nobu!

sooooo, last saturday night, me and asian mike went to nobu. it was pretty freaking fantastic.

we arrived at nobu in los angeles at approximately 8:00pm. While the outside of the restaurant looked relatively boring, it was gorgeous as soon as you walked in the doors. the entrance led to the lounge and bar area, which was really nice, and i would be very interested in stopping by, even if just for a cocktail. we were seated immediately.

upon sitting, we ordered the edamame (to the left) and took a look at the drink menu. STILL not knowing very much about sake, we decided to order two small sake's:
- Hokusetsu onigoroshi, the "devil killer", a drier and sharper sake
- hokusetsu daiginjo, the original "nobu" sake - black label, which was much sweeter
we both decided we liked the "devil killer" more. i loved that it was the cheaper of the two!!! i was so glad we got to get both to compare...

after our edamame and sake was delivered, we received our first appetizer, which was a yellowtail sashimi topped with jalapeno! this is probably the first time i'd eaten a jalapeno in its full slice on anything, but i though i should experience the meal and dish in its entirety. it was spicy, but FANTASTIC!

next we had the lobster salad with a spicy lemon dressing. the lemon dressing WAS spicy, but it was super good too! the lobster was sooo juicy and delish, and i even ate the biiiiig mushrooms which were delicious.

for our two main dishes, we had nobu style wagyu beef and crab tacos. they were fantastic. i prefered the wagyu beef. then we had the blackened cod with a miso sauce. the cod melted in your mouth. it was fantastic.

we finally had a spicy tuna roll, and shitake mushrooms tempura (mikes choice) and sweet potato tempura (my choice).

for DESSERT. we had the most FANTASTIC "bento box" with included a warm flourless chocolate cake (which seemed almost like chocolate sauce in the middle), green tea ice cream (which complimented the rich chocolate) and a sesame crunch cookie. it was the perfect way to end such a fantastic meal.


the service throughout the meal was great. very quick, attentive and very polite and knowledgable.

we left full. satisfied. but both commented on how it was VERY nice to have our meal in smaller portions, as neither of us felt "stuffed" at all. mike's favorite was the lobster salad. i couldn't decide at all what mine was. it was all fantastic.

8.5-9/10.