Another Japanese HRW, this one happens to be lunch.
Got a iced green tea to start, since it's so hot outside.
First course, it's Himari's Kanpachi - which is Amberjack, slice of orange, and radish sitting in ponzu sauce. The bite combined with orange really did the trick. That made it less salty.
Second course, it's the Waygu Pitchfork, which is a roll with Waygu with asparagus and shallot. The sauce is really good, there's not enough flavor from Waygu.
3rd course is Sweet Potato Tempura - that's one of my fav's, so no problem there.
That was so much food that I ended up taking the dessert to go. Since the other options are ice cream and it'll sure melt. I picked chocolate truffle cake. It's pretty dense, there's chocolate crumble and peanuts on the side. Drizzled with miso caramel, which I do like because it's not too sweet to offset the chocolate cake.
Here's my thing about the place, it's not big, but you have to flag down the server's attention. Then, between course 1 and 2 and 3, it's at least 20 mins. Yes, I was sitting there for an hour. Several occasions have to look for someone to check on the status of my order.
Lastly, since the shopping center is super kid friendly, which is great and good because kids can run around and run the energy out. At the same time, you have to give grace to the parents who wants sushi while they're there (aka read: there will be screaming children in the restaurant - lucky they don't have enough room for them to run around, but screaming will be had).
Do you need a reservation? Not exactly, the place is not huge. But I have a feeling if you can't find seating here, there are other good food around without you having the re-park your car. I would say this is an ok place if you're in a hurry or with kids. Save the special outings to another place.
Hirmari
1223 W. 34th Street
Suite C500
Houston, TX 77018
832-582-5005
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