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| Sea urchin (uni) (20150718) |
20120814:
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| Edamame (20120814) |
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| Eggplant (20120814) |
I wrote: "Junmai ginjo (sake) smells and tastes great. It is sweet and tasty. The eggplant tasted good. The chef was friendly. We sat at the bar." 8:32PM PT
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| Salmon (20120814) |
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| Halibut (20120814) |
I wrote: "The special with salmon was delicious. The chef suggested we eat it without soy sauce. The halibut carpaccio was also good, but not as good as the special. The use of vinegar was nice." 8:42PM PT
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| Crunchy roll (20120814) |
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| Sashimi salad (20120814) |
I wrote: "Next we got the sashimi salad. It was good. I should also note that it was edible (i.e., thus far the sesame seeds were not adversely affecting me)." 9:04PM PT
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| Sea urchin (uni) (20120814) |
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| Toro (20120814) |
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| Eel avocado (20120814) |
I wrote: "The toro tasted better with the soy and wasabi. I think this is the first time I ever had toro. Oh wow, the final eel roll we got was delicious. It was a great end to the dinner." 9:25PM PT
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[20121229]
20150718:
I started by ordering some sake:
Hakutsuru Sho-une Junmai Daiginjo.
Then the fun begins. First, the uni (urchin) was awesome.
Next up, I tried a piece of my friend's Pokemon Roll. As he pointed out, the use of salad was interesting.
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| Pokemon roll (20150718) |
Then his order of Crispy Rice Spicy Tuna arrived, and while spicy tuna sometimes gives me a stomach ache, I decided to take a risk and try a piece. Luckily for me, I didn't get a stomach ache and it was delicious. In particular, I love the crunchiness of the rice and the mild spiciness of the tuna.
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| Crispy Rice Spicy Tuna |
Next up was the sweet shrimp, which was listed on the wall as live sweet shrimp, but the two pieces of shrimp were very much dead by the time they reached us. As such, while the shrimp had a nice texture (firm, with a chewiness that's a bit like salmon) and good taste (some wasabi plus some sweetness), it would have been a better experience if there was evidence they were once alive. I should note that we ate it without soy sauce.
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| Sweet Shrimp (20150718) |
The eel on the dragon roll tasted fresher than eel at most sushi places I've been to.
But after the dragon roll arrived, we were in for a surprise. The waitress/hostess came out with a plate of fried shrimp heads and I told her we didn't order it. The chef, however, interjected and said it was part of our sweet shrimp order!
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| Dragon Roll (20150718) |
In any case, I ate it starting from the back (the part that connects to the body). It was crunchy, with some soy sauce and/or vinegar on the inside. I also noted that I finished it in two bites.
Finally, we decided to get the live scallop. Like the sweet shrimp, it was killed prior to being served.
Thinly sliced and crisp, the scallop was, overall, a fresh and delicious experience. 9:25PM PT
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| Sweet Shrimp (head) (20150718) |
But, like the sweet shrimp, apparently there's a second part to the scallop. A nearby customer told us that the restaurant has to cook the inside part, because it's not 100% fresh. In contrast, when said when one gets scallop straight out of the ocean, then one can eat the entire scallop raw. He also told my friend and I that salty oceans are good for live scallop, while the Pacific Ocean is good for urchin. 9:32PM PT
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| Scallop, part 1 (20150718) |
In any case, the second part comes out on the other half of the shell and it smells awesome. Tasting a bit like octopus, the scallop has a crunchy, chewy, tendon-like mouth feel. There were also pieces of mushroom among the scallop.
Also among he chopped pieces were "standard" pieces of scallop, that is, what one normally gets served as scallop.
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| Scallop, part 2 (20150718) |
A different part of the scallop tasted like a female fish's egg pouch, except with a finer texture.
After finishing a couple more standard strips of scallop, I sipped the juice sitting in the shell and felt content. 9:39PM PT
[20150816]
Gesshin Restaurant
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| Sweet Shrimp (head) (20150718) |
Relevant Links:
Gesshin Restaurant - Westminster, CA (Yelp.com)
Carpaccio (Wikipedia.org)
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