Omote — Upsized Chirashi Don + Gyu Enokitake ($19.80++ each + $13.80++)!
Date dinner at Omote — two upsized chirashi don bowls loaded with salmon, tuna, octopus and ikura, plus a side of gyu enokitake (beef-wrapped enoki). $19.80++ each + $13.80++.
Date dinner at Omote — went for the upsized chirashi don both for BB and me, plus a side of gyu enokitake. The Omote branding on the napkin makes for the cleanest food-photo backdrop in town. 😋
What was on the table ($53.40++):
- Two upsized chirashi don bowls ($19.80++ each) — overflowing with diced cubes of fresh salmon, tuna, octopus on a bed of seasoned sushi rice, garnished with chopped scallions, white sesame seeds, a generous mound of ikura (salmon roe) and a slick of wasabi paste on the side with pink pickled ginger.
- A side dish of Gyu Enokitake ($13.80++) — thin slices of beef wrapped around fresh enoki mushroom bundles, lightly grilled and glazed with a soya-mirin teriyaki sauce. Smoky-savoury, the textbook izakaya side.
- Cute Japanese mascot chopstick rests + traditional patterned plates round out the dining set.
The upsized chirashi is the move at Omote — regular size is satisfying, upsized is full-meal portion. The ratio of seafood to rice was generous; every spoonful had a piece of fish + a bead of ikura + a sesame seed crunch.
Gyu enokitake is one of those side dishes that looks small but punches above its weight — the beef wrap concentrates the smoky char while the enoki inside steams to chewy tenderness.
Total: $53.40++ for the date dinner.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. Chirashi don was generous and fresh, gyu enokitake delivered on smoky-juicy. Omote consistently does Japanese-casual at a level above the average spot. Will be back. 😍👍🏼
