So you all know about Morimoto… Iron Chef Japanese, blah blah blah. I’d been there once a few years ago and wasn’t particularly impressed. I mean the food was good, the restaurant itself beautiful, the service impeccable, but I didn’t necessarily feel it was worth the price tag. Even if I did see Morimoto himself behind the sushi bar. My sister in law had been wanting to go there for years, and for whatever reason, it just never happened before. So we planned ahead and made reservations for xmas eve lunch. And off we went.
Course 6 was a sushi plate. She was pretty full at this point, but you know, at Morimoto’s prices, you eat every last bite.
Ok, so the rest of us ate too, just not the omakase. My bro got the spicy beef bento box, which was marinated sirloin with a spicy miso sauce served with rice. It basically tasted a bit like kalbi/bulgogi with a spicy kochujang on top. Pretty good. My mom got the sushi combination. She totally dug it, she especially liked the roll. Both of these lunches came with miso soup and a salad. The house salad is mixed greens with shaved bonito and yuzu vinaigrette. Nothing exciting. Honestly, I prefer the iceberg with the ginger dressing. The soup was a bit salty, but good.
Ok, so what did I eat? I started with the yosedofu, which is fresh tofu created at the table served with two sauces. Now when it said created at the table, I figured it would be a block of tofu and they would mix it with the sauce in front of you or something. Oh no. When they say created at the table, they mean created at the table. So out came this vessel with the liquid tofu slurry, and then they added a sea water reduction, which acts as a coagulating agent (or however it works, I have no idea). Ten minutes later, it had become soft tofu! It was crazy and completely surprising. It was served with a soy based sauce first, and then a second and amazing snow crab based sauce. Man, I could have literally drank this crab sauce. It was awesome topped on the tofu. I absolutely loved it.
I didn’t expect the tofu to be so big and filling, so I also ordered the ramen. And I’m so glad it did. It was chicken noodle soup with fresh hand made ramen noodles (I asked my brother, and he said it was fresh. Trust him, he’s been to japan a bunch of times). It also had big hunks of freshly roasted chicken. I loved every bit of it.

wow, i just found your post while googling “black cod” and i just have to say that your pics are stunning and i’m swayed to give morimoto’s a try if i’m in the area (i’m nyc based), maybe i’ll make a trip there just for morimoto! thanks =)