Excellent meal and creative menu with a twist on many classic items. I also love that they have a whole section of the menu (the first section actually) dedicated to uni.
1. Egg on egg on egg -- obviously had to try this; it's a small dish, but generous portion of uni and caviar (for the size of the dish) on top of perfectly fluffy scrambled eggs
2. Burrata special with fried gyoza skin (forgot what it's called) -- melted burrata was delicious with crunchy mountain yam worked surprisingly well; the fried gyoza skin cracker was fine but could've been easily substituted with any other carb
3. Yakisaba sushi -- we ordered this because it sounded different (grilled mackerel, lardo iberico, spicy sesame soy); it was pretty tasty, although the sushi rice was not the best...rice was a bit hard and fell apart/not sticky enough
4. Kara-age fried chicken -- this has almost become a staple to order at izakayas, and I'm usually not impressed, but SakaMai's kara-age surprised on the upside; large pieces of juicy chicken and not too much batter
5. Uni mazemen -- this was probably my favorite dish; I also try to order uni mazemen everywhere I can and am usually underwhelmed, but this was very good; generous helping of uni, creamy noodles, and on top of that, a big side of bone marrow that you add and mix in; great flavor overall
6. Beef curry special -- 18-spice curry was a delicious combination of hot, sweet, and salt
The cocktails sounded great as well although I didn't try any.
1. Egg on egg on egg -- obviously had to try this; it's a small dish, but generous portion of uni and caviar (for the size of the dish) on top of perfectly fluffy scrambled eggs
2. Burrata special with fried gyoza skin (forgot what it's called) -- melted burrata was delicious with crunchy mountain yam worked surprisingly well; the fried gyoza skin cracker was fine but could've been easily substituted with any other carb
3. Yakisaba sushi -- we ordered this because it sounded different (grilled mackerel, lardo iberico, spicy sesame soy); it was pretty tasty, although the sushi rice was not the best...rice was a bit hard and fell apart/not sticky enough
4. Kara-age fried chicken -- this has almost become a staple to order at izakayas, and I'm usually not impressed, but SakaMai's kara-age surprised on the upside; large pieces of juicy chicken and not too much batter
5. Uni mazemen -- this was probably my favorite dish; I also try to order uni mazemen everywhere I can and am usually underwhelmed, but this was very good; generous helping of uni, creamy noodles, and on top of that, a big side of bone marrow that you add and mix in; great flavor overall
6. Beef curry special -- 18-spice curry was a delicious combination of hot, sweet, and salt
The cocktails sounded great as well although I didn't try any.
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