Pretty disappointing Michelin one star experience. Out of the dishes we ordered, there was only one standout - the charcoal grilled tuna (otoro), and the pork belly with poached egg was also a commendable second. The remaining dishes, Caesar salad with guanciale, sushi platter, yakitori platter were sadly not up to mark. Particularly bad was the yakitori platter, where the skewers were pretty dry and had no taste of charcoal fire. Later I learnt from the waitress that this was machine cooked and by gas fire, not charcoal fire. This coming from a Michelin one star restaurant makes me feel somewhat cheated. While I don’t expect it to be comparable to the better specialized yakitori restaurants, it is still seriously disappointing. As for the sushi, I’ve had much better sushi at conveyor belt sushi restaurants in Japan. And the tempura… the prawn itself was good, but the tempura batter turned out to be soft and soggy… Service and atmosphere was good though, and not overly pretentious. Unfortunately, after spending nearly 6M VND here, the negatives here far outweighed the positive for a positive recommendation.
