Jia Jin Low
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The unaju and shirayaki were actually pretty good. I didn’t feel like the western-fusion concept added any value (e.g. jamon + unagi?), but the unagi was well grilled, and had the right mix of fatty and crisp. In terms of style, it was less pillowy but more crispy than Uomasa.
My main beef with the place was with the way they pushed us to order a wild caught unagi. The staff were quite insistent that we get one to compare with the farmed unaju, but the price turned out to be ¥28500, which is a ridiculous premium over their standard unagi. Granted, that’s the market price, but the most unforgivable part came when the chef told us that both bowls we had were farmed, only to sheepishly return 30 seconds later and say that the bowl on the right was wild caught unagi. When presenting something this expensive, how can you mix it up? It did not give me any confidence in the dish at all.
Overall, there are much better places in Tokyo (and Shizuoka!) for high end unagi, without the service pressure.