Michael Duong
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Great Japanese Italian food in a cool atmosphere with an open kitchen and charcoal grill. Service was excellent and almost every dish we had was delicious. There's a 300 yen per person table charge that comes with a tasting of their gazpacho. My wife and I ordered the corn pana cotta with sea urchin, squid ink rice croquettes, grilled mackerel (sanma), lasagna, grilled lamb, Genovese pasta, and bread. The bread we got was a little burnt and the pasta tasted a little different from the pesto we're used to but was cooked perfectly al dente. Every other dish was amazing. My wife, who typically doesn't like mackerel, found that fish to be very good too. We got the zabaione ice cream for dessert which was OK. Overall, we had a great experience and would come back.
We also came by on a Wednesday night at 7:30 PM without reservations and they were able to seat us without any problems. There were 8 other diners that night and I think the restaurant seats about 25.