Located somewhere in Thomas Morato, known to most as the prime location for really good restaurants, right beside Shakey’s is a hidden gem for Japanese cuisine fans. Offering the usual and common in Japanese cuisine they also have the chef specialties for the Makis, not your usual makis but definitely worth to give a try.
Out of the eight dishes we ate, we chose to feature 3 of the more interesting dishes. Joining us is our High School bathmate and longtime friend, Mr. Leonard Dizon from DLSU who was sick that day, so we kidnapped him and forced him to dine with us!
Seafood Dumplings
Ren: I half expected that it would have a taste of fishballs inside the dumplings but I was delightfully wrong when I took a bite of this dish. The fish still remains whole inside the entire thing, still giving a wholesome expression of the fish, along with the crunchy outside smothered with sauce to top it all off. The crunchiness with the soft sauce gave the dish an overall a very impressive taste. A 9/10. With the “God-Sauce”, well it already has but more wouldn’t hurt, a 9.5/10.
RJ: This dish was a splendid surprise for all of us. The taste of the fish was not diminished at all, giving it a powerful taste and texture. This is what fishballs should taste like! For meeting beyond my expectations, I give this a 7.5/10. The dish was already blssed with the Sauce from the Heavens, but you can’t have too much of the stuff! It jumps to 8.5/10.
Allen: I ordered this dish expecting an amalgamation of fishballs/squidballs/kikiam XD
It surprised me when I took a bite though; you can actually make out the different seafoods that make up the dumpling (the fish was the most prominent out of them all). It’s actually the cheapest dish we reviewed, so do try it out~
8.00000001 / 10
[ + godsauce ]
Makes it much less “umay-ing” (lol translation pl0x), which is always a good thing
8.50 / 10
Mix Sunomono
Ren: A mixture of vegetables and seafood marinated in vinegar, very rich in flavor but definitely not for everyone. The tastelessness of the seafood highlighted the vinegar as they were not thoroughly marinated long in the vinegar but the cucumbers had a sour taste of the vinegar. Not for your normal consumption, but could it have another use? A 6.5/10. With the “God-Sauce” a 7/10.
RJ: Being alchoholics, we definitely had an “UY!” moment when we first tasted this dish. I just loved the crab and prawn, the squid was ok and we just couldn’t get enough of the seaweed. Just avoid the cucumbers, you’ll get overpowered by the sour taste of vinegar. 7.5/10. The All-Mighty Sauce didn’t really affect this dish, 7.6/10.
Allen: This is something that in my opinion, would sound better if it was called the “Japanese Pulutan”. I found myself avoiding the sea cucumbers though, since the taste was really too sour for my preference; the squid, prawn and seaweed on the other hand, really went well with the vinegar. You could think of this dish as an expensive version of the pickled radish you can find at Yoshinoya’s ~_^
7.131323 / 10
[ + godsauce ]
It makes the sea cucumbers actually bearable! Didn’t do much to help the squid/prawn/seaweed though
7.5 / 10
Jurassic Maki
Ren: The mixture of the soft rice and seafood with the crispiness of the unagi, definitely made this one a keeper. But this tiny package isn’t complete without the sauce! Taken in as their secret recipe (we tried to ask and they wouldn’t just give it to us how) just made this dish more delectable! A rare treat, and something I would come back for 10/10. With the “God-Sauce” a 12/10. (not sure if its possible but what the hecK?)
RJ: I fell in-love with this dish. It’s just fantastic! The Crunchyness, the softness, the tenderness. It all blended so damn well, it’s heavenly! Definitely a must-have if you decide to go to this establishment. 9/10. The Sauce of Divinity made a heavenly dish even more heavenly! I couldnt believe it! 11/10!
Allen: Crunch. crunch. The name jurassic fits quite well, since the maki does seem to give of a “meaty” experience. The crunchy eel and soft crab is a nice combination, and really goes well with the dip. Crunch. crunch.
8.2343343 / 10
[ + godsauce ]
HEAVENLY. this is certainly a dish where you could throw away the much familiar soy sauce + wasabi combination~
9.00 / 10
The Aftermath
What you see in the center of the photo is the Legenadary God-Sauce. The sauce that was served with the Seafood Dumplings and Jurassic Maki. All eight dishes were dipped in it and it showed remarkable results! Our questions on what made this heavenly sauce possible were denied, Omakase intends to keep their Sacred Sauce a secret.
When we went: Saturday, August 30, 2008. (sorry its late Fiel – -;)
Where it is: Thomas Morato Food Strip!!!
Budget Range: About 200-300 per person.
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