Friday night we went to a Japanese Restaurant called Aji-Ichi. I didn’t want to drive far since I had a pounding headache that had not gone away from the night before. We looked online and found a restaurant called Aji-Ichi. The satisfying delicious meal turned out to be a good distraction for my head pain.
The restaurant was located along a row of other restaurant of various cuisine so you could have your pick of your craving.
It looks like the restaurant was run by “real” Japanese. Well at least it seemed that way from the accents and the cooking taste.
For appetizer we had a spicy hamachi roll. They decortated it with pea sprouts which was a nice touch. Also we got takuwan and pickled cabbage for a little treat and our meals came with miso soup and salad. The salad had some really interesting dressing of onion, bonito, and mayo, those are the ingredients that I could make out with my taste buds.
I ordered what I usually order in a good Japanese restaurant. Usually I get fish; mackerel or saba. This time they had Mackerel on the menu. It was a nice fillet of fish and the bones were removed. I love the fish, it has a mild taste and texture somewhat similar to sea bass and butterfish. It was pretty authentically prepared as it was grilled, seasoned lightly and served with grated daikon.
David had the combination shrimp tempura and sashimi. Now you can tell a good Japanese restaurant from their tempura. Out of a 10 point scale this was a 7. Very good in the taste and it was the right mix of panko and batter, but they haven’t mastered the consistent batter application as it was clumped to one side.
The rice was perfectly cooked. Some day I’ll own one of those fancy Japanese rice cooker with fuzzy logic. Those dream machines cost over 100 bucks.
The restaurant didn’t have fancy décor and it seemed to be a neighborhood type of place as the owners knew a handful of people as they walked in. The food was pretty darn close to authentic Japanese and the price was really nice. Our bill was less than 30 dollars.
Special Bonus: They had Passion-Orange-Guava Juice!
Spicy Hamachi Sushi
Fish (Mackerel)
Combo: Tempura and Sashimi
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