Better or as good as their previous best. High highlights include an amuse of crisp rice sushi, tofu and dashi, crab omelet on a fried mochi radish cake in a mild broth, and rice casserole with fish this time. There was a bento box full of beautiful surprises.
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on May 23, 2009 05:11 PM
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Forgot to mention what I think is kaffir lime in the rice. Very nice
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Sounds great! May I know how much the kaiseki costs?
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The spring kaiseki set is $120.,but I prefer to pick my own dishes,, Usually 6 or 7 dishes shared with 2 people works out great. the cost is about 14-18 for the hot appetizers,,, You dont really need the entrees, but there are several good ones. The pressed sushi is good, its served head to tail so its about 7 pieces. With sake i usually spend about 125 person there,, But you can order just a few dishes and get away cheap ,,, hot appetizers are what i recommend especially ebi shinjo
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Hello FoodWisperer,
When I last had the Winter Kaiseki it had many courses not on the menu which I had ordered from before. I didn't look at this seasons regular offerings, but if there is enough difference between spring regular and spring Kaiseki I would suggest trying the latter as well.
"But you can order just a few dishes and get away cheap ,,, " How about maybe cheaper?
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From my past experiences I am pretty sure most of the dishes in kaiseki are not on the regular menu. The regular menu doesn't change much based on seasonally, with ony a few specials each week based on fresh fish or seasonal ingredients flown in from Japan or other places. If you have had the regular dishes before there should not be too many changes.
I never get out of Kyo Ya cheap....
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I always expect to spend about $150 per person,,,,,, in all the better japanese restaurants, be it sushi or kaiseki,,, well ok not ramen restaurants
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I've always enjoyed my meals here but have never given their kaiseki offerings a shot.
Do they deliver on the premium ... allow this as reference ...
http://kyotofoodie.com/aoi-matsuri-ky...
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Those visuals would take Industrial Light and Magic too match.
I would recommend taking the chance since the distance isn't that much more, as Kobetobiko noted,"I never get out of Kyo Ya cheap....".
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"recommend taking the chance..."
More so if top highlights make up for one or two just ok dishes, less for the eater who wants uniform greatness.
On a different note DLA, "..was it a long way down..."
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<<On a different note DLA, "..was it a long way down...">>
jury's still out on that one ... hard to call a "bottom" with so much "bull" floating.
It is, however, enjoyable to share perspectives ...
even, and perhaps especially, when you learn & lend from another's view ...
now that's "leverage".
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Oh my goodness, this is so gorgeous! Thank you for pointing us in this direction. Spent a few days in Kyoto at the Hiiragiya ryokan and had a kaiseki dinner in our room one night - they added only USD 30.00 pp to the room rate for the dinner. And apologized for it. A heavenly experience I doubt anything in Manhattan could match? (But am willing to be convinced otherwise...)
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I've been meaning to try Kyo Ya for months, so this may just put me over the edge. And not to threadjack but at Hiiragiya weren't you already paying for dinner in the room rate? I assume that's one big thing that makes the top-tier ryokan experience so expensive.
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No, we had signed up for (Japanese, of course) breakfast (also excellent) only. That's why, when we requested dinner, we were amazed that they were charging so little extra.
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