December 24th 2017: Dinner at Pabu, Boston

Today, we decided to have dinner at Pabu, a new upscale restaurant located at the newly constructed Millenium Tower in Boston.

 Really nice decor, to say the least.

We were initially here for the ramen, with a coupon in hand, but because of the holiday, they did not have the ramen today, and could not honor our coupon. Thankfully, they decided to give us a few dishes on the house, namely the Edamame, the seaweed salad

and the MAITAKE MUSHROOM TEMPURA (dashi-soy dipping sauce, matcha salt).

I have to say, the mushrooms are pretty good in tempura, while the seaweed salad was much less artificial than the usual bright green ones we are used to.

For food, we got the Spider Roll (soft shell crab, kaiware, tobiko, spicy mayo),

and the TASTING OF ROBATA (CHICKEN MEATBALLS | TSUKUNE (egg yolk, togarashi), SKIRT STEAK | HARAMI (PORK BELLY | BUTABARA (sansho salt), CHICKEN HEARTS | KOKORO (konnichiha sake-cured), PEARL ONION | TAMANEGI (tare glaze), TRUMPET MUSHROOM | ERINGI (spicy miso), CHICKEN SKIN | KAWA (togarashi, spicy miso)).

The maki was not bad, while for the robata, pretty much only the meatballs, skirt steak and the chicken hearts were not bad in terms of flavor. Everything else was just so-so, some being a tad salty, like the chicken skin.

For dessert, we got the MILK CHOCOLATE-SESAME CUSTARD (black sesame sponge, candied cocoa nibs, red bean ice cream).

Definitely a well thought out dessert, with loads of different textures and flavors, all coming together perfectly. A perfect ending to a not so perfect dinner. Hopefully our choices next time when we come back for the ramen will be better.