ellencho
Sep 15th, 2005, 05:10 PM
So while this is still technically food porn, I thought it deserved its own thread because jeez, who doesn't think that Morimoto deserves his own thread? Sorry about the lighting in the photos. I used the flash once and felt bad about it. I didn't want to disturb other diners so I just used regular lighting for the rest of the pictures.
The brother and I visited his restaurant this afternoon for lunch. We had the Omakase menu (tasting menu) and we got six courses. I'm totally kicking myself that we hadn't visited here yet because this place was really nice. The servers were nice and explained the dishes thoroughly. I asked for sushi bar seating and the sushi chef, Terry was fucking cool too. He was born in Korea, grew up in Seattle, and then ended up in Philly at Morimoto. I think two other Korean guys work there in addition to the rest of the staff.
The first course we had was some sort of tartare. I think it was toro, I'm not 100% sure, but there were nice crispy shallots minced into it. Very fresh and light tasting.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1961.jpg
The next course was a salad of micro greens atop a couple slices of some sashimi. I have no idea what it was, but it was a very mild tasting fish. Perhaps snapper? I'm not sure. And the pink things on top were shaved bonito. Sort of like a dry fish ham. The dressing had a sort of shalloty base.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1962.jpg
Third course was a rock shrimp tempura that was coated in some sort of ggochujang type sauce, but interestingly enough it was also sort of cheddary cheesy tasting. Very interesting and the texture was great. The shrimp were perfectly cooked.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1964.jpg
Fourth course was a seared cod served with a pepper type salad on the side. The pepper salad was really light tasting, I was worried it would be overpowering, but they added a bit of ginger to it, and it really made a difference. The fish itself was good, but I wish the skin could have been a bit more crisp. It was sort of rubbery, but luckily it was a thin enough skin that it wasn't an issue.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1965.jpg
The fifth course was a sushi sampler. The fish was really fresh, especially the toro and the fluke (my two personal favorites).
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1966.jpg
The final course was a chocolate financier with a coconut ice cream on the side. The green smear is some sort of sake apple sauce or something like that. It went surprisingly well with the cake. My brother wasn't too keen on the financier, but I think he's used to the types of molten lava cakes that I make with sort of a melty chocolatey inside. The three brown things on the side are little candied almonds.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1967.jpg
The brother and I visited his restaurant this afternoon for lunch. We had the Omakase menu (tasting menu) and we got six courses. I'm totally kicking myself that we hadn't visited here yet because this place was really nice. The servers were nice and explained the dishes thoroughly. I asked for sushi bar seating and the sushi chef, Terry was fucking cool too. He was born in Korea, grew up in Seattle, and then ended up in Philly at Morimoto. I think two other Korean guys work there in addition to the rest of the staff.
The first course we had was some sort of tartare. I think it was toro, I'm not 100% sure, but there were nice crispy shallots minced into it. Very fresh and light tasting.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1961.jpg
The next course was a salad of micro greens atop a couple slices of some sashimi. I have no idea what it was, but it was a very mild tasting fish. Perhaps snapper? I'm not sure. And the pink things on top were shaved bonito. Sort of like a dry fish ham. The dressing had a sort of shalloty base.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1962.jpg
Third course was a rock shrimp tempura that was coated in some sort of ggochujang type sauce, but interestingly enough it was also sort of cheddary cheesy tasting. Very interesting and the texture was great. The shrimp were perfectly cooked.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1964.jpg
Fourth course was a seared cod served with a pepper type salad on the side. The pepper salad was really light tasting, I was worried it would be overpowering, but they added a bit of ginger to it, and it really made a difference. The fish itself was good, but I wish the skin could have been a bit more crisp. It was sort of rubbery, but luckily it was a thin enough skin that it wasn't an issue.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1965.jpg
The fifth course was a sushi sampler. The fish was really fresh, especially the toro and the fluke (my two personal favorites).
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1966.jpg
The final course was a chocolate financier with a coconut ice cream on the side. The green smear is some sort of sake apple sauce or something like that. It went surprisingly well with the cake. My brother wasn't too keen on the financier, but I think he's used to the types of molten lava cakes that I make with sort of a melty chocolatey inside. The three brown things on the side are little candied almonds.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/foxandpoo/morimoto/IMG_1967.jpg