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A great meal is an emotional experience. We try to make our meals extraordinary ones by establishing a beautiful place, one filled with a staff that cares about it as they do about their home, where we can care for you as the most important guest in it. Our chefs are meticulous about culinary details, use fundamental techniques and work in a kitchen that delivers the very best products of the earth to the table. No detail or element can be more or less important than another.<\/p>\n A great meal is not one that just fills you up. 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Wishing you all the best as we head into 2024<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\nHAPPY HOLIDAYS!!<\/h1>\n
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($125 per person)<\/h4>\n
Pumpkin soup<\/h4>\n
Appetizer assortment<\/h4>\n
Abalone in Amber sauce<\/h4>\n
Potato and black truffle gratin<\/h4>\n
Choice of<\/h4>\n
Sukiyaki<\/h4>\n
Shabu-Shabu<\/h4>\n
Sushi Omakase
<\/b><\/h4>\nFruits<\/b><\/h4>\n
Dessert<\/h4>\n
Brown sugar Panna cotta<\/h4>\n
Christmas Special Course<\/b><\/h2>\n
($125 per person)<\/h4>\n
Pumpkin soup<\/h4>\n
Appetizer assortment<\/h4>\n
Abalone in Amber sauce<\/h4>\n
Potato and black truffle gratin<\/h4>\n
Choice of<\/h4>\n
Sukiyaki<\/h4>\n
Shabu-Shabu<\/h4>\n
Sushi Omakase
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Dessert<\/h4>\n
Brown sugar Panna cotta<\/h4>\n
Christmas Special Course<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Pumpkin soup<\/h4>\n
Appetizer assortment<\/h4>\n
Abalone in Amber sauce<\/h4>\n
Potato and black truffle gratin<\/h4>\n
Choice of<\/h4>\n
Sukiyaki<\/h4>\n
Shabu-Shabu<\/h4>\n
Sushi Omakase
<\/b><\/h4>\nFruits<\/b><\/h4>\n
Dessert<\/h4>\n
Brown sugar Panna cotta<\/h4>\n
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