Taka

We just got back from an amazing dinner at Taka. I can't remember if I blogged about it, but we went to Taka once before with M&N and, in a departure from our normal eating habits, ate mostly specialty dishes. I was okay with the dinner, but not ecstatic, so J had been wanting to return so we could try it in our normal style.

We chose to go tonight instead of my normal year-end lobster. Though I have been wanting lobster, I really didn't want to go to the store to get it and then deal with cooking it. Lazy.

We started off with the kanpachi carpaccio which was slivers of kanpachi topped with a couple different roes and some miscellaneous sauce. Although it was good, I would have preferred to have just the fish without the extra fanfare.

Moving on, we had the hamachi kama, grilled yellowtail cheek, which was fantastic.

We both had plates of nigiri after that. For each of us:
hamachi/yellowtail
hirame/flounder
toro/big eye great toro (hey, that's what it said on the board.)

All the fish was delicate and clean-tasting. Easily the best sushi I have ever had. J also got an order of tako/octopus. The toro was amazingly good, like a deep concentration of tuna that melts in your mouth. Delicious.

Moving on, we ordered a tako su and shared another plate of nigiri:
aji/japanese jackfish
kanpachi
kinmedai/sea bream belly

Well, and another order of toro.

I feel like I should have more to say about this great meal, but it's hard to elaborate on the exquisite flavor and light texture of the fish. I will have to settle with saying that it was fantastic, and we will make Taka one of our regular dinner destinations.