Kisaku
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (206) 545-9050
10/16/2007 Posted by tremontaine
We adore this place! We sat at the sushi bar and the chef kept picking things out for us and smiling charmingly when we liked them. The salmon, hamachi, saba, and age were all great. We'd never had smelt before, but we liked it. And things we'd never gotten along with, like sea urchin gonads and fried shrimp heads, turned out to be excellent too. The sea urchin was in a small handroll of crispy seaweed and warm rice, and tasted like clams, but less chewy. My plum wine spritzer complemented all the sushi flavors, and featured a real pickled plum. The age dashi tofy was yummy (but when is age dashi tofu not yummy?). And the sweet potato dessert with red bean paste was genuinely interesting. The decor is simple & relaxing: harvest colors that become warmer as you move towards the kitchen. We're from Portland, where our favorite sushi place is Masu East, which we think is very pretty, and also has an awesome head sushi chef. This place isn't as fancy-minimalist, and its rolls & drinks aren't as baroquely complex, but the food is about that good.
Pros: Awesome kindly chef, palate-expanding food
Cons: Must admit I still don't like raw shrimp. Glad we called ahead and only had to wait a few minutes to be seated.
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