Takashi kaiseki: where marriage of French and Japanese is a match made in heaven

I gotta say: I was a bit disappointed after trying Slurping Turtle. So much so I lost confidence in Chef Takashi. So much so I dragged my feet about redeeming my Groupon, until it was the week before it expires, and, you guessed it: they were all booked. Fortunately, the hostess told me they decided to extend the Groupon for the Sunday Kaiseki dinners into January, so here I am, in Takashi, on the first Sunday of 2013.

Perhaps due to the Kaiseki craze stirred up by Next's most recent menu, Takashi decided to start offering this on Sundays around the same time. There are two options: 7 courses for $73 or 11 courses for $100. Given that I'm not feeling ravenous and the Groupon's only good for $80, I opted for the 7 courses option. Thank GOD for that. They'd have to carry me out in an ambulance if I had the 11 courses, because I was SO full after at the end of my meal, I could barely squeeze through the tiny space between tables.

 

Amuse Bouche: house-made black sesame tofu, braised duck breast, nori, soy sauce