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Hakkoku

Last dinner before flying out in Tokyo, and this restaurant did not disappoint.

This restaurant is located in Ginza, and it was a 25 course omakase meal (first one I’ve ever had that had 25 courses)!

The menu below describes what we had. Pictures are sort of in order of the menu. I think my call outs are the hairy crab, sweet shrimp, toro (had both a very lean and very fatty ones), and the uni. Didn’t have any salmon, but honestly that was ok. Also everything in general was great. No bad call outs. And the egg at the end was basically like a flan.

Also tried two different Sakes. Both amazing. They seemed light and didn’t have that after taste you usually get with Sake (and the last picture below is a $500 bottle of sake, which was from a person that owns 22 restaurants and invests heavily in start ups). And of course had a few Yamazaki whiskies.

Google map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/T3gDskWu6Uk6fXm66?g_st=ic

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Herringbone

We checked out this resistant for our last dinner in Waikiki… it definitely did not disappoint.

We were after a seafood platter, and that they did have. We got what they called the sailboat, which came with oysters, shrimp, and lobsters. What I was very impressed about is that the lobster was very minimal work to eat. They had prepared it perfectly (ie cracked everything up) for us, but still maintained enough of the shell for excellent presentation.

We also wanted some steak, so got a 10oz steak medium. Also very good.

And since I wanted some carbs, we got the seafood pasta that had calamari, octopus, and uni. Also a great dish.

For drinks, got an espresso martini (asked for no sweetener), and tried their Mai Tai. I would get the former again, but could get something else other than the Mai Tai.

Overall would definitely come back to this restaurant.

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Kemuri Japanese Baru

This place was awesome for several reasons. One, it has a full bar, and two, the food was great (but not cheap).

For drinks, I ordered the Kemuri Manhattan ( I gotta say it was a bit too Smokey for my taste). My second drink, however, was amazing. It was the RWC Breeze (Vidka, April, pineapple juice). It was just the right amount of sweetness and tasted refreshing.

For the main dishes, we ordered the soft shell crab, the Kobe style beef (grill), shiitake mushrooms skewer, chicken karaage , beef tataki kale salad, and the uni paella. Everything was great except for the mushrooms (they seemed under cooked or dry).