Kiss Seafood

Kiss is tiny. Think of the smallest restaurant you have been in. Now halve it. That's the size of it. When we went, we arrived and there were 2 tables pushed together for 4 Japanese businessmen and the remaining table was taken up by a couple. There was one couple at the counter. When we sat down, the place was full.

We went for the tasting menus (or the omakase). You essentially put yourself in the chef's hands. Because of that, I highly recommend sitting at the counter, so that you can see him at work and ask him questions about what you are about to eat. He's also very interesting to talk to - we spoke about his youth in Sapporo, his love of skiing, and just helped continue the feel that you are in someone's kitchen.

Be prepared to be there for a while as the omakase are 6-course tasting menu. You never will quite know exactly what you will receive, but it will be some form of the following.

A little salad to start with (probably consisting of some seaweed). Then we had a platter of various dishes, including eggplant and roe.

The fish is fresh, unique, and varied. We received a large assortment of sashimi: various types of tuna, hamachi, salmon, toro, mackerel, and other fish that we did not know existed.

There was a tempura-battered creation at one point. Later there was a custard soup type of dish. We had sushi as well - again, a wide assortment of fish.

In classic Japanese dining, dessert consisted of one single fruit.

You can enjoy a variety of Japanese beers here (we went for a Sapporo) and then you can go for the sake. They have sweet to dry and they are poured in rather large sake glasses.

By the way, the symbol they use is one of a fish and joy, which together are pronounced Ki-Su. However, they chose to go with "Kiss." And, if you go on a date here, you will certainly receive one.