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Maiko : 4 of 5
1.16.2006 8:14 PM \| Link	I love trying new restaurants, so I'm hoping to go out to eat more this year as part of my resolution. My pals Chris & Eliza like to eat out, too, so we went together to a new Japanese-fusion restaurant called Maiko (which I saw in a cool print ad). This is definitely a trendy place with modern styling - most of the walls are brick, but there are a few walls and hallways where solid aqua paint is used (which looks cool at night, but might be weird in the daylight). They also have quality comfy chairs, small television screens set into the mirror in the bathroom, and a live DJ spinning on his PowerBook. The food starts with a Japanese feel, but then the chef pretty much does whatever he wants. In this case, that's a good thing, because the food was really incredible! We had the Maiko Tower for an appetizer, which combined tuna, salmon, and wasabi mayo into an amazing flavor. My main course was green tea soba with shrimp and scallops - the soba was really unique, and I think those scallops may have been the best I've ever tasted. Eliza had a sushi roll that was tasty, but I thought the consistency was a little mushy. Chris and I drank two small chilled pitchers of Napa Sake, which is sake from California - I didn't even know it existed, but it definitely had a fantastic, refreshing taste. I'd love to go back and try some other dishes! Labels: restaurants


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