Yuzu seems to be on the same wavelength with Umaiya, or so I thought. Made reservation for myself and a friend for dinner. The staff greeted us ushered us to our seats. I have to give it to Yuzu that the variety of menu was..absurd. You wouldn't know what to have as everything looks so good. I started off with ebiten and salmon nama harumaki. It was just okay, nothing to shout about. Then because the menu were so diversed I though I might just try the dinner set meal.Had the soba gozen set and ishiyaki chicken and tempura set. The soba set was a combination of soba noodles and somen and they were soft. You literally don't really have to chew but just melt it with your tongue (yes it is THAT soft). I kept consoling myself that it's alright, perhaps the assorted tempura and sushi would be better, but NO. The sauce for the tempura was nothing but tasteless [which I think a lil too much water was added into the sauce (cost saving??)]. Okay, so the tempura was equally bad, I kinda changed my mind on the sushi (I think it doesn't taste that bad when you've lowered your expectation). It was me being greedy of wanting to try everything but the whole set thing should really go away. There was SO much of food served at the same time and the portion I must say is pretty big. I was in a dilemma of which to have first: the noodle, or the tempura, or the sushi, or the chawanmushi, or the salad? Oh did I mentioned fruits were served together? Yes! By the time we finished our meal, the fruits weren't cold anymore (and nobody likes a room temperature fruits). Overall, while the ambience and staff service is good, it was on the pricey side and the food weren't anything to shout about. I would think there will be no second time there.
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