Went to Izakaya Shun for a casual dinner. We expected it to be halfway decent, and it was. We took the $99-course with the free-flow alcohol. Nothing to quibble about the meal. It's well-budgeted and they manage to streamline the ingredients into this reasonable set meal.
While it's a set course, we have a choice of choosing our appetizers and mains, and dessert. It was a generous set, I must say. I had nothing to complain about it. Would I return? Not necessarily so since there're other restaurants to check out, but this izakaya is under the same group that owns a few other restaurants (and Kemuri next door) in the same area.
I was pretty happy with the easy sashimi. There wasn't exactly sushi. They came in the form of a maki, and shime-saba sushi. The beef stew in the appetizers was surprisingly delicious. For your mains, stick to the beef or pork. The table smartly chose the wagyu beef. I bravely opted for a main of fish — it's middling. That sea bream was okay but it wasn't fresh enough by my standards to be steamed in this manner. It should have been better seared or grilled.
I was very happy with sticking to highballs all night. I wasn't going to mix my drinks. The table merrily took Suntory beer, then highballs and sake. Hahaha. Sure. That sake with the free-flow alcohol was bad. Sharp and irritating. But if we topped up $29 for a better version, then it's '$29++ x the number of diners' for the table, even if one doesn't want it. Zzzzzz. Okaaaaay.
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