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Rated: Good
Apr 08, 2008
Very good food, but great?
We had a very good meal for two with a sushi platter, one tempura, one cha-soba and one sea bass teppanyaki.
As far as Japanese food goes, this place is definitely one of the best around with the freshest of ingredients that are apparently flown in everyday from around the world.
The prices are what you would probably expect in a top notch Taj restaurant. But I suspect that what you're getting in return for the price is just the Taj brand and the fact that the ingredients are being flown in. The restaurant is actually called 'Wasabi by Morimoto', Morimoto being a celebrity chef who's even run a TV show - but I didn't think the food had any of that 'celebrity chef' touch to it. In fact, I'm beginning to suspect that it's the best only by default - that the other restaurants are a notch lower simply because of the difficulty in managing ingredients related to Japanese food.
The restaurant itself was a touch cramped and a bit 'pop'. There's something off with their seating plan though... when we called ahead to reserve a table, we were told that only the teppanyaki counter was available and that everywhere else was booked through for the night. But pretty soon after we were seated, we could see two good empty tables, and a lot of seats by the sushi counter. Maybe they reserve them just in case a Mumbai celeb rushes in unannounced!
The service from the waiters was also not exactly expected from that of top notch international hotels. Frankly, it seemed the same as what you would expect in a standard fine dining restaurant. I've seen better service in Taj Coromandel, Chennai, so am sure this is not the standard expected by Taj.
Definitely something to do at least once in your lifetime, but don't expect a major extravaganza, and you'll be fine. You'll know what a Wasabi actually looks like, you'll admire the energy and the skill of the teppanyaki chef, and you'll get some good Japanese fare. Oh, and save up for the visit.
