphia. Well, the dinner was quite concievably the best dinner I have ever had in my entire life. Honestly, I have never tasted food like that before, nor have I ever recieved "the treatment" like that. Let me start off by saying that when the cab driver pulled up to the restaurant, the Morimoto people opened the cab door and the door to the restaurant. Walking in, there were people to hold every door, and every single person that worked there was incredibly pleasant and helpful. They were awesome. Our server was a super nice chick who was VERY helpful to us, especially since it was our "first dining experience" there. We ordered a bottle of water, and there were dudes who would come and fill up our glasses after we took like 3 sips. We also were overjoyed to find that the $200 gift certificate we had was totally usable (despite the fact that it was past the expiration date), and so, we decided "what the hell" and we ordered top of the line. We started with a bottle of wine from a price range that we would have never ordered otherwise. The Suz and I ordered the OMAKASE (pronounced oh-ma-KA-say), or chef's choice sampler, which is an 8-course meal, prepared at the whim of the chef. It comes in 4 variations of pricing: $80, $100, $120, or, as our server put it, "the sky's the limit." We decided that we would go all out and we each ordered the $120 omakase. Brian ordered the $50 sushi combo, and got 16 of the biggest pieces of sushi I have ever seen, in an amazing presentation on a long wooden board. He actually could not finish it, and that was with the Suz and I each tasting one of his rolls. I tasted one of the spicy tuna rolls on his sampler, and I honestly have never experienced anything like that before. The spiciness was incredibly subtle, and rather than the heat being the first thing I tasted, it was actually the last sensation I noticed when I ate that roll. It was a very slow heat that built up in my throat, but not in a harsh or uncomfotable way. It was amazing. Ok, now for my meal... Course #1: Toro tartare--a little mold of ground up toro tuna with fresh ground wasabe and caviar in an amazing soy sauce (AMAZING!) Course #2: 3 raw Kumamoto Japanese oysters, on a bed of ice, each with a different salsa Course #3: 4 slices of yellowtail, seared in hot oils (AMAZING!) Course #4: a scoop of wasabi ginger sorbet to cleanse the palate before the hot dishes (like nothing I have ever tasted before) Course #5: Lobster 'epice', or 8-spice lobster--a whole half lobster--tasted like it was barbecued--cooked PERFECTLY Course #6: Steak filet and fois gras layered on a half of a yam, cooked drizzled with hot oils (UNBELEIVABLE) Course #7: Sushi--about 8 pieces of sushi, with 8 different fishes, including salmon, needlefish, eel, yellowtail, and toro tuna. Hands down, the best sushi I have ever had. Course #8: Chocolate mousse cake with raspberry sorbet for desert. Unbelievably decadent, and a perfect ending to the meal. Honestly, I have never ever in my life experienced anything like that before. It truly was an amazing dining experience. Everything that was brought out to us was explained by the server, including preparation and ingredients. Our bill was almost $500, but it was well worth it. It was unbelievable. The only downside to the whole evening was that Chef Morimoto himself was not present. Oh well...guess I will just have to go again sometime... *grin* ¶ Ξ PDawg Composed at 1:43:00 PM |
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